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Richard Bedford Bennett
Richard Bedford Bennett was born on July 3rd, 1870 in Hopewell New Brunswick. As a boy his ambition was to be a school teacher like his mother and to become Prime Minister. He achieved the first ambition at 18 but after two years decided on law which he studied at Dalhousie University. He was admitted to the New Brunswick bar in 1893.
He settled in Calgary in 1897 with the Laughed law firm and swiftly won fame and wealth. He was in the territorial legislature before Alberta and Saskatchewan were -
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The Bennett Buggy
If your parents, grandparents or great grandparents had an automobile during the time of the 1929-1939 Great Depression, which wasn't great in the positive sense, chances are they didn't have money to operate a car.
In 1928, 4.6 million automobiles were sold. When the stock market crashed in October of 1929, many of those cars could not be used as gasoline prices increased and gas was soon rationed. As the wealth of the Roaring Twenties came to a screeching halt, many automobile owners in Canad -
The Evolution of Human Rights
Human rights are rights that we all have by virtue of our shared humanity. Depending on the nature of the right but both individuals and groups can assert human rights. The realization of human rights is a constant struggle on the part of people who suffer injustices and also who seek redress. Human rights are an important part of the social fabric of Canadian society. Canadians have played a special role in the evolution of human rights on the international stage
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Anti-semitism in canada (1930s/1940s)
In a three-class mini-unit, my Social Studies 11 Honours class worked with the new resource package from the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. Anti-Semitism and Fascism in Canada 1930s and 1940s, which is a collection of primary source documents that examine the impact of anti-Semitism and Fascism in Canada prior to the outbreak of World War II. I am amazed at the amount that my students learned about the "nasty bits" of Canadian history. -
Battle of Hong Kong
The Battle of Hong Kong [8–25 December 1941], also known as the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II. On the same morning as the attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked British Hong Kong. -
D-Day
During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control.
