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Canadian's first newspaper
Notable Event: In a newly opened print shop in the heart of the freshly founded city of Halifax, John Bushell ran off the first few copies of a modest little publication that consisted of one single half-sheet of foolscap printed on both sides. -
Expulsion of the Acadians
Colonies and Settlements: This Picture describes Canada's early history, the Deportation of the Acadians. Soldiers forced them to move and rounding up terrified civilians, expelling them from their land, burning their homes and crops. -
Seven years war officially start
Wars and battles: In 1756, the Seven Years' War officially started and most of the battles were fought in Europe between the French and Bristish. However, lots of battles were also fought in North America, because both of the nations wanted sovereignty over the land.
Big Six: Historical Significant
Bristish won the battle and we became a British colony for a long time. We were governed by the British government and today we still have the Queen as our Head of State. -
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Wars and Battles: Also known as the Battle of Quebec, was fought by the British Army and Navy, against the French Army, on a plateau just outside the walls of Quebec City, on land that was originally owned by a farmer named Abraham Martin, hence the name of the battle. The battle involved fewer than 10,000 troops between both sides, but proved to be a deciding moment in the conflict between France and Britain over the fate of New France, influencing the later creation of Canada. -
Conquest of 1760
Notable Event:
Montreal surrenders to the English so that the New France is given up to the British. -
Governors and Prime Minister
General James Murray is appointed first British military governor of Québec. -
Treaty of Paris seals the fall of New France
Documents and Treaties: The Treaty of Paris by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.The signing of the treaty formally ended the Seven Years' War.
Big Six: Continuity and Change
French people has given up New France (Qecbec) to the British government after the battle of Abraham. Qecbec became part of Canada by then till now. -
Royal Proclamation
Documents and Treaties:
The Royal Proclamation is a document that set out guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories in what is now North America. -
Quebec Act
Documents and Treaties;
Guaranteeing civil, language and religious rights to French Canadians, comes into force. Quebec Act is passed by British Parliament, recognizing the French Canadian's right to preserve their language, religion, and civil law -
American Revolutionary War
Wars and Battles:
This revolution started in 1775 till 1783, the colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America. Canadian were invaded by the Americans during the revolution. -
The Battle of Quebec
Wars and Battles:
Between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City early in the American Revolutionary War.American rebels' invasion stemmed at Quebec. -
Voyage of James Cook
Exploration Discovery:
Captain James Cook explores the Pacific Coast from Nootka, Vancouver Island, to the Bering Strait.
Big Six: Historical Significants
james Cooks discovered Birtish Colombia so that it became part of Canada. BC is well developed too since people were settling in and started building up the province. -
New Brunswick
Colonies and Settlements:
The province of New Brunswick was formed. In 1784, the British divided Nova Scotia at the Chignecto Isthmus, naming the west and north portion New Brunswick after the German duchy of Brunswick-Lunenburg. New Brunswick is now the only officially bilingual province in Canada. -
Treaty of Paris
Documents and Treaties:
The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States, recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation. After the British defeat at Yorktown, peace talks in Paris began in April 1782. -
Arrival of the Loyalist in Canada
Colonies and Settlements:
After the American revolution, the people who were still remained loyal to the British hence the name "Loyalists". They left the Thireen colonies that had become the United State since they were no longer welcome to be there. 100,000 of them fled to Nova Scotia and settle there.
Cause and consequences:
Since the people remain loyal to British government, the people who were not welcomed there anymore ahve to settled in the Bristish colonies and they chose Nova Scotia. -
Alexander Mackenzie
Ecloration and Discovery: He is known for his overland crossing of what is now Canada to reach the Pacific Ocean in 1793. This was the first east to west crossing of North America north of Mexico. At the behest of the North West Company, Alexander Mackenzie journeys to the Beaufort Sea, following what would later be named the Mackenzie River. -
Province of Lower Canada
Provincial Notes:
Upper Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario) formed. With western Québec filling with English-speaking Loyalists, the Constitutional Act of 1791 divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada (modern-day Ontario and Quebec). Quebec is divided into two colonies, Upper and Lower Canada, each with its own Assembly. -
Constitutional Act
Documents Acts and Treaties:
The Constitutional Act was put in action on this day. The act basically divided the former Province of Quebec into two parts: Upper and Lower Canada. Upper Canada is around where modern day Ontario is, and Lower Canada is where modern day Quebec is. -
York (Toronto) founded
Exploration and Discovery: The first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and a was John Graves Simcoe and he was also the founder of York, now Toronto. -
David Thompson
Notable Events: (the exact date is unknown)
Having worked for the Hudson's Bay Company since 1784, David Thompson joins the North West Company as a surveyor and mapmaker, eventually surveying hundreds of thousands of square miles of western North America. Americans launch their first lake schooner, the Washington, on Lake Erie near Presque Isle.
