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Billy Bishop and the War in the Air
Ranking: +1
Billy Bishop helped to improve Canadas reputation with air force. Although the job of being a pilot was extremely dangerous, it led to a development in Canada’s means of war
“Canadian pilots, like Billy Bishop, helped to advance Canada's reputation as a reputable air force in WWI. Canada did not have its own air force until the final months of the war”
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Leo Le Boutillier, Thomas-Louis Tremblay and French
Ranking: +1
This is slight progress because although First Nation soldiers were not at first treated fairly, they were later given a fair chance https://hwcdsb.elearningontario.ca/d2l/le/content/8114014/viewContent/77072916/Viewo be promoted in the army “they were often alienated and not promoted within the armed forces. After the French-Canadian Regiment, the 22nd Battalion, was formed, many French-Canadian soldiers could finally be promoted to higher ranks. “ -
Francis Pegahmagabow and First Nations soldiers
Ranking: +1
The First Nations were not thought to be very valuable but after a gruesome battle in which many men died. The First Nations were among the few that survived
“Pegahmagabow soon acquired a fierce reputation among his fellow soldiers, as many First Nations soldiers did, of being an excellent sniper”
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Jeremiah Jones and Black Canadian Soldiers
Ranking: -2
Black soldiers were mistreated and discriminated against even when they did significant things in war “many black soldiers still faced discrimination. W.H. Allan had stated, “Neither my men nor myself would care to sleep alongside them, or to eat with them, especially in warm weather.”
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Mae Belle Sampson, Katherine MacDonald and Nurses Overseas
Ranking: +2
Women were thought of as fragile creatures but when people saw images of nurses working hard, it helped changed their perspective towards women "For some Canadians, images and news of nurses working hard at the front and sacrificing their lives helped to change notions of women as fragile, helpless creatures”
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Prohibition of liquor
Ranking: -1
During the war, the government prohibited the making and selling of liquor. This resulted in many people just doing it illegally “Prohibition led to an increase in the illegal manufacturing and selling of liquor.”
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Discovery of Insulin
Ranking: +2
Frederick Banting discovered that insulin helped bring the levels of blood sugar down. After testing it on dogs, the treatment worked on a young boy and is now used for diabetes
“It was in 1921 that Canadian physician Frederick Banting and medical student Charles H. Best would be credited with discovering the hormone insulin in the pancreatic extracts of dogs.”
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Royal Canadian Airforce
Ranking: +1
The Royal Canadian Airforce was created to help soldiers who returned from war to use the war planes for peaceful purposes “[ the RCA was used for] for diverse purposes such as aerial mapping, spotting forest fires, fisheries patrols, assisting government departments and exploring the feasibility of flying in the Canadian North through undertakings”
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The “Famous Five” Persons Case
Ranking: +2
The famous five was group women who fought for the rights of women everywhere “Famous 5" were petitioners in the ground-breaking Persons Case, a case brought before the Supreme Court of Canada in 1927”
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Black Tuesday
Ranking: -2
A lot of people invested their money into the stock market, and when it crashed many people lost everything. “Tuesday morning opened with another huge drop and the worst day of the crash, Black Tuesday had begun.Some became hysterical, some began to cry softly, and some just watched in silence. Terror crept into every investors mind as the market dropped straight down.”
"Crash." Crash. Acess HT, 2013. Web. 08 July 2016.
