Canadian History Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (162) essays
Canadian History essays:
The Classic 1972 Summit Series
... the Soviets came out of Canada with a slight lead in the series and headed back to Moscow for the next four games with home advantage. After losing the first game in Moscow, this put Canada in a tough position to win the next 3 games to win the series. Brian McFarlane from Hockey Night in Canada ...
A summary of Canada's Involvement in World War I. Covers all major corps, and includes a copy of "In Flanders Fields" and a timeline of Canadian Involvement in WWI.
... The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand did not stir Canada, and when Britain warned of the possibility of war Canada was caught off guard. With only 3,000 permanent soldiers Canada scrambled to assemble its forces. Within three weeks 20,000 soldiers were on their way to a state of the art training ...
Sir Wilfrid Laurier - Prime Minister of Canada
... the Canadian House of Commons in 1874. There he rose rapidly to leadership. Although he was a French Canadian and a Roman Catholic, he was chosen leader of the Liberal party in 1887. Nine years later he became prime minister. He was knighted in 1897. 'Build up Canada' were the watchwords of ...
James J. Hill
... the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad. After the purchase of the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1878, Hill began to amalgamate several smaller lines reaching up to the Canadian border and west into Dakota Territory. By the end of 1885 Hill had expanded the ...
Why is the "Group of Seven" the most influential group of painters in Canada?
... to see and paint the Canadian scene in their own way. This change in attitude made it possible for new artists to experiment and create a national art in Canada. The Group of Seven created a new sense of national pride and self-awareness in Canada. "They succeeded in giving Canada an art that is now ...
This is an essay about people, groups, and government actions which aided Canada's minority groups from 1960-1980.
... in the justice system. It resulted in the Family Reform Acts, and the creation of groups such as the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. b) René Lévesque was extremely important in the development of French rights in Canada. He was a French separatist, and leader of the Parti ...
Race and Ethnicity: Canadians are not "colour-blind"
... The struggle of the First Nations began since the first European settlement in Canada. The Europeans, as Macionis, Jansson, and Benoit define, are British Canadians which are also known as White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs) (2004, p.272). The Europeans became the one to dominate Canada ...
Letter to: Prime Minister Mackenzie King.
... of all, most of the people you imprisoned were only Japanese in their ancestry. Most of us had lived in Canada all our lives and didn't even speak the Japanese language. To the Japanese we were Canadian, but to the Canadians we were Japanese. The Japanese were wrong in every way during the war ...
The hippie generation, It's remarkable effect on Canadian History, and how it has shaped our society into the way it has become today.
... The Vietnam War was probably one of the most emotional wars in history. Many innocent people died, kids were getting shot in the streets, all because the United States felt that if they let this nation to fall to communism, most likely the rest of Asia will follow (15). The ...
Billy Bishop - True Canadian hero?
... of the young Canadian man."(Baker 20) This young hero is just what Canada needed to help take their minds off the increasing taxes and slow moving coalition government. Towards the end of the war Bishop was one of the few senior RFC aces that where still alive and in ...