Big Six: Evidence
The artist drew this portrait of him based on the immpression of him, so that we would know how did he look like and how he dressed. -
George Prevost
Governor and Prime Minister:
On 27 September 1802, soon after fighting against France resumed, Prévost was chosen to be the governor of Dominica. In 1803, the French attempted to seize the island, and Prévost fought against them. He would also fight against the French in an effort to reclaim St Lucia. He was appointed to become the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia in 1808. -
First paper mill established in Lower Canada
Provincial Notes:
First paper mill established in Lower Canada, producing paper from cloth rags. (no date, only year) -
Act of the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Documents & Treaties:
The Parliament of the United Kingdom abolished slavery thorughout all the Brisitsh coloies. -
Simon Fraser
Notable Events: (exact date is unknown)
He was responsible for building that area's first trading posts, and, in 1808, he explored what is now known as the Fraser River, which bears his name.
Big Six: Continuity and change
There is a university in BC was named after him, the Simon Fraser University. He was one of the most important people to BC so that they the university after him. -
War of 1812
Wars & Battles:
The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two and a half years, fought by the United States of America against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies and its Native American allies.
Historical Significance:
The United States did no win the war so that they did not get the sovereignty of Canada. If the American invasion been successful, Canada might be a very different place. -
Treaty of Ghent
Treaties & Documents Acts:
It is the peace tready that represents the end of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. -
John Alexander Macdonald is Born
Governors & Prime Ministers:
On this date, future Prime Minister John A. Macdonald was born. One day, he would co-lead Canada! He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. When he was five years old, his family moved to Kingston in Upper Canada. He was interested in law from a very early age, and opened his own law office when he was only nineteen. He started his political career as a councillor in 1843. He was later elected as the conservative party's member for Kingston in 1847. -
Battle of Seven Oaks
Wars & Battles:
The Battle of Seven Oaks[2] was a violent confrontation in what was known as the Pemmican War between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, rivals in the fur trade. It was the climax of a long dispute in western Canada. The Métis people, who fought for the North West Company, called it "the Victory of Frog Plain" . -
Miramichi Fire
Notable Events:
Miramichi Fire kills more than 160 persons and consumes 6,000 square miles of forest in New Brunswick. -
Louis-Joseph Papineau
Governors & Prime Minister: (exact day is unknown)
He was chosen leader of The Patriotes, a reformed and more radical Parti Canadien. He travels from Montréal to England to oppose an Act of Union identifying the French Canadians as a minority without language rights. The act is not passed in the British Parliament. -
Univeristy of Toronto
University of Toronto was established and it is one of the best Universities in Canada. -
The Last Beothuk
The British came to Newfoundland and they captured the Beothuk living area and sell them as slaves. Shawnadithit was the last Beothuks and she was dies becuase of TB.
The Enthical Dimenison:
This was the only time that the British committed geocide to the Naive American. They used violence and they killed the whole group of Beotuks becuase they were not willing to cooperatie with the British. -
Bank of Nova Scotia
Notable Events:
The Bank of Nova Scotia, know as the Scotiabank was established. It is the third largest bank in Canada by deposits and market capitalization. -
The Cholera Epidemic of 1832
Colonies &Settlement:
In June 1832, two events stirred up political conflict in Lower Canada: the Place d'Armes by-election, which turned into a tragedy costing several lives, and the cholera epidemic.
