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Quebec's Padlock Law
A law that was created to exclude the province of Quebec from any communist propaganda. This was significant because the law continued to work out and continue until 1957. -
Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
Igor Gouzenko was a cipher clerk for the soviet embassy to Canada. He stole 109 documents from the sonviet espionage to prove that there was a Russian spy in Canada. He lived for over 10 years with a 'bag like' thing over his head to avoid being killed by the soviets. He was eventually re-located and changed his and his families identities. This was significant because it triggered the cold war. -
Belin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to block Allied access to the German city of Berlin in 1948 and 1949. It was significant because it was a visible sign of the cold war between the USA and the Soviet Union. -
International Alliances: NATO
An alliance of five countries that all had to agree that if one of the members was attacked by an outside country then the rest of the members had to attack that country with full force. -
"The Forgotten War"- The Korean War
The Korean War was a conflict between communist and non-communist forces in Korea. The purpose of the policy was to "contain" communism where it existed and not let it spread over any other areas in the world. The significance of this war was that it was the first armed conflict of the Cold War. -
Continental Alliances: NORAD and DEW
NORAD attempts to detect and track all airborne man-made objects - basically by using an array of radar stations. The DEW Line was designed and built during the Cold War as the primary air defence warning line in case of an over-the-pole invasion of the North America. They worked together for detection of any enemies. -
Vietnam War & Draft Dodgers in Canada
Canada did not fight in the Vietnam War and diplomatically it was "officially non-belligerent". American draft dodgers and military deserters who sought refuge in Canada during the Vietnam War would ignite controversy among those seeking to immigrate to Canada, some of it provoked by the Canadian government’s initial refusal to admit those who could not prove that they had been discharged from military service. -
UN Peacekeeping: The Suez Crisis and Pearson wins Nobel Prize
It was a conflict between Great Britain, France, Israel and Egypt. It was significance because the Suez Crisis was one of the most controversial and convulsive episodes of the 20th century. Pearson proposed the world’s first ever peacekeeping force at the UN General Assembly. Using his vast web of connections and decades of experience, he persuaded the world assembly to make the UN force a reality. -
Sputnik and Canada's Space Program
Sputnik was the first satellie that the Soviet Union launched into space that could automatically orbit the earth. It is significant because it has changed our lives globally forever with satellite- tv, radio etc. -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc Missiles and Nuclear Warheads in Canada
1958, the Progressive Conservative government of John Diefenbaker, deployed 56 American-made Bomarc missiles in Ontario and Quebec. Initially the government did not inform the population that they were nuclear missiles. Then after the conservative party was ruled out, the liberals were elected and accepted that missles were let out in Canadian soil. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. Thewar was everted thanks to President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev. If it weren't for them, it could have been an extreme disaster for the world. -
Canada-Soviet Hockey Series
The Summit Series, or Super Series, known at the time simply as the Canada–USSR Series, was an eight-game series of ice hockey between the Soviet Union and Canada, held in September 1972. It was the first competition between the Soviet national team and a Canadian team represented by professional players of the National Hockey League (NHL), known as Team Canada. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. It's distruction was exactly like when it was built, instantanious. But it shocked the world coming down just as much as it did going up. It was taken down simply because then wanted to reunify Germany, which it successfully did. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
In December of 1991, as the world observes very amazed, the Soviet Union changed into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom, a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism, and evidence of the superiority of capitalism over socialism. The United States rejoiced as its formidable enemy was brought to its knees, thereby ending the Cold War which had hovered over these two superpowers since the end of World War II. Indeed, the breakup of the Sov -
Avro Arrow and its Cancellation
The Avrow Arrow a delta-winged interceptor aircraft. During it's production, the process of it being built abruptly stopped and put Avro out of business. To this day it raises a lot of debate and it is still not entierly certain why the avro arrow was stopped during production.
