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do you think this development benefited or hurt Inuit art? What evidence supports your conclusion?”
D1.4 describe some key political developments and/or government policies that had an impact on Indigenous people in Canada during this period (e.g., the continuing use of numbered identification tags for Inuit; Inuit and status Indians gaining the right to vote; the 1969 White Paper; the inclusion of Métis and Inuit as“Aboriginal people”in section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982), and explain how they affected the lives of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and communities
Sample questions: “How did Inuit sled dog killings by the RCMP during this period affect Inuit culture and ways of life? What do the slayings reveal about the Canadian government’s attitude towards Inuit?” “What was the Sixties Scoop? What attitudes underpinned this policy? In what ways were they a continuation of government attitudes towards Indigenous peoples?”
D1.5 describe some key political developments and/or government policies in Canada during this period (e.g., Canada’s response to the Cold War, including joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]; Newfoundland’s joining Confederation; the Massey Commission; the cre- ation of the CRTC; the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism; social welfare legislation; the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms), and assess how they affected the lives of non-Indigenous people in Canada
Sample questions: “What are some ways in which government social programs from this period affected the lives of Canadians? Did these programs have greater impact on people’s lives than those created during the Depression? Why, or why not?” “Do you think the Royal Commission on the Status of Women was a turning point for women in Canada? Why,
or why not?”
D2. Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation
FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Historical Perspective
By the end of this course, students will:
D2.1 describe some key factors that affected the relationship between French and English Canada during this period (e.g., with reference to the Quiet Revolution, bilingualism and biculturalism, the flag debate, Expo ’67, the formation of the
Parti Québécois, the October Crisis, the Montreal Olympics, Bill 101, negotiations to patriate the Constitution), and assess their significance for people in Canada, including French, English, and Indigenous peoples
Sample questions: “What was the significance of the Asbestos Strike for French-English relations?” “How did language rights affect the relationship between French and English Canada? Why might language rights be more important to French Canadians than to English Canadians?” “How did First Nations people
in Quebec tend to view the 1980 referendum on sovereignty association?”
D2.2 identify some major social movements in Canada during this period, including those involving First Nations, Métis, and Inuit organ- izations (e.g., civil rights, women’s, Indigenous, environmental, peace, Quebec nationalism, labour, or youth movements), and explain their goals and perspectives
Sample questions: “What were some of the issues that motivated the early environmental movement in Canada?” “What were some of the main goals of the women’s movement in this period? Whose perspectives did these goals reflect?” “What impact did the civil rights movement in the United States have on African Canadians?” “What were some of the issues around which First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and communities organized during this period?” “What were some ways in which First Nations people demonstrated resistance to the 1969 White Paper?” “What was the aim of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (now Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami)? How did it provide a voice for Inuit?”
D2.3 describe some key developments related
to Canada’s participation in the international community during this period, with a particular focus on the context of the Cold War (e.g., with reference to membership in the United Nations, the North American Air Defense Command [NORAD], and/or NATO; the Gouzenko Affair; the Korean War; the Suez Crisis; the arms race and the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty; peacekeeping), and assess their significance
Sample question: “How significant was the Cold War in influencing Canada’s participation in the international community during this period?”
D2.4 describe some key developments in Canada’s relationship with the United States during this period (e.g., with reference to NORAD, the DEW Line, the St. Lawrence Seaway, the influence of
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