Key Events and Policies in Canadian History

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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.

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Pass System

Post-1885 policy requiring Indigenous people to get permission to leave reserves. It restricted mobility and enforced state control.

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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.

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Gouzenko Affair

Soviet spying in Canada (1945), triggering Canada's entry into the Cold War.

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Pearson's role in the Suez Crisis

Proposed UN peacekeeping force in 1956, earning a Nobel Prize and shaping Canada's diplomatic identity.

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Immigration and Canada's global ties

Postwar Canada welcomed refugees and displaced persons, reshaping demographics and policy.

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Tracy Penny Light's sources

Women's magazines (e.g., Chatelaine) to study gender and consumerism.

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Ian Milligan's study

Digital history and born-digital sources like websites and social media.

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James Daschuk's focus

Disease, environment, and colonialism in Clearing the Plains.

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Pass System usage

Surveillance and control of Indigenous movement post-1885.

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War Measures Act

Invoked in 1970 during the October Crisis; suspended civil liberties and allowed mass arrests.

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RCMP monitoring during the Cold War

Unions, peace activists, ethnic communities, and political dissenters.