HISTORY
- Canadian War Museum
- Military History Shaping a Nation: The History of Canada’s Wars
- Valour Canada You Tube
- Valour Canada Military History
- War
- Resources — Canada at War
- Working People: A History of Labour in BC
- Confederation
- Active History: Canada’s First World War
- Prime Ministers of Canada
- Prime Ministers of Canada
- Explore the history of Canada
- Veterans Affairs Canada – Canada Remembers
- Canada in Focus – Canada’s History (canadashistory.ca)
- The Nursing Sisters of Canada – Women and War – Remembering those who served – Remembrance – Veterans Affairs Canada
- Historical Sheets
- History Bits Incredible tales from Canada’s past
- The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
- The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own)
MISC.
- The Last Best West – Advertising for Immigrants
- History of Canadian Mail-Order Catalogues
- 21 Things you may not know about the Indian Act
- Indian Status: 5 things you need to know
- British Columbia – An Untold History Timeline
- How Do Countries Decide Whether to Go to War? | CFR Education
- Black Canadians in uniform — a proud tradition – Veterans Affairs Canada
- Home Children Canada
- Anti-Racism Learning Toolkit: History of Racism in Canada
- British Columbia: An Untold History – Digital Timeline
- British Columbia: An Untold History
- Watch: Remastered video captures what Vancouver looked like during World War II
Groups:
- Bamboo Shoots: Chinese Canadian Legacies in BC
- The Great Patriarch of Vancouver’s Chinatown, and the Unique Building He Left Behind
- Chinatown’s Unofficial Mayor
- Jewish Museum & Archives of BC
- South Asian Stories
- Nikkei Stories
- Black Strathcona
- Canada forced these Japanese Canadians into internment camps. Now they’re at the same long-term care home
- A Commemorative History of Aboriginal People in the Canadian Military (canada.ca)
- History Bits – Canada’s History (canadashistory.ca)
- The History Of The Ku Klux Klan In Vancouver –
- Mural Key – Suzhou Alley Women’s Mural
- Warrior Spirit: The Bravery and Honour of Japanese Canadian Soldiers
- Sgt. Masumi Mitsui – last of the issei veterans
Immigration:
- A hundred years of immigration to Canada 1900 – 1999
- 20 years later: Migrants who landed on Vancouver Island risked lives for their families
- Brown Skin Beach
- Catherine Clement | “The Tumultuous Weeks Leading to the First Humiliation Day”
- From Head Tax to Hockey Heroes
- Jewish Canadians
Mountain View Cemetery:
World War I:
- First World War (WWI)
- 10 Facts About the Build up to World War One
- World War One – Causes
- The First World War – Veterans Affairs Canada
- Why Did World War I Happen? | CFR Education
- First World War.com – A multimedia history of World War One
- Canadian Soldier Sikhs: A Little Story in a Big War
- Vimy Foundation
- Chemical Weapons: A Deadly History
- Chemical Warfare World War 1
- Roads to the Great War: Remembering a Veteran: George Gallie Nasmith, CEF
- Battle of the Somme
- Over the Top (choose your own adventure)
- Canada’s Great War Album
- The Great War — Battle of Ypres
- The Great War — Battle of The Somme
- The Great War—Battle of Vimy Ridge
- The Great War — Battle of Passchendaele
- The Great War — Hundred Days Campaign
- When They Marched To War – Canadians in WW1
- The War to End All Wars – Canada’s History
- How Do Countries Decide Whether to Go to War? | CFR Education
- Understanding the Constructive and Destructive Natures of Nationalism | CFR Education
- Art and Culture – Official Art | Canada and the First World War
- World War I | History, Summary, Causes, Combatants, Casualties, Map, & Facts | Britannica
- How Many People Died in World War I? | HISTORY
- Halifax Explosion
- Here’s what the Halifax Explosion might look like in other Canadian cities | CBC Radio
- TOPIC: HALIFAX EXPLOSION | CBC.ca
- A city destroyed: 100 years after the Halifax Explosion
- Tariff tensions don’t stop annual Christmas tree gift from Nova Scotia to Boston
- Annual NS Christmas tree en route to Boston
- How the Treaty of Versailles ended WWI and started WWII
- Canada’s last WW I veteran dies John Babcock’s death at 109 marks ‘end of an era’
- Journey of century-old chair carved by WW I Quebec prisoner ends at war museum
- Canada’s Effort in WW2–notes
- Defining Moments Canada: WWII Digital Resources
- John Shiwak
- Francis Pegahmagabow
- Henry Norwest
- Henry Louis Norwest | VALOUR CANADA
- How a Metis sniper helped capture Vimy Ridge
1920s to the Great Depression:
- King, William Lyon Mackenzie – Canadian Encyclopedia
- Winnipeg General Strike – Canadian Encyclopedia
- The Dionne Quintuplets: The Exploitation Of Five Girls Raised In A ‘Baby Zoo’
- Do you remember the Dionne Quintuplets? Would you recognize them now?
