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:
Famous People Who Happen To Be Canadian: an excellent site that lists famous people by their professions
Famous Canadians Theme Page has links to sites where you can find information on famous Canucks; great links! An added bonus is that each site is described briefly; don't overlook this site
| The Famous Five | |
| This is an interactive website chronicling the lives and achievements of the Famous 5. Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby and Nellie McClung achieved the recognition of women as persons under the British North America Act ... | |
| Canadian Statistics, from Statistics Canada |
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"
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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
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Fort Walsh National Historic Site |
Fort Battleford National Historic Site |
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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/
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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/
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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
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6. The Barnardo Children (not WW2)
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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
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7. Rene Levesque and the Parti Quebecois
8. Norman Bethune- can be found in Canadian Encyclpoedia as well as on the Canadian Dictionary of Biography
9. War Criminals in Canada
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War
Criminals: The Deschênes
Commission (87-3e)
... to identify and track down
Nazi war
criminals.
www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs.
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10. Women in Politics
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Louise Crummy McKinney - Celebrating
Women's Achievements / Women
in
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Women in Canadian
Politics. .www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/12/h12-265-e.html
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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...
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11. Athletes and the Olympics
Percy Williams can be found in the Canadian Encyclopedia (online)
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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...
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Ben Johnson- http://archives.cbc.ca/270s.asp?IDLan=1
CBC News In Review videos
Lennox Lewis
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Official Website of Lennox Lewis || http://www.lennoxlewis.com www.lennox-lewis.com/
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12. Refugees
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CICNet)
The Immigration to Canada Page (unofficial)
The misc.immigration.canada newsgroup
13. The Group Of Seven : Found in the Canadian Encyclopedia
14. Innuit Peoples
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ITK is the national organization representing the Inuit of Canada. Our site contains information on Canadian Inuit and our organization.www.tapirisat.ca/ |
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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
17. Residential Schools For native Children
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
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
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Aboriginal Peoples and Residential
Schools
... bibliographic material relating to
Native
residential
Schools...www.usask.ca/nativelaw/rsbib.html
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18. World War II- D Day
Canada
Remembers
http://bytor.com/canrem/canrem.htm
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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
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19. Participation in The Korean War
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...
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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
Collection of historic aircraft, including the Avro Arrow. I
21. Multiculturalism
...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 ( 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
25. Women and Medicine
Dr. Emily Stowe (nee Emily Howard Jennings): Found in Canadian Encyclopedia as well as
The Canadian Dictionary of Biography