Big Six: Cause and Consequences
The lack of sewers and garbage collection contributed to water contamination. Soon the epidemic was out of control and hundreds died each day, mostly in the large towns. -
Renamed York to Toronto
Provincial Notes:
York was reanmed to Toronto and it is the largest city in Canada. Champlain visited in early 1600s and the name has been changed back to Toronto but spelt differently. -
First Railway in Canada
Notable Events:
Cheers filled the air as a wood-burning steam locomotive chugged out of La Prairie, Quebec, pulling the first train on the first public railroad in Canada. -
Provincial Notes
Upper Canada becomes Canada West, and Lower Canada becomes Canada East: they are united into Province of Canada -
Act of Union
Documents and Treaties:
It abolished the legislatures of Lower Canada and Upper Canada and established a new political entity, the Province of Canada to replace them. This act affected the political union of the Province of Canada, and was similar in nature and in goals to the other Acts of Union enacted by the British Parliament. It united the colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada under one government, creating the Province of Canada. -
The Rebellion Losses Bill
Wars & Battles:
Lord Elgin creates the Rebellion Losses Bill in order to compensate anyone in Canada East for the damage done to their property during the rebellion. This caused the infuriated English merchants to attempt to organize the Annexation Mannifestation, which would have allowed America to take over Canada. This however failed. As a result of the bill, government was moved to Ottawa. -
Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal
Notable Events:
The Parliament building in Montreal iwas built down. It is considered a crucial moment in the development of the Canadian democratic tradition, largely as a consequence of how the matter
was dealt with by then co-prime ministers of the united Province of Canada, Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin.
Historical Significance:
Violence, the annexation movement, the hostility between French and English over the Rebellion Losses Bill. -
First stamp
Notable Events:
The three pence beaver is an example of an adhesive postage stamp. -
Elgin-Marcy Treaty
Documents & Treaties:
It was a trade treaty between Great Britain and the United States, applying to British possessions in North America including the United Province of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland Colony. -
Ottawa as the new Captial of Canada
Notable Events:
Ottawa was choesn as the new Capital of Canada by Queen Victoria, -
Fraser River Gold Rushes
Colonies and Settlement:
The first group of Chinese immigrants from San Francisco arrived in Victoria by boat in June 1858. Soon after, more Chinese labourers came directly from Hong Kong to seek a better livelihood in Gum Shan (the “Gold Mountain”).
Ethical Dimension:
The chinese workers were getting paid at a really low wages and they have to work for a very long time a day. they were being racist and given hard jobs. -
Charlottetown Conferefce
Notable Events:
It was held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island for representatives from the colonies of British North America to discuss Canadian Confederation.The conference was originally planned as a meeting of representatives from the Maritime colonies:
Big Six: Historical Significant:
consisted of five delegates from each of the three Maritime Provinces and eight delegates from the Province of Canada (QB and OT). -
The Quebec Conference
Notable Events:
The Quebec Conference was the second meeting held in 1864 to discuss Canadian Confederation.The 32 delegates from the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island had agreed at the close of the Charlottetown Conference to meet again at Quebec City (at the Old Parliament Building) October 1864. Newfoundland also sent two observers, but did not participate directly in the proceedings. British Columbia did not participate in the conference. -
The London Conference
Notable Events:
It was the final in a series of conferences or debates that led to Canadian confederation in 1867. Sixteen delegates from the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick gathered with officials of the British government to draft the British North America Act, 1867. -
Canadian Confederation
Documents and Treaties:
The federal Dominion of Canada was formed, On that day, three British colonies became four provinces of the new dominion. The existing United Province of Canada was divided into the new provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and two other colonies, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, also became provinces of the new Dominion of Canada. -
Red River Rebellion
Wars and Battles:
Loius Riel was the leader of the rebellion and their events led to Manitoba becoming a new province. This rebellion represented the conflict between the Metis and the government.
Ethical Dimension:
The Metis were being neglected and Louis Riel was hung for treason. Canada was supposed to be a free and equal country but the Metis were not being supported by that time. -
Provincial Notes
Manitoba and Northwest Territories became provinces of Canada
British Columbia became a province of Canada on the 20th of July. -
The North-West Mounted Police
Notable Events:
The North-West Mounted Police was a paramilitary police force established in 1873 to maintain law and order, and to be a visible symbol of Canadian sovereignty, in the newly acquired North-West Territories (including present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan). -
Coal Mining Disasters
Notable Events:The first major Canadian coal mining disaster was at Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, after a shot of explosive ignited methane at the coal face. The fire caused a gas explosion, which, fed by coal dust, ripped through the mine and set off further explosions, killing workers and firefighters attempting their rescue. Those untouched by the blast and fireballs were brought down by the carbon monoxide left in the fire’s wake. The mine was sealed to starve the fire of oxygen, an -
O Canada
Notable Event:
"O Canada" was first sung in 1880 by Calixa Lavallee. The song "o Canada" became our national anthem around 100 years later in 1980. -
Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration-Documents and Treaties
The Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration was appointed to prove the necessity of regulating Chinese immigration to Canada. Large number of Chinese labourers came to Canada in the 1880s to work on the western section of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Many politicians, trade unionists and white residents of British Columbia protested that the Chinese were immoral, prone to disease and incapable of assimilation. The commission recommended imposing a $10 duty on each Chinese person. -
Canadian pacific Railway
Notable Events:
Canadian Pacific Railway was founded in 1881 to link Canada's populated centres with the vast potential of its relatively unpopulated West. The railway was done six years ahead of schedule - when the last spike was driven at Craigellachie, B.C. Evidence:
In this picture, the people who participated on the ending ceremony of the CPR are all white Canadian. A large amount of people who worked for the CPR were the Chinese but they weren't in the picture for the celebration. -
Northwest Rebellion
Wars and Battle:
The North-West Rebellion was a violent, five-month insurgency against the Canadian government, fought mainly by Métis militants and their Aboriginal allies in what is now Saskatchewan and Alberta. It was caused by rising fear and insecurity among the Métis and Aboriginal peoples as well as the white settlers of the rapidly changing West. -
Criminal Code
Documents & Treaties:
The Criminal Code[1] or Code criminel[2] is a law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada. -
Sir Wildrid Laurier
Governor and Prime Ministers:
Sir Wilfrid Laurier became the first francophone Prime Minister in Canada. He was the 7th Prime Minister of Canada and he was considered as on the country's greatest statesmen.
