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Spanish Flu
The Spanish flu was a pandemic that killed between 50 and 100 million people. It was caught by a bunch of soldiers fighting in WWI, and they returned home and spread it threw their home country, which is why it spread so quickly More info -
Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg general strike lasted from May 15th to June 26th, 1919 and it is Canadas Canadas best known strike. It was a strike that involved around 22,000 people and was caused because workers wanted better wages and working condition, and increased inflation from World War One. more info
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Group of Seven
The group of seven was a group of Canadian painters named Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. They formed in Toronto in 1920. Tney have over 6000 paintings and most of them strongly influenced by European Impressionism of the late nineteenth century More info -
Royal Canadian air Force
the Royal Canadian Air Force was formed on April 1st, 1921. it was created for civilian purposes in aiding federal departments during the 1920s, More Info -
Branch Plants
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Discovery of insulin (part 2)
People who have diabetes dont produce enough insulin. When insulin, in the form of a drug was first discovered On January 11, 1922, Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy who was dying of diabetes, was given the first human dose of insulin. The insulin saved his life and saved millions after. In 1923, Banting and Macleod were awarded the Nobel Prize for their work on discovering insulin. -
Discovery of insulin (part 1)
On November 14th, 1921 insulin was first discovered in. It was discovered by Canadian scientists Dr. Frederick Banting, Charles best, Professor J.J.R Macleod and Dr. James Collip at the university of Toronto. Insulin is a hormone natural hormone created in the pancreas that controls the level of glucose sugar in the blood. More Info -
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Mackenzie kings first time in parliament
William Lyon Mackenzie King was elected as the 10th Prime Minister of Canada on December 28, 1921 until aug 6th 1930. Mackenzie king stayed in office so long he had remarkable skills that were exactly appropriate to Canada's needs. He established Canada's international reputation as a middle power fully committed to world order.
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Chinese Exclusion act
The Chinese exclusion act was that was passed by the parliment of Canada, that banned most forms of Chinese imigration to Canada. The only Chinese people that were allowed in the country were:
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CBC- the Canadian Broadcasting Channel
CBC had its first national broadcast covering the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation on july 1st, 1927. More info -
women are concidered persons
Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy and Irene Parlby had a petition to declare that women were persons. They asked the supreme court to pass a law saying that women were persons under law, but the supreme court turned them down. they then asked the British Privy Council. The Privy Council found for the women on October 18, 1929, declaring that women were persons under the law. more info -
Black Tuesday
Canada had a sreong economy, but when the world balance changed, it dragged Canada strait into the great depression on october 29th, 1929. More info -
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Prime Minister; R.B Bennett
R.B Bennett was the 11th Prime Minister of Canada and was in office during the worst parts of the great depression. Bennett tried to help Canadas economy druing the depression by Bennett tried to combat the depression by increasing trade within the British Empire and imposing tariffs for imports from outside the Empire, Many of his plans failed, and Canada stayed in a depression until the Second World War started. -
New deal
Prime Minister R.B Bennett, seeing the end of his time in office, he made a bunch of radio speeches promosing Bennett's "New Deal" promised a more progressive taxation system, a maximum work week, a minimum wage, closer regulation of working conditions, unemployment insurance, health and accident insurance, a revised old-age pension and agricultural support programs. more info -
On to Ottawa trek
The :"on to Ottawa trek" was a 1935 social movement of unemployed men protesting the dismal conditions in federal relief camps scattered in remote areas across Western Canada. The men lived and worked in these camps at a rate of twenty cents per day before walking out on strike in April 1935. -
S.S St. Louis
The S.S St.Lous was a ship with 937 Jews headed for cuba, all with valid Cuban visas. All these Jews were trying to run away from Germany because of the fear of getting killed by Hitler. The S.S St.Louis wasent aloud in Cuba, and couldent get into America, so it eventually tried Canada. "none is too many" Frederick Blair quoted after rejected them out of Canada. Luckily Britain, Belgium, Holland and France took them in. More info