Canadian

Systemic Discrimination in Canada

  • Women win the right to Vote

    Women win the right to Vote
    From http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/womens-suffrage/:
    "On 28 January 1916, Manitoba women became the first in Canada to win the right to vote and the right to hold provincial office. They were followed by Saskatchewan on 14 March and Alberta on 19 April. British Columbia approved women's suffrage on 5 April 1917, and Ontario suffragists, after many years of struggle, celebrated their hard-won victory one week later on 12 April."
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    African Americans were accepted into The Canadian Services in WW2

    African Americans were officially alowed to fight in The Canadian Services
  • Last Aboriginal Residential School Closes

    Last Aboriginal Residential School Closes
    The Last Residental school in Canada was destroyed
  • Civil Marrage Act

    Civil Marrage Act
    Same-Sex marrage was officially leagalized throughout Canada
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    8.6% of Roma Refugees had refugee claims accepted

    From 2008-2012 The Canadian Government accepted about 8.6% of Roma Refugees