Big Six: Historical Significance:
He is well known for his policies of conciliation, expanding Confederation, and compromise between French and English Canada. He also bulit a better relationship between the French and Englsih people. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Notable Events:
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Gold was dicovered and the news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of would-be prospectors. -
Yukon Territory became a province of Canada
Prvincial Notes:
Yukon entered Confederation in 1898, after a gold rush boom led Canada to create a second northern territory out of the Northwest Territories (NWT).
Yukon (along with Alaska) is the oldest continually inhabited part of North America, with the first people migrating across the Bering Strait land bridge at least 10,000 years ago. The Aboriginal people in Yukon today include the Nahanni, Teslin, Tutchone, Tagish, Gwich’in and, in the Arctic north, the Inuit. -
The Boer War End
War and Battles:
The first Canadian troops sent overseas participate in the Boer War in South Africa in 1898, marked Canada's first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war. The British won the war and the Boer War ended in 1902.
Big Six: Historical Significance:
Even though Canada was under the British Empire during that time, Canadaused its own name to fight in the Boer War which gave Canada a big mark on the world history. It also led Canada to become a independent nation. -
Alaska
Colonies and Settlements:
Canada loses the Alaska boundary dispute when British tribunal representative Lord Alverstone sides with the U.S.. Silver is discovered in Northern Ontario. -
Saskatchewan became a province of Canada
Provincial Note:
Saskatchewan has been inhabited for thousands of years by various indigenous groups, and first explored by Europeans in 1690 and settled in 1774. It became a province in 1905, its name derived from the Saskatchewan River. -
Tobacco Restraint Act
Documents and Treaties:
The Parliament passed the Tobacco Restraint Act prohibiting the sale of tobacco to person under 16, and prohibiting them from purchasing or possessing tobacco. -
Canada at WW1
Wars and Battles:
During the WW1, Britain was at war so that Canada was also at war. But Canadian would determine the extent of their own commitment. -
The Battle of Vimy Ridge
Wars and Battles:
Canadian won the battle of Vimy Ridge during the WW1, This victory represented the full independence of Canada and the world has recognized Canada as a nation. -
The Conscrption Crisis
Notable Events:
During the WW1, many soldiers were killed and wounded and we didn't have enough peopele to replace the amount of lost soldiers. the French-Canadian disagree on going to wars because they thought that we should not be fighting the battle of the Bristish Empire. -
Some Canadian women first got into a ferderal election
Notable Events:
The "Blue Bird" (nurses in the war) received the right to vote in the federal election. The war also changed the role of women in the labour market. Over 30000 women worked in factories due to the shortage of men labours.
Big Six: Continuity and change
Women gained more power and rights during this period since their husband or son were in wars so that company were short of labour, Part of the women were giving right to vote and later on all the women were allowed to vote. -
The Chinese Exclusive Act
Document and Treaties:
Chinese were the majority part of the immigrants to Canada during this time.Most of them came to Canada looking for jobs and they are will to work for less money. After buliding the CPR, the Canadian disliked the Chinese and the Canadians didn't like them for taking thier jobs so that the Canadian Government created the Chinese Exclusive Act to prevent Chinese from coming and imposed a hefty head tax on all immigrants from China. -
The Royal Canadian Air Force
Notable Events:
The Canadian pilots who returned from the WW1 were anxious to continue flying so that the government created the Royal Canadian Air Force to justified the military planes to used for peaceful purposes as well. -
The Person's Case
Notable Events:
Person Case was a fight about if woman should be considered as a person or not. In 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that women were not 'persons" and the "Famous Five" (a group of 5 women) said that they were going to fight for it. After 3 months, the "Famous Five" won the the Court and "persons" referred to both men and women. -
The Great Depressipn
Notable Events:
it was the day when the stock market was crashed and it was one of the most dramatic and depressing evvents in the history.
Big Six: Cause and Consequence
After the WW1, many peeple play in the stock market in 1920s and people dreamed of getting rich overnight. Close to the end of 1920s, so many people who invested in the stock market lost all of their money in the crash. -
The First Woman Senator
Governor and Prime Minister:
Cairine Reay Wilson became the first appointed woman to the Senate in Canada. -
1935 series banknotes
Notable Events:
The Bank of Canada was created in 1934 and given responsibility, through an Act of Parliament, to regulate the country's money supply and to "promote the economic and financial welfare of Canada." Accordingly, it was given the exclusive right to issue bank notes in Canada. On 11 March 1935, the Bank of Canada issued its first series of bank notes. -
THe Canadian Broadcating Corporation
Notable Events:
The CBC became the government body for all broadcasting and it replaced the CRBC. -
Canada declared war to Germany
Wars and Battle:
Britain and France declared war on Gemany and Canada declared war to Gemany7 days after. The first Canadian troops left for England in December.
Big Six: Historical Significance:
Although "obliged to go to war at Britain's side," King's delay of a week was a symbolic gesture of independence. Canada was fouhgt as a independent natiion and it's been recognized as a strong country. -
Women's Fashion 1940s
Notable Events:
The major changing point for women's fashion was after the WW2. Curly hair and bight lip colour also show more feminine and fanncier.
Big six: HIstorical Perspective:
The dresses were shorter like knee lengh and some women wore jeans to go to work. Women were not being restricted at home or wearing specific clothing. They wear whatever they want and not being criticized. -
Japanese Internment
Notable Events:
Many Canadians disliked the Japanese during WW2 because of the Pearl Habour attack from the Japamese government. They are forced to moved out of thier huse and they were put into isolated shelters where it was very crowded. their properties were sold to Canadians with a really cheap price. -
The end of the WW2
Wars and Battles:
The Second World War ended in South-east Asia, Japan. It was a very chanllenging area to serve and the Canadians help the British troop to fight the Japanese military at Hong Kong and Burma. After so many battles and causalities, the Allies declared the "V-J (victory over Japan) Day" on August 15, 1945. -
Joining Confederation
Provincial Notes:
Newfoundland and Labradorbecame the tenth province to enter the Canadian Confederation. -
The Korean War
Wars and Battles;
The Korea was divided into North and South Part after WW2 along the 38th parallel. Canada was one of the countries that signed up to fight in the US force for the South Korea. -
The Cobalt-60
Notable Events:
In 1951, University of Saskatchewan medical physicist Dr. Harold Johns and his graduate students became the first researchers in the world to successfully treat a cancer patient using cobalt-60 radiation therapy. This innovative technology—dubbed the “cobalt bomb” by the media - revolutionized cancer treatment and saved the lives of millions of cancer patients around the world. -
The Vietnam War
Wars and Battles:
Vietnam divided by North Vietnam (supported by communist country) and South Vietnam (supported by non-communist countries, including the US) during the vietnam War. Although Canadian Government remiain neutral, Canada sent over 30000 soldiers to enlist in the US Army. The War continued througout the sixties and it ended in 1975. -
Sir John Diefenbaker
Governor and Prime Minister:
He was the only Progressive Conservative (PC or Tory) party leader between 1930 and 1979 to lead the party to an election victory, doing so three times, although only once with a majority of seats in the Canadian House of Commons.
Big Six: Historical Significance:
Diefenbaker nevertheless contributed to the formation of medicare by establishing a Royal Commission on Health Services in 1961, and appointing Emmett Hall, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan. -
FLQ
Notable Events:
A terrorist organization called The Front de Liberation du Quebec, FLQ was formed in 1963. They were the left-wing nationalists and socialists paramilitary group in Quebec, Canada. They were active within 1963 to 1970, and the purpose of their violence act is demanding full independence of Quebec. In 1963, they placed bombs in mailboxes in three federal armories and a railroad bombing took place on a line that Prime Minister John Diefenbaker was to travel on. -
Health care
Provincal Notes:
Saskatchewan is the first province to have medical insurance covering doctor's bills. In 1966, Parliament passes a legislation to establish a national Medicare program.