Interwar years:
- The Reifel Family By Will Woods – Rum Runners in Vancouver
- Moose Jaw’s Urban Legend
- Voyage of the St. Louis
- MS St. Louis
World War II:
- World War II Timeline – Canadian Encyclopedia
- Second World War (WWII)
- Second World War collection – Canadian Encyclopedia
- The Second World War – Veterans Affairs Canada
- Timeline of Dunkirk Evacuation
- Battle of Britain
- Battle of Britain – Canadian Encylopedia
- The Blitz
- How Ottawa seized a golden opportunity to help defeat the Nazis in the Second World War
- Burdett ‘Burd’ Sisler, war veteran and oldest known living Canadian, has died at 110
- US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Hong Kong:
- Veterans Affairs: Canadians in Hong Kong
- Defence of Hong Kong – Veterans Affairs Canada
- Canadian Hong Kong Veterans
- Hong Kong Veterans Association
- “A cauldron of hell”: The story of Canada’s Hong Kong veterans
- Second World War veteran recounts horrors of Battle of Hong Kong
- Canadians in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong vets get compensation
- Canada accepts Japan’s apology for Hong Kong PoWs
- The Battle of Hong Kong | VALOUR CANADA
- CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE DEFENCE OF HONG KONG, DECEMBER, 1941
Dieppe Raid:
- The Dieppe Raid
- The Dieppe Raid – Juno Beach Centre
- The Dieppe Raid – A Canadian Tragedy – Understanding What Went Wrong
- Raid on Dieppe masked secret mission to steal Nazis’ Enigma machine
- What Was the Purpose of the Dieppe Raid, and Why Was Its Failure Significant? | History Hit
Italian Campaign:
- Canada and the Italian Campaign | The Canadian Encyclopedia
- WarMuseum.ca – A Chronology of Canadian Military History – 1943-1945
D-Day:
- Juno Beach Centre
- Invasion! | Canadians and the battle of Normandy, 1944
- Canada on D-Day: Juno Beach | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Liberation of the Netherlands:
- The Liberation of the Netherlands – Veterans Affairs Canada
- Liberation! Canada and the Netherlands, 1944–1945
- The Liberation of the Netherlands – Historical Sheet – Second World War – History – Veterans Affairs Canada
Home Front:
Chinese Canadians:
Japanese-Canadian Internment:
- Hastings Park 1942
- The Evacuation of the Japanese Canadians, 1942
- Japanese Canadian Internment
- Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre
- JapaneseCanadianHistory.net Historical Overview
Women:
- Heritage Minutes: Marion Orr
- The female Guns World War II Inside RAFs woman ferry squadron
- Canadian Women in World War II
- First-hand knowledge disappearing as ranks of WW2 vets fade into history
Veterans, personal stories:
- Behind Barbed Wire: A German POW in Canada
- Prisoner of Camp 33 – Canada’s History
- Secret Alberta: POWs on the Prairies
- Meet some of Canada’s oldest war veterans
- Daughter of Italian-Canadian Interned during WW2 says Trudeau’s apology bring closure
- The Forgotten Navy: The Merchant Navy in the Second World War (youtube.com)
- The Nursing Sisters of Canada – Women and War – Remembering those who served – Remembrance – Veterans Affairs Canada
- Women of the “Bombes” | VALOUR CANADA
- Winnipegger honours dad who was among survivors shown in famous concentration camp photo
- Veteran Stories: Ernest Peter Bone
Netherlands:
- Famine Diets May Compromise The Kidneys of Generations of Descendants
- Why the Dutch still honour Canadians, 80 years after their liberation from Germany
- The End of the Second World War – Canada’s History
- Voices of Victory: Remembering VE Day
- Liberation! Canada and the Netherlands 1944-1945
Post War Era:
- The Home Front-notes
- Lester Bowles Pearson – Biography
- Lost to history: the Canadians who fought in Vietnam
- St. Lawrence Seaway
- NATO: The World’s Largest Alliance | CFR Education
Cold War:
- Igor Gouzenko | The Canadian Encyclopedia
- The ‘justifiable paranoia’ of Igor Gouzenko’s life in hiding | CBC
- Igor Gouzenko’s daughter speaks | CBC.ca
- Berlin blockade | Overview, Significance, History, & Facts | Britannica
- The Origins of the Internet
- Canada and NATO
Korean War:
- Korean War
- Korean War 1950 – 1953
- Valour Canada: Korean War
- The Korean War – Veterans Affairs Canada
Suez Canal Crisis:
- Suez Crisis
- Canada and Peacekeeping Operations
- UNEF I and the Suez Crisis: Canada’s Historic Path to Peacekeeping
Vietnam War:
- Vietnam War
- Vietnam War – Canadian Enclyclopedia
- The Canadian Way: The Case of Canadian Vietnam War Veterans
- “The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam” (1965 Documentary) – YouTube (viewer discretion advised)
Post Cold War:
- The End of the Cold War
- What is the 2001 AUMF and what does it have to do with 9/11?
