Alberta Learning Online Reference Centre - Choose ELibrary to locate newspaper and magazine articles as well as video clips about your topic.
The Canadian Encyclopedia - An excellent place to start your research.
To cite your sources use SourceAid.com, a web-based bibliography maker. If you need more help, go to the Citing Sources page.
Web Sites -- Government of Canada
Canadian charter of rights and freedoms - Schedule B Constitution Act, 1982 (79) Enacted as Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) 1982, c. 11, which came into force on April 17, 1982.
CIC Canada Fact Sheet: Rights and Responsibilities - details the rights and responsibilities of Canadians.
A Look at Canada: Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities - a page for prospective Canadian citizens on citizenship rights and responsibilities.
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal - Has links to the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canadian Human Rights Commission as well as many public documents dealing with rights issues.
Web Sites -- Specific Topics
Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920 - This award-winning site has first-hand narratives as well as photographs.
Japanese Canadian Internment - This site from the University of Washington Library includes some visuals, as well as excerpts from various resources.
CIC Canada Forging Our Legacy: Canadian Citizenship and Immigration, 1900-1977 - "A survey history, it traces the evolution of Canadian citizenship and the role played by immigration in the development of Canada from the turn of the century until 1977, when the last major amendment to the Citizenship Act was made." Many useful sections, for example:
 | The Komagata Maru incident |
| Deporting the unwelcome |
| The plight of the Japanese Canadians |
Celebrating Women's Achievements - This site from the National Library of Canada includes biographies of the "Famous Five" involved in the "Persons Case", a milestone in women's rights in Canada.
CBC NEWS ONLINE - Canada's Online News Resource. Type your topic into the search box. Here are some samples:
| CBC News - Indepth Backgrounder: Bloc Quebecois |
| CBC News - Indepth: The October Crisis |
| SPECIAL: As It Happens : October Crisis: CBC Radio |
| Material on the Oka crisis can be found in the CBC Archives. Type "Oka" in the search box. |
Yahoo! Regional > Countries > Canada > Arts and Humanities > Humanities > History
To search for other information, try Google:
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To search for images, use Google Image Search.
Email questions to C. Peterson, MEL Teacher Librarian, at cynthia dot peterson at epsb.ca (replace the word "dot" with a period, "at" with the @ symbol). Last updated March 5/04