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spanish flu
see more information, click here :)The 1918 the Spanish Flu was a deadly influenza pandemic that spread across the world after World War One. Between 50 to 100 million people died, more than the people who were killed in the first world war. -
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events in Canada from 1920s to 1930s
There are two decades after World War One, one was called "the roaring twenties" and the other was called "the dirty thirties". -
prohibition in Canada
Women's groups had campaigned for a ban on liquor for a long time. It was pointed out that grain should be used to feed soldiers and civilians, not to make alcohol. Also, the production of liquor did northing to the war effort. During the war, every provincial government except Quebec banned the sale of liquor. In 1918, the federal government introduced Prohibition, banning the production, import and transportation of liquor across the country. -
winnipeg general strick
For more information? Click here :)Frustrated by unemployment, inflation, poor working conditions and regional disparities after World War I, workers from both the private and public sectors joined forces to shut down or drastically reduce most services. The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most influential strikes in Canadian history, and became the platform for the future labour reforms. -
League Of Indians
In the 1920s and 1930s, Aboriginal peoples began to form organizations to fight for their rights. In 1919 Frederick Loft,a Mohwk veteran from World War 1, organized the League of Indians. The league was the first attempt at a united voice for aboriginal nations.
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Group of Seven
The Group of Seven were a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Authur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. The group of Seven was strongly influenced by European Impressionism of the late nineteenth century in the Montmartre district of Paris. -
Discovery of Insulin
For more information? Click here :)Before the discovery of insulin, diabetes was a feared disease that most certainly led to death. In October 1920 in Toronto, Dr. Frederick Banting, an unknown surgeon with a bachelor's degree in medicine, had the idea. Early in 1921, Banting took his idea to Professor John Macleod at the University of Toronto. The experiment was set to start in the summer of 1921. In January 1922 in Toronto, a 14-year-old boy, Leonard Thompson, was chosen as the first person with diabetes to recieve insulin. -
Canadian Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1923, Canada passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which in effect stopped Chinese immigration to Canada for nearly a quarter of a century. July 1, 1923, the day the Canadian Chinese Exclusion Act came into effect, is known as "humiliation day." The Chinese population in Canada went from 46,500 in 1931 to about 32,500 in 1951. The Chinese Exclusion Act was in effect until 1947. In that same year Chinese Canadians regained the right to vote in Canadian federal elections. It wasn't until 1967 t -
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian pilots who returned from WW1 were anxious to continue flying. So, in 1924, the Royal Canadian Air Force was created. The government believed military planes could be justified only if they were used for peaceful purposes as well. Early RCAF pilots therefore also conducted surveys, patrolled for forest fires, watched for smugling along Canada's coasts, and checked on fishing boats. -
Person's Case
For more information? Click here :)Women were not always considered as "person" in a legal term. It was the "famous five" who fought for women's rights. In 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that women were not "persons", the "Famous Five" were discouraged but not defeated, they decided to appeal their case to the Privy Council in Britain, after 3 months, "Famous Five" finally won and "persons" referred to men and women both. -
black Tuesday
For more information? Click here :)The Black Tuesday was one of the most important events which signaled the beginning of the depression. Many people lost almost everything in this dramatic crash. The financial successes of 1929 turned to devastating losses for Canadians. -
Five-cents speech
During the beginning of the Great Depression, King made a speech about how social welfare was the responsibility of the provinces, he also declared that he would not give a "five-cent piece" to any province that did not have a Liberal government. This was the main reason why he lost the election. -
Statute of Westminster
For more information? Click here :)The Statute of Westminster was the last of the Imperial Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain applicable to all the Dominions. It granted Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Australia, the Union of South Africa and the Irish Free State what amounted to independence. The Statute is of historical importance because it marked the effective lefislative independence of these countries, either immediately or upon ratificaiton. -
Bennett's "New Deal"
New Deal was the radical reforms Bennett introduced in 1935 to pacify the angry Canadians. He wanted to establish unemployment and social insurance, set minimum wages, limit the hours of work, guarantee the fair treatment of employees, and control prices so that businesses could not make unfair profits. But most people felt that Bennett had left his reforms too late to do any good. So, in the election of 1935, King and the Liberals swept back to power in a landslide victory. -
On-to-Ottawa Trek
The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a 1935 social movement of unemployed men protesting the dismal conditions in federal relief camps scattered in remote areas across Western Canada because of the great depression. After two-month protest in Vancouver and BC, the strikers decided to go east to bring their complaint to the Federal government, this movement was called "On-to-Ottawa Trek". -
CBC- Canadian Broadcasting Company
The CRBC took over a network of radio stations formerly set up by a federal Crown corporation, the Canadian National Railway. The network was used to broadcast programming to riders aboard its passenger trains, with coverage primarily in central and eastern Canada. the CRBC became a full Crown corporation and gained its present name. Leonard Brockington was the CBC’s first chairman
