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- January 01, 0985. Exploration & Settlement. Bjarni Sights America. Bjarni Herjolfsson sighted mainland North America, probably Newfoundland, southern Labrador and Baffin Island.
- January 01, 1400. Indigenous Peoples Politics. Blackfoot Confederacy. A confederacy of Siksika (Blackfoot) nations is organized around bands. Each band has a male leader responsible for decision-making.
- January 01, 1400. Politics. Mi’kmaq Grand Council. Made up of male representatives from across Mi’kmaq territory, the council is governed by a grand chief and rules by consensus.
- June 24, 1497. Exploration & Settlement. John Cabot Claims Atlantic Coast. John Cabot landed on the Atlantic coast of North America, claiming it for England.
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Before the Second World War, different marginalized groups in Canada pressed for such things as voting rights and the end of racial discrimination. (See Early Women’s Movements in Canada; Black Voting Rights in Canada; Indigenous Suffrage.) Although progress was uneven, human rights awareness and activism gradually increased in Canada. At the end o...
In the 1960s and 1970s, people organized themselves into shared interest and/or identity groups. (See also Pressure Group.) They sought to strengthen their political influence and improve their lives by using the language of rights. Women’s rights continued to gain support with the rise of second-wave feminism. Women were at the forefront of nuclea...
In 1982, Canada’s Constitution was patriated. This meant that the Canadian Parliament could change the Constitution without approval from the British Parliament. The Constitution Act, 1982 also entrenched the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It became a permanent fixture in the highest law of the land. As a result, the human rights outlined...
The Battle of Fish Creek in 1885 was a Métis victory over the Canadian Militia during the North-West Rebellion. In 1873, John A. Macdonald (First Prime Minister of Canada) created the North-West Mounted Police (now the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) to help police the Northwest Territories. [134]
Since Canada’s rights revolution in the 1970s, the distinction between human rights and civil liberties has come to reflect profound ideological disagreements surrounding the validity of rights claims.
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The American U-2 spy plane fiasco over Russia in 1960, the Bay of Pigs Invasion in April 1961, followed a few months later by the erection of the Berlin Wall, and the near-catastrophe of the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 all contributed to a sense of unease.
Canada developed a reputation as a safe haven for Blacks during the American Revolution, 1775-1783. The British promised land, freedom and rights to slaves and free Blacks in exchange for services rendered.
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Jun 27, 2014 · Aug. 12, 1728 – Danish sailor Vitus Johassen Bering sails through the strait that now bears his name in an expedition that would prove that Asia and North America are some 60 kilometres apart....
