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Louis Riel in 1885
He was executed for treason after leading the Northwest Resistance. His death deepened divisions between French and English Canada.
Pass System
Post-1885 policy requiring Indigenous people to get permission to leave reserves. It restricted mobility and enforced state control.
CPR's role in 1885
It enabled the federal government to send troops west to suppress the resistance, demonstrating the power of infrastructure for colonial control.
Gouzenko Affair
Soviet spying in Canada (1945), triggering Canada's entry into the Cold War.
Pearson's role in the Suez Crisis
Proposed UN peacekeeping force in 1956, earning a Nobel Prize and shaping Canada's diplomatic identity.
Immigration and Canada's global ties
Postwar Canada welcomed refugees and displaced persons, reshaping demographics and policy.
Tracy Penny Light's sources
Women's magazines (e.g., Chatelaine) to study gender and consumerism.
Ian Milligan's study
Digital history and born-digital sources like websites and social media.
James Daschuk's focus
Disease, environment, and colonialism in Clearing the Plains.
Pass System usage
Surveillance and control of Indigenous movement post-1885.
War Measures Act
Invoked in 1970 during the October Crisis; suspended civil liberties and allowed mass arrests.
RCMP monitoring during the Cold War
Unions, peace activists, ethnic communities, and political dissenters.