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Intolerance- Indian Act
Creates the reserve system and defines who is native. -
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Intolerance- Residential Schools
Residential Schools established to assimilate First Nations. -
Intolerance- Head Tax
Under the Chinese Immigration Act, a tax on Chinese people immigrating to Canada is imposed. -
Intolerance- Komagato Maru
A ship from Hong Kong carrying 376 immigrants from Punjab, arrived in Vancouver's Burrard Inlet and passengers were denied entry to Canada, despite all being British subjects. -
Intolerance- Conscription Crisis WWI
French Canadians conscripted into the Canadian army. English Canadians use their population size advantage to pass the Military Service Act. -
Tolerance- Flappers
Pushed the boundaries of women's fashion, and gained acceptance of women's equality. -
Intolerance- Chinese Exclusion Act 1923
Formally known as the Chinese Immigration Act, most forms of immigration to Canada by Chinese people is banned. -
Tolerance- Person's Case
A court case that ordered women to be persons and not property -
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Intolerance- The Holocaust
While approximately 17,000 Jewish-Canadians served during WWII, Canada did nothing to stop or aid in stopping the Holocaust. -
Intolerance- Journey of St. Louis
During World War II, a ship containing 900 Jewish refugees escaping Nazi persecution is turned away in Halifax. The ship returns to Europe and more than 250 people from the ship are killed. -
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Intolerance- Japanese Internment
After Pearl Harbor, Canadians of Japanese heritage were removed from their homes on the coast and sent to camps in the interior for fear of Japanese spies. After the war survivors were given two choices: return to Japan or resettle in Eastern Canada. It wasn't until 1949 that Japanese-Canadians were given full citizenship rights. -
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Tolerance- The Nuremberg Trials
At the end of WWII, war criminals are put on trial by members of the allied forces. Canada supports this. -
Tolerance- First Peoples Gain the Right to Vote
Canadian government grants First Nations people the right to vote in federal elections without losing their treaty status. -
Tolerence- Official Languages Act
Makes French and English both official languages of Canada. -
Tolerance- Immigration Act 1976
Makes immigration a system based on points and not ethnicity. -
Intolerance- Bill 101
Prevents English speaking Canadians from putting up signs in their preferred language -
Tolerance- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Guarantees equality rights for minorities. -
Tolerance- Attempt at Meech Lake Accord
Tried to give Quebec a Distinct Society Status to gain Quebec's approval of joining Canada's Constitution -
Tolerance- Compensation for Japanese Internment
Although over 40 years overdue, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney formally apologizes to Japanese Canadian survivors of Japanese internment camps and their families. $21,000 is offered to each of the 13,000 survivors. -
Intolerance- Failure of Meech Lake accord
Elijah Harper prevents bills passage as the First Nations were not given Distinct Society Status. -
Tolerance- Attempt to Create Charlottetown Accord
Agreement to give both First Nations and Quebec Distinct Society Status. -
Intolerance- Charlottetown Accord Fails
National vote rejects the idea that First Nations and Quebec are Distinct Societies. -
Tolerance- Kim Campbell
The first women to be elected Prime Minister, showing acceptance in politics. -
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Intolerance- Rwanda Genocide
Canadian government does not send soldiers to stop genocide, perception being because it was a third-world African country. It is estimated that between 800,000 and 1 million were killed. -
Tolerance- The Creation of Nunavut
The Inuit finally gain control over their own government and institutions. -
Tolerance- Nisga'a Treaty
Gives First Nations in the north self government.
