Expo '17 Step 1: Thematic Timeline

By priscil.la

  • Emily Murphy

    Emily Murphy
    In this time married women’s rights weren’t important. There were many married women who wished for a change and for their opinions and voices to be heard, but they were too afraid to speak up. Emily Murphy was the first to begin a campaign to ensure the property rights of married women. (“Dispensing the Law in a New Land.”)

  • Alberta outlawed the use of French in business, education, and the courts.

    Alberta outlawed the use of French in business, education, and the courts.
    Why was French outlawed? Rather than English or any other language? (Hoogaveen, Margaret)

  • Ontario government passed a law that strictly limited French as the language of instruction in both public and Catholic schools.

    Ontario government passed a law that strictly limited French as the language of instruction in both public and Catholic schools.
    Why was this law so strict towards the French language? (Hoogaveen, Margaret)

  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson
    (IrishCentral.)

  • Indians were reduced to approx. 100 000 due to assimilation violence.

    Indians were reduced to approx. 100 000 due to assimilation violence.
    Why was assimilation necessary?
    (ThingLink)

  • Agnes MacPhail

    Agnes MacPhail
    Many women wished to be in the charter, but they were laughed at for even thinking of such means. MacPhail was stretching the boundaries and soon became the first woman to be elected in Parliament.
    (Crowly, Terry.)

  • Norman Bethune

    Norman Bethune
    (Peter.)

  • Canadians and the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion

    Canadians and the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion
    During the Spanish Civil War, Canadians were to not join foreign armies and fight alongside them. However, even after a law was passed forbidding Canadians to join their army, we continued to sign up and fight. This publicised many people such as Norman Bethune who improved surgical instruments, developed new surgical writing techniques and many other medical improvements. (MacDonald, Dougal, and - Workers' Weekly.)

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill

    Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
    Do you think this act was effective in ending war? (“Sir Winston Churchill.”)

  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter
    Without this Charter, what would’ve happened? (THE ALBERT.IO TEAM.)

  • Founding of the World Health Organization (WHO).

    Founding of the World Health Organization (WHO).
    (Caulderwood, Kathleen.)

  • Mr. Brock Chisholm

    Mr. Brock Chisholm
    (Frail, T.A.)

  • Doris Anderson

    Doris Anderson
    ("Ceremony Archive")

  • Marches to argue for “peace not war”.

    Marches to argue for “peace not war”.
    Without this “rebellion” of many young adolescents, would there have been a significant difference in outcome?
    (“Riots and Protests.”)

  • Policy of Multiculturalism

    Policy of Multiculturalism
    Multiculturalism today is a big part of Canada. Without the creation of this policy in 1971, Canada today wouldn’t have been the same or as significant.
    (“The Senator's Special Work on Multiculturalism and Human Rights.”)

  • Henry Morgentaler

    Henry Morgentaler
    (Thestar.com.)

  • Hydro-Quebec

    Hydro-Quebec
    (Hoogaveen, Margaret)

  • Tasks to Improve Human Rights Laws.

    Tasks to Improve Human Rights Laws.
    (Hoogaveen, Margaret)

  • Royal Commision on Aboriginal Peoples

    Royal Commision on Aboriginal Peoples
    (“Will the Work of the T &Amp")

  • Last Residential School was officially closed.

    Last Residential School was officially closed.
    During the era of residential schools, it was very depressing and tough towards many aboriginal peoples. Having the final residential school close down, it generated a solid end to this violent time.
    ("Terabytes of Testimony")