- 9/11 and Canada
- Afghanistan
- What caused the Great Recession of 2008?
Alberta:
- Oil and Gas Policy in Canada, 1947–80
- Lougheed, Trudeau and the notorious NEP
- Provincial-Federal Confrontations: 1970s to 1981
Quebec:
- Lesage, Jean – Canadian Encyclopedia
- Quiet Revolution – Canadian Encyclopedia
- Front de libération du Québec – Canadian Encyclopedia
- FLQ and the October Crisis – Canadian Encyclopedia
- Lévesque, René
- 30 years on, is Quebec headed for another independence referendum? | CBC News
First Nations:
- Influential Indigenous Rights Court Cases in Canada
- Assembly of First Nations
- First Nations in Canada
- Idle No More
- Sinixt Nation Declared Extinct A desire for dams coincides with a dubious designation
- Sinixt Indigenous nation not ‘extinct’ in Canada, Supreme Court rules
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
- National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People
News:
- GENERAL LINKS
- Canadian Citizenship Practice Test
- Video series Canada: A People’s History
- Video series Canada: The Story of Us
- Video series A World Without Canada
- Heritage Minutes | Historica Canada
- Valour Canada – YouTube
- The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Canada History
- Early Canadiana Online
- Historica Canada
- Veterans Affair — Remembrance…History
- J.J.’s Complete Guide to Canada
- Canada: A Country by Consent
- Canada Alive
- Canada Hall – Canadian History
- History on the Net
- Canadian History Ehx
- Council on Foreign Relations | CFR Education
- The Canada Guide | In-depth reference website for all things Canadian
- History Vids (short videos)
- Virtual Tours, Virtual Museum | Canadian War Museum
Study Links
- Social Studies 11 Flash Cards
- BC Socials 11 Provincial Study Guide
- Review Sheet
- Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
- What is an infographic?
- Government vocab list
- Geography Vocab list
GOVERNMENT
- CIVIX videos
- What Is Government? | CFR Education
- How does a bill become Law?
- The Political Compass
- Constitution – The Canada Guide
- There’s another new faction in the Senate
- How Canada’s Government Works (explainer)
- The Speluncean Explorers
- Regina v. Dudley and Stephens
- Shopping on Sundays was illegal until this Calgary drug mart fought a $40 fine to the Supreme Court
- Canada’s Parliament is prorogued. What does that mean? | story | Kids News
- https://welcometocanadianpolitics.ca/parliamentary-government-2/senate-reform/
- BC Senator Yonah Martin won’t be leaving office any time soon
- NDP Veterans Lobbying Roles
- Broken ‘equalization’ program bad for all provinces | Fraser Institute
- Not All Quiet on the Equalization Front ppt
Federal Government:
- Structure of government
- Departments and agencies
- PARLINFO
- Conservative Party of Canada | Conservative Party of Canada
- Canada’s NDP / NPD du Canada
- Liberal Party of Canada
- Canadian Encyclopedia: Bloc Quebecois
- Bloc Quebecois
- How federal elections work in Canada
- Making sense of electoral reform
- FAQs on elections
- Elections Canada
Provincial Government:
Municipal Government:
- https://vancouver.ca/your-government/civic-elections.aspx
- https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2022-election.aspx
- https://vancouver.ca/your-government/vancouver-city-council.aspx
- https://vancouver.ca/your-government/park-board-commissioners.aspx
Charter and Human Rights:
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | Our Country, Our Parliament
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – The Canadian Encyclopedia
- John Peters Humphrey – The Canadian Encyclopedia
- BC Human Rights Clinic
- BC Human Rights Tribunal
- CCPA Policy Brief: Rolling Back Human Rights in BC
- What are the universal human rights?
