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On Dec. 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted an aspirational document articulating the foundations for human rights and dignity, but who was the Canadian that helped make it possible?
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On July 27, 1953, an armistice was signed ending the bloodshed of the Korean War — if not the war itself — but questions have since been raised surrounding the conflict’s remembrance in Canada and beyond
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Célébration du 100e anniversaire de la naissance de Jean Paul Riopelle, un artiste vénéré qui avait un grand amour de la nature, de la chasse et de la pêche
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A revered artist, Riopelle considered the Canadian wilderness to be his muse
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Dora Nipp, directrice générale de la Multicultural History Society of Ontario, réfléchit à l’importance de consigner les histoires des migrants, des communautés ethniques et des Autochtones comme moyen essentiel de comprendre le Canada au XXe siècle et au-delà
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Dora Nipp, CEO of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario, reflects on the importance of chronicling migrant, ethnic and Indigenous stories as an essential means to understanding Canada in the 20th century and beyond
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Omar Mouallem, author of Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas, looks at why an unshakeable faith in Canada’s multiculturalism project — common amongst the generation of Muslim immigrants who arrived in the ’70s — is not always shared by those who have migrated in the last 20 years, and is rarely felt by their children
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La professeure Anna Triandafylllidou se penche sur un projet de mise en récit numérique où 28 étudiants de deuxième cycle de partout au Canada étaient invités à répondre à la question : Qui suis-je ?
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Professor Anna Triandafyllidou reflects on a digital storytelling project that saw 28 graduate students from across Canada answer the question: Who am I?
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On Sept. 8, 1972, 15-year-old Edward Joseph Duff of St. John’s, N.L., dove into the sea near Torbay in a valiant attempt to save the life of a friend who had fallen in. He managed multiple times to pull her within reach of the rocks, but, unfortunately, was dragged back by the waves each time.
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Madden Sarver rescued his severely injured brother after their helicopter crashed in a remote mountainous area near Grande Cache, Alta. on Jan. 30, 2009.
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William Ayotte risked his life to rescue a woman who was being attacked by a polar bear in Churchill, Man. The bear then turned on him.
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First Officer Leslie Palmer of the Canadian Coast Guard was awarded a Canadian Decoration for Bravery after braving a severe winter storm to rescue two fishermen stranded on the shores of the Grenville Channel, near Prince Rupert, B.C.
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Marie-Claude Élie was awarded a Canadian Decoration for Bravery after bringing medical assistance to dozens of people trapped beneath the ruins of a collapsed schoolhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Nov. 7, 2008
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Un regard sur la vie et l’héritage de John McCrae à l’occasion du 150e anniversaire de sa naissance
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On the 150th anniversary of his birth, reflecting on the life of the Canadian soldier and poet best known for writing the poem “In Flanders Fields”
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Proclaimed in 1982 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Canada, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is intended to ensure that all Canadians can live a life without discrimination of any kind. On the 40th anniversary of its proclamation, Mark Bourrie asks whether the goals of the Charter have been met when it comes to Indigenous people living in Canada.
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Understanding the workers’ protests that paved the way for the creation of unions to advocate for workers’ rights
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Senator Mobina Jaffer on the expulsion of Ugandan Asians and their new life in Canada
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Que signifie être un citoyen canadien? Que vos ancêtres habitent cette terre depuis des temps immémoriaux ou que vous ayez récemment immigré, les différentes…
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The act was meant to formalize Canada’s national identity — and keep the peace
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100 years ago — on October 22, 1921 — the iconic Nova Scotian schooner was victorious in its first major race
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The symbolism of the iconic Canadian fishing and racing schooner Bluenose may be as relevant today as it was 100 years ago when the ship first hit the water
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A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe
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Lors de la migration massive des Irlandais au Canada, il y a 175 ans, quelque 100 000 personnes ont transité par l’île de quarantaine et plus de 5 000 y sont mortes.
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During the mass Irish migration to Canada 175 years ago, some 100,000 people passed through the quarantine island — and more than 5,000 died there
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La Colombie-Britannique s’est jointe à la Confédération il y a 150 ans. Mais cela a failli ne pas se produire.
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British Columbia joined Confederation 150 years ago. But it almost didn’t happen.
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Games were started in 1970 to give northern athletes more opportunities for training and competition
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The best-selling author and journalist discusses the reinvention of the game and the pressure to win
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Elamin Abdelmahmoud, a pop culture and political commentator with CBC and Buzzfeed, explores the tension between the idea and the practice of multiculturalism in Canada — especially if you are a public figure of colour
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Michael Adams, president of the Environics group of companies and the Environics Institute and a regular contributor of published commentary on Canadian values and social trends, says most Canadians view multiculturalism as an important symbol of what we aspire to as a society
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A look at the inception of the original postage-stamp province through an 1871 map
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Their first exhibition was May 7, 1920 at what is now the Art Gallery of Ontario
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Une rétrospective des débuts de l’institution fondée il y a 350 ans, qui revendiquait autrefois une part importante du globe
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Winning gold 100 years ago in Antwerp, Belgium, Canada’s team set a standard for Olympic hockey dominance that would last for three more successive Games