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Women in WW1 (-2)
Women during WW1 played a crucial part, yet are not as recognized as men were. Women created the majority of the clothing the men wore and worked in the factories and still made money for Canada while the men were out fighting. -
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French Canadian Soldiers in WW1 (-1)
This was a difficult time for French-Canadian soldiers because they all felt loyalty to France or Canada and not Britain. For those who fought for Canada, many of the tools they needed were paired with English instructions which made it difficult to understand. Canada did not provide these soldiers with the proper materials for success. -
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Enemy Allies (-1)
Ukrainians, Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croatians were considered "enemy aliens" by fellow Canadians even though the majority of them were immigrants to Canada. Camps were made for these "aliens" to separate them from the rest of Canada and make them work in terrible conditions at low wages. -
Grain Growers Guide (+1)
A month before the war officially began, farmers started to advertise the dangers of the war referring to it as the "Angel of Death". In 1914, "Angel of Death" was another word for the commonly known "Grim Reaper". The Grim Reaper used his scythe to "reap" the souls of humans. Comparing this to the war meant that nothing good would come out of it. -
Billy Bishop (+1)
Billy Bishop helped advance Canada's airforce and provide a stronger reputation to it. This is because it was not only almost impossible to attack enemies in the air and fight, but it was still not often a pilot would flay a plane without crashing. -
Nurses in WW1 (-1)
If women wanted to help during the war, they couldn't be in the military. Many applied as nurses to help the men fighting. On May 19, 1918, a hospital had an enemy air attack and many died because of it. The women working in the hospital weren't prepared nor trained to deal with an attack like this and were looked down on after the war for not doing anything about it. -
First Nations Residential School Article (+2)
Dr. PH Bryce wrote a report on the conditions the children in residential schools lived in which brought attention to this issue. He spent his life trying to improve the living conditions of indigenous peoples which eventually paid off. He raised awareness of the awful things that happened in these schools and called it a "National Crime" to show people that the way these children were being treated wasn't right.