Essay Topics                                                                         Contemporary Canada :CHC2D    

We have tried to list some sites for each topic below. There are however, some other great sites that may be of use to you. Check these also:       

                                

        1. Billy Bishop

              Billy Bishop Heritage Museum Check out the current exhibits and a biography of Billy Bishop

        at the museum website. 

          Canadian Air Aces and Heroes  Check out the illustrated biographies of Canada's military greats

            at this Canadian Air Aces and  Heroes website.

       

 

        2. Queen Elizabeth and the Monarchy.

            Canadian Encyclopedia:  Key word  "Monarchism"

           

 

The British Monarchy

This official Internet website for the Royal Family includes information about recent royal events, the Royal Collection, Royal Residences and the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Also features an extensively illustrated history of the Monarchy and The Royal Insight magazine.

Canadian Monarchist Online

Web site dedicated to educating Canadians about the Canadian Monarchy.

The Canadian Opinion Research Archive

This very extensive Queen's University website for The Canadian Opinion Research Archive offers survey data relating to Canadian social, cultural, health and political issues.

The Monarchist League of Canada

Site devoted to supporting the Monarchy in Canada.

The Golden Jubilee: A New Brunswick Tribute

This website features a photographic retrospective of Queen Elizabeth's official visits to New Brunswick.

The Canadian Monarchy

This Canadian Heritage website focuses on Canada’s connection to The Queen and other members of the Royal Family.
 
 

        3. The Dionne Quintuplets

            Dionne Quintuplets Museum The Dionnne Quints museum features digitalized collections that portray

         the family history of the famous Dionne Quintuplets.

       

      4. Grey Owl

            Also search  "BELANEY , ARCHIBALD STANSFELD"

           

            Canadian Heroes in Fact and Fiction This reference source about exceptional Canadian

         personalities (real and fictional) includes individual profiles, bibliographies and Internet links. From the

        National Library of Canada.

 

            Grey Owl  Historica’s acclaimed one-minute movies about Canadian history

 

        5. The RCMP

           

             Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  The official home page of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

             Sam Steele

   Follow the exploits of Sam Steele at this Canada’s Digital Collections website.

          Fort Walsh National Historic Site

  This Fort Walsh National Historic Site in Saskatchewan was an early North West Mounted Police/Royal Canadian Mounted       Police post (circa 1878-83). A Parks Canada website.

          Fort Battleford National Historic Site

This Parks Canada site commemorates the 1876 North West Mounted Police headquarters in Battleford, Saskatchewan. Includes detailed notes about Big Bear, Poundmaker, the Cree, Sir Frederick Dobson Middleton, North-West Rebellion, the Battle of Cut Knife, and related topics.

           The State

This multimedia Statistics Canada e-Book offers a detailed overview of Canada’s political and legal systems. Includes statistical data and analysis.

           The RCMP March West

This extensive website commemorates the 125th anniversary of the RCMP Great March West. Includes many multimedia clips, maps, biographies and notes about historic places related to the March. Check out the "Famous Characters", "Historic Places", "Historic Events", "General Interest" and "Maps". Based on a documentary program from GAPC Broadcast Entertainment Inc. of Ottawa.

         

          Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Greater Toronto Area
          The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in greater Toronto with great links to legal, law enforcement, and government sites     www.rcmp-grc.org/
          RCMP Centennial Museum
         The regimental museum of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, located in Regina, Saskatchewan. In English and en         francais. Learn    about the Royal...www.rcmpmuseum.com/
         RCMP - Home
        A Report on the Evaluation of RCMP Restorative Justice Initiative: Community Justice Forum as Seen by Participants The concept of    restorative...www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/index_e.htm

        6. The Barnardo Children (not WW2)

        Dr Thomas Barnardo
       The information, both pictorial and data, has been compiled from various sources by Old Boys of Dr. Barnardo's     and Goldings in particular. www.goldonian.org/barn_ardo.htm

      

         7. Rene Levesque and the Parti Quebecois

       

            Parti Quebecois

          Parti Quebecois: provincial political party committed to the independence of Quebec. Founded in 1968, it soon became a force in        provincial elections.www.slider.com.au/enc/40000/Parti_Quebecoi...

        8. Norman Bethune- can be found in Canadian Encyclpoedia as well as on the Canadian Dictionary of Biography

        9. War Criminals in Canada

     War Criminals: The Deschênes Commission (87-3e)
...  to identify and track down Nazi war criminals. www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs.

        10.  Women in Politics 

      Louise Crummy McKinney - Celebrating Women's Achievements / Women in
--   Women in Canadian Politics. .www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/12/h12-265-e.html
     BCTF LA2078: Nobody Likes An Alarm Clock
    See Handout 1A. Handout 1A. Canadian Women's Suffrage Time Line ... or who shapes history?" and "Has life    progressed since 1900?" could be on the...www.bctf.bc.ca/lessonaids/online/LA2078.ht...

        11.  Athletes and the Olympics

          Percy Williams can be found in the Canadian Encyclopedia (online)

             Canada's greatest Olympic Summer Games success was in last decade
           Canada's greatest Olympic Summer Games success was in last decade ...  Amsterdam, 1928, saw Percy Williams etch his name in   Canadian sport history...

