Canadian History – General Resources
Black History – Canada
Suffragist Movement – Canada
- Women’s Suffrage in Canada (Historica)
- The Nellie McLung Foundation
- History of the Vote in Canada (Elections Canada)
Maps
War of 1812
War of 1812 (Historica)
American Revolution – Invasion of Canada
American Revolution – Loyalists
Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Fall of Quebec)
Sweatshops around the World
Cheap clothes have helped fuel the social revolution in Bangladesh – Globe & Mail article by Stephanie Nolen
Standards of Living
OECD Better Life Index: Canada
UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child
International Human Development Indicators – by country
Canada’s Electoral System
Elections Canada: Electoral System Basics
ACE: The Electoral Knowledge Network: pros and cons of FPTP
Feudal System
Feudal Life (Annenberg Learner)
Everyday Life in the Middle Ages (BiteSize History)
Medieval Society: Daily Life (of a knight)
Canadian Regions
Physiographic Regions – Canadian Encyclopedia
Vegetation Regions – Canadian Encyclopedia
Geological Regions – Canadian Encyclopedia
Natural Regions – Canadian Encyclopedia (includes human activity)
Understanding the Canadian Shield (economic)
Mineral Resources – Canadian Encyclopedia
20th Century Equality in Canada
Chronology of Advances in LGBT Rights in Canada
Timeline: Same-sex Rights in Canada
Centre for Social Justice: Key Issues (economic, gender, aboriginal)
Ensemble: Discrimination in Canada (women, aboriginal)
Working-age Poverty (Conference Board of Canada)
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Human Rights and Disabilities (Government of Canada)
Canada’s Immigration History (Toronto Star article)
Global Issues
Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors without borders)