Big Six: continuity and change
By 1972, all provinces and territories have joined the program. The whole Canada have free public health care since then so that people do not need to pay for expensive medical bills. -
Flag of Canada
Notable Events:
After eliminating a bunch of proposals of the new Canada flag, the committee was left with three possible designs, a Red Ensign with the Fleur-de-lis and the Union Jack, a design incorporating three red maple leaves between two blue borders, and a red flag with a single red maple leaf on a white square. Canada officially adopts the Maple Leaf Flag between two red borders to replace the Red Ensign, and it was designed by George F.G Stanley. -
Officail Languages Act
Documents and Treaties:
After The Official Languages Act is signed, both English and French became official languages in Canada and both languages are equally used throughout the Canadian Government. -
Voting age
Notable Events:
Voting age in federal elections reduced from twenty-one to eighteen years of age -
October Crisis
Notable Events:
Members of FLQ began there terrorist action by kidnapping James Cross, the British trade commissioner in Montreal. Later on, Minister of Immigration and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte, was kidnapped and killed in the trunk. The War Measures Act was invoked without war.
Big Six: Historical Significance:
This is the only one terrorist event that happened in the Canadian History. This also represented how violent and how much the extreme Qecbois wanted to be independence. -
First Women Lieutenant-Governor
Governor and prime Minister:
Pauline McGibbon was the first woman Lieutenant-Governor from 1974 to 1980. She was the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and the first woman to seve as a viceregal representative in Canada history. -
Canada was invited to join the G7
Notable Event(The exact date is unknown)
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and the United States - the world's wealthiest democracies come together to discuss issues of global concern. The following year, Canada joined the group, and the group's name was changed to the G7. G7 membership enables Canada to promote and defend its broad foreign policy, economic and commercial agenda, and to help shape global developments on a range of issue, including responses to global crises. -
Terry’s Marathon of Hope
Notable Events:
Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope run across Canada in support of cancer research. He started running in St. John’s, Newfoundland and ended near Thunder Bay, Ontario on September 1st, 1980. He ran 5575 km in 143 days, and one of his legs was artificial during the run. -
Constitution Act: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Document Acts and Treaties:
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms comes into force and makes the country a better place. It recognizes primary fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, mobility rights, legal rights and equality rights, and recognizes the multicultural heritage of Canadians. It also protects the two official languages and minority language education rights. In section 25, it guarantee the rights of the Aboriginal people in Canada. -
First Canadian in space
Notable Events:
Marc Garneau was the first Canadian in space and 6 people were chosen to be the first team of Canadian astronauts. -
Brian Mulroney Apologizes to the Japanese People
Notable Events:
Brain Mulroney apologized to the Japanese people for their mistreatment and internment during WW2. During the Second World War, Japanese Canadians were believed to be spies of Japan, so they were sent to internment camps. Along with a formal apology, monetary compensation was provided to the survivors.
Big Six: Ethical Dimension
The importance of this apology is it helped improve the government's relationship with Japanese Canadians after all they’ve done to them. -
Oka Crisis
Document and Treaties:
It is a conflict between the Mohawk protesters, the police, and the government. The government wanted to expand a golf course and bulid bulidings on top of Mohawks' burial grounds. After 78 days standoff and the death of a cop, the government bought the land but nothing was bulit. -
First woman Prime Minister
Governor and Prime Minster:
Kim Campbell is the only woman to ever hold the Prime Minister's title. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada and was out of office in just 5 months -
Referendum for Quebec's Independence-Provincial Notes:
After the failure of the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accord, this led many French-Canadians to believe that their wishes were not supported by everyone else. Later, the leader of Parti Quebecois Jacques Parizeau won the election and vowed to hold another referendum. When he first mentioned it, many people were for separatism but over time, it died down and the opposition was in the lead when the referendum began. At the end, it was a close battle but the vote against separatism won 5 -
The last Indian residential school
Notable Events:
The last indian residental school has closed and the first nation children' nightmare had ended. They were trreated terribly and being abused at school.
Enthical Dimension:
They removed the first nation children away from their families , depriving them of their ancestral languages , through sterilization , and by exposing many of them to physical leading to sexual abuse by staff members, and other students, and enfranchising them forcibly.