        Ben Johnson- http://archives.cbc.ca/270s.asp?IDLan=1

                             CBC News In Review videos

        Lennox Lewis

         Official Website of Lennox Lewis || http://www.lennoxlewis.com www.lennox-lewis.com/

 

 

        12. Refugees

          Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CICNet)

        Canadian Council of Refugees

        The Immigration to Canada Page (unofficial)

        The misc.immigration.canada newsgroup

 

       13. The Group Of Seven : Found in the Canadian Encyclopedia

           

        Group of Seven and Their Contemporaries
        The Group of Seven and Their Contemporaries...www.mcmichael.com/group.htm
        The McMichael Canadian Art Collection
        Exlusively collects Canadian art and hosts one of the largest permanent displays of works by Tom Thomson, the Group of         Seven and their...www.mcmichael.com/

        14. Innuit Peoples

         Inuit Tapirisat of Canada

        ITK is the national organization representing the Inuit of Canada. Our site contains information on Canadian Inuit

        and our  organization.www.tapirisat.ca/

      

       Arctic Today

      The Canadian Eastern Arctic Today -The Baffin region has a ... Arctic from their homelands in the 1950s. Inuit representation by Inuits in    regional...www.travelvantage.com/arc_tod.html

 
 

        

        15. Child Poverty

         Canadian Statistics, from Statistics Canada

      

        16. Canada In Space

 

         Home Page Of Canadian Space Agency

         Canadian Space Related Sites

        17. Residential Schools For native Children

        NATIVE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN CANADA: A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

         Ing, Rosalyn. - "The effects of residential schools on Native child-rearing practices". -

        Canadian journal of Native education. - Vol. 18, no.www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/35/index-e.html

        Aboriginal Peoples and Residential Schools

        U of S | Native Law | Residential Schools in 1999 | Residential School news in 2000 ... Ottawa, 1996.

        Canadian Journal   of Native Education. www.usask.ca/nativelaw/rsbib.html

        Aboriginal Peoples and Residential Schools
...     bibliographic material relating to Native residential Schools...www.usask.ca/nativelaw/rsbib.html
        Residential Schools
        Indian Residential Schools. Otherwise known as Industrial Schools, these schools were set up across Canada.
 

 

        18. World War II- D Day

         Canada Remembers
        http://bytor.com/canrem/canrem.htm

       

      The Valour and The Horror - World War Two
      The most complete site on the web about the Second World War and Canada...  www.valourandhorror.com
 

       

        19.  Participation in The Korean War

       

         Military History: 1945 to Present: The Korean War: Canadian

         Military History: 1945 to Present: The Korean War: Origins. Early Stages. Canadian Participation. Kap'yong.

         Chail-li. Troop Rotations. www.lermuseum.org/ler/mh/1945topresent/can...

 

         History: Veterans Affairs Canada Veterans Affairs Canada--History

         Extensive series of articles on Canadian participation in WW I, WW II, Korean War, and related links

    

         History of Canada and the Korean War

         Korea - The Forgotten War This CBC feature from "The National" describes the Canadian participation in

         the Korean War.  www.canadamusic.about.com/cs/koreanwar/ind...

        20. The Avro Arrow Project

        Avro Arrow CF-105 and Canadian Aerospace.

        Avro Arrow CF-105 and Canadian Aerospace Home Page...

        www3.sympatico.ca/mkostiuk/arrow.html

 

       Canada Aviation Museum

       Collection of historic aircraft, including the Avro Arrow. I

          

          Avro Arrow 1958

         Avro Arrow CF 105

         Avro Arrow Facts

         CF 105

         Peter Pigott

         Avro Arrow Destroyed

   

         21. Multiculturalism

           Multiculturalism in Canada

          ...that multiculturalism reflects the cultural and racial diversity of Canadian society and acknowledges the freedom

          of all members of Canadian...www.cpa.ca/cjbsnew/1996/ful_edito.html

 

           Canadian Multiculturalism (93-6e)

          93-6E Print Copy. CANADIAN MULTICULTURALISM. Prepared by: Marc Leman Political and Social Affairs

          Division Revised 15 February 1999...www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs...

 

           Multiculturalism Diversity - Canadian Ethnocultural Council

           Non-profit, non-partisan coalition of national ethnocultural umbrella organizations which, in turn, represent a

           cross-section of ethnocultural groups...www.ethnocultural.ca/

 

            Canadian Multiculturalism Act

           Canadian Multiculturalism Act ( R.S. 1985, c. 24 (4th Supp.) ) Disclaimer: These documents are not the official

            versions ois.justice.gc.ca/en/C-18.7/

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            About Canada - Multiculturalism in Canada

            In l988, Bill C-93 was passed as the Canadian Multiculturalism Act.

            www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/e...
 

        

 

        22. Racism    RACISM. STOP IT!

          

         The History of Racism in Canada

            A Webography: The History of Racism in Canada. www.hopesite.ca/remember/history/racism_ca...

            Media, Stereotypes and the Perpetuation of Racism in Canada

            Media, Stereotypes and the Perpetuation of Racism in Canada                                 

               www.usask.ca/education/coursework/802paper..

 

        23.  Canada and Nuclear Power.

 

                http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/millennium/nuclear_power/nuclear_about.html

                The history of nuclear power in Canada. Link to pdf file also.

 

        24.  North Atlantic Treaty Organization

                www.nato.int

 

 

        25.  Women and Medicine

                Dr. Emily Stowe (nee Emily Howard Jennings): Found in Canadian Encyclopedia as well as

                The Canadian Dictionary of Biography