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Key Demographic Trends and Developments

Statistics Canada - Population and Demography
Canadian War Brides
The Canadian Teenager postwar Canada between 1946 and 1963
4 Vintage NFB Films About Teenagers Borderline (1956) Howard (1957) Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964) You’re No Good (1965)
The Baby Boom

Major Developments in Science and Technology

Brief History of Satellite Communications Telesat website
Canadarm Canadian Space Agency

Contraception in Canada: From early methods to future possibilities
Half a century of the oral contraceptive pill Historical review and view to the future
History of Thalidomide
John "Jack" A. Hopps, 1919-1998 - Inventor of the pacemaker Canadian Science and Technology Museum

Early Years of Nuclear Energy Research in Canada by George C. Laurence Published by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, May 1980
Canadian Nuclear Association
Map and Timeline

Plastics (Industry Canada)
Society of the Plastics Industry of Canada Canadian Plastics Industry Association By John Margeson 70 Years of Industry Collaboration Click on the download prompt to access the article. For more information on the plastics industry go to the Home page.

World's First Automatic Mail Sorter created by Dr Maurice Levy in 1951. It could process 36,000 letters per hour.

Canadian Inventions – The Hockey Goalkeeper Mask

Key Trends and Developments in the Canadian Economy

Economic Nationalism The Canadian Encyclopedia Discusses the effect of Foreign Investment and branch plants on the Canadian economy.
Foreign Investment Review Agency - The Canadian Encyclopedia "The Foreign Investment Review Agency was a federal agency formed by Parliament in 1973 as a result of concerns about foreign presence in the Canadian economy."

The International Energy Crisis of the 1970s 15 Minute History - Espisode 38 Audio provided.

Key Political Developments and Government Policies

Canada A People's History: The Red Scare Canada searches for communists during the height of Cold War tensions

The Cold War The Canadian Encyