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Voting Rights in Canada

The struggle for voting rights is the struggle for human rights. Historically, governments have given the right to vote to the people who they’ve valu...

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Night Rideau Canal
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Confederation

The Dominion of Canada wasn't born out of revolution, or a sweeping outburst of nationalism. Rather, it was created in a series of conferences and orderly negotiations, culminating in the terms of Confederation on 1 July 1867.

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Acadians
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Act of Union
19th Century Map of Canada
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Acts and Treaties
Rocky Mountains, Alberta
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Alberta
Canadian Arctic Expedition
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Arctic Exploration
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Arts
Constructing the CPR
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Asia-Canada
Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean at the "door no return" in Elmina Castle in Ghana, 2006 .
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Black History
Western Red Cedar Rainforest
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British Columbia
Indigenous Health
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Chicken test
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Coconut Oil
Old Map of Western Canada.
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Colonization
Signal Hill and St. John's in the distance.
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Communication and Transportation
Night Rideau Canal
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Confederation
Chicoutimi River Flood, 21 July 1996
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Disasters
Grand Trunk Railway
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Economy and Labour

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