Modern Canada Flashcards
Why Postwar Canada enjoyed record prosperity and material progress?
- The free markets policies were implemented (insect of Protectionism)
- The discovery of oil in Alberta (new energy industry )
- Canada drew closer economics ties with the United States
How the Canadian Standard of living increased in the Postwar Era?
- In 1951, for the first time, a majority of Canadians were able to afford adequate food, shelter and clothing
- The Canada Health Act
- Unemployment insurance (now called “employment insurance”)(1940)
- Publicly funded education is provided by the provinces and territories.
What consequence had the Cold War in Canada international cooperation?
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD).
- United Nations (UN)
What is the Quiet Revolution?
- Quebec experienced an era of rapid change in the 1960s
- Many Quebecers sought to separate from Canada
- The movement for Quebec sovereignty gained strength but was defeated in a referendum in the province in 1980
- defeated in a second referendum in 1995
What legislative change cause the Quiet Revolution? and organization ?
- Official Languages Act (1969)
- Canada helped found La Francophonie
- Constitution was amended
What was the Official Languages Act (1969)?
guarantees French and English services in the federal government across Canada.
what was La Francophonie ?
- international association of French-speaking countries.
that Canada helped to create
Who wasn’t allow to vote in the Postwar Era? (Canada)
- In 1948 the last of these, the Japanese- Canadians, gained the right to vote
- Aboriginal people were granted the vote in 1960
- Today every citizen over the age of 18 may vote.
GREAT CANADIAN DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS:
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier
- Sir Sandford Fleming
- Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward
- Reginald Fessenden
- Dr. Wilder Penfield
- Dr. John A. Hopps
- SPAR Aerospace / National Research Council
- Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie
who was Alexander Graham Bell?
- the idea of the telephone at his summer house in Canada.
who was oseph-Armand Bombardier?
- invented the snowmobile, a light-weight winter vehicle.
who was Sir Sandford Fleming?
- invented the worldwide system of standard time zones.
who was Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward?
- together invented the first electric light bulb and later sold the patent to Thomas Edison who, more famously, commercialized the light bulb.
who was Reginald Fessenden?
- contributed to the invention of radio, sending the first wireless voice message in the world.
who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?
- pioneering brain surgeon at McGill University in Montreal, and was known as “the greatest living Canadian.”
who was Dr. John A. Hopps?
nvented the first cardiac pacemaker,
Most important achievement of SPAR Aerospace / National Research Council:
invented the Canadarm, a robotic arm used in outer space.
who was Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie?
- Creator of the BlackBerry.
