Rights and Responsibilities 2

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Completing Your Research

  1. Step One: Find an article in The Canadian Encyclopedia, an excellent place to start your research.
  2. Step Two: Obtain information from the web sites listed below.

Web Sites -- Specific Topics

Residential Schools

Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada

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The Residential School System Historical Overview

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Indian Residential Schools in Canada - Historical Chronology

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Indian Residential Schools in Canada - Map

 

A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools - from CBC Archives.

 

Where are the Children? Healing the legacy of the residential schools

 

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Residential Schools

Ukrainian Internment

Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920 - This award-winning site has first-hand narratives as well as photographs.

"Enemy Aliens": The Treatment of Germans and Ukrainians in Canada During the First World War

Japanese Internment

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:

bullet The plight of the Japanese Canadians

Relocation to Redress: The Internment of the Japanese Canadians

Chinese Immigrants

Across the Generations: A History of the Chinese in Canada

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bullet Head Tax

Not welcome anymore - A Tale of Perseverance: Chinese Immigration to Canada - CBC Archives

Canada in the Making - Specific Events & Topics - Asian Immigration

The October Crisis

CBC NEWS ONLINE - Canada's Online News Resource. Type your topic into the search box. Here are some samples:

bullet CBC News - Indepth Backgrounder: Bloc Quebecois
bullet CBC News - Indepth: The October Crisis
bullet SPECIAL: As It Happens : October Crisis: CBC Radio
bulletMaterial on the Oka crisis can be found in the CBC Archives. Type "Oka" in the search box.

 

Other Resources

Alberta Learning Online Reference Centre - Choose elibrary Canada to locate newspaper and magazine articles as well as video clips about your topic.

 

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