- Why Does the Right to Protest Matter?
- The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- BC Human Rights Code
- https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/human-rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
- UNICEF Rights of the Child
- https://www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/international-humanitarian-law/what-is-international-humanitari…
Federal Election:
- Three Levels of Government (youtube.com)
- What would electoral reform look like in Canada? (youtube.com)
- What British Columbians need to know about the federal election
- How do the main parties compare on these issues?
- CBC’s chat bot helps you spot ‘fake news’
- The real ‘fake news’
- So, you think you’ve spotted some ‘fake news’
- Teaching Information Literacy Skills in the Digital Age
- About federal elections – Elections Canada
- Vote Compass – Youth Edition
- Should the voting age be lowered to 16? (US article)
- Our Electoral System (youtube.com)
- Elections Step by Step | Elections Canada’s Civic Education
- NDP faces ‘Parliament from hell’ without official party status, says former MP | CBC News
GEOGRAPHY
Demography:
- World Population Clock
- Hans Rosling: global population growth, box by box
- Remarkable decline in fertility rates
- Canada’s Population Clock (real time model)
- The demographic time bomb that could hit America
- How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World
- India has 1.44 billion people, but hasn’t done a census in 14 years. The result is a ‘massive information gap’ | CBC News
- EU population to fall by 12% by 2100: Which countries will decline the most?
- Why Japan has millions of abandoned houses
China One Child Policy:
- China One Child Policy – Overview of the One Child Policy in China
- The High Cost of China’s One Child Policy
- China’s Once-Child Policy
- China’s Two-Child Policy
Issues hindering development:
- Third World Debt Undermines Development — Global Issues
- BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Why world’s taps are running dry
- Children and human rights | Amnesty International
- Women’s Rights — Global Issues
- Ten Countries with the Highest Population in the World
- Half Of World’s Population Could Face Climate-induced Food Crisis By 2100
- Canada’s role in international debt relief initiatives
Resources:
- UN Water scarcity
- The global water crisis
- Japanese scientists create meat from poop
- Meat made from human feces
- From human poo to animal food
- Why we all need to start drinking toilet water
- From toilet to tap
Standard of Living:
- UN HDI
- Free The Children
- Indices & Data | Human Development Index | Human Development Reports (HDR) | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- World Day 2009: Give girls a chance: End child labour – World Day Against Child Labour – 12 June – Campaign and advocacy
- Chocolate Company Scorecard 2009
- Major chocolate companies still using child labour | April 2009 | New Internationalist
- Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
- The Greenest Cities in the World 2021 – from each continent
- Vancouver ranked #1 greenest city in the world
- Global Development Explained | CFR Education
- A simple course on UN Goals
Economic Development:
- https://www.salary.com/articles/explore-career-path/how-much-is-a-mom-really-worth-the-amount-may-surprise-you/
- https://data.unicef.org/topic/gender/overview/(data by topic tab is excellent)
Urbanization:
- Sustainability: City of Vancouver
- ‘There’s no other option’: the radical plan to move Mexico’s government
- The 100 million city: is 21st century urbanisation out of control?
Vertically Integrated Business:
- https://www.shopify.com/retail/vertical-integration
- https://helpfulprofessor.com/vertical-integration-examples/
Environment
- UN Climate Change Conferences
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rachel-Carson
- https://earth.org/the-kyoto-protocol/
- https://www.investopedia.com/terms/k/kyoto.asp
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement
- https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/paris-agreement.html
Factory Farming:
- https://www.earthday.org/the-cruel-cost-of-factory-farming/
- https://am.gallagher.com/en-CA/Solutions/feedlots
- https://thehumaneleague.org/article/12-facts-about-factory-farming-and-the-environment
GMOs
- https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/gmo-pros-and-cons#bottom-line
- https://www.genomebc.ca/infobulletins/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos
Water
- 5 Gyres – Understanding Plastic Pollution Through Exploration, Education, and Action
- Cause and effect for global warming | Time for change
- Acid Rain
- https://www.sciencefacts.net/acid-rain.html
- National Climate Assessment: Great Plains’ Ogallala Aquifer drying out
- How much water is on the Earth?
Air
- Adapting to Our Changing Climate
- The Writing of “Silent Spring”
- The Paris Agreement
- The lost history of the electric car
- David Suzuki
- Why North America is preparing for an Arctic battle | About That | CBC.ca
Climate Change:
- Climate Action Tracker – Canada
- Timeline UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change)
- Understanding the Causes of Climate Change – Why the World is Getting Hotter | CFR Education
Canadian Geographic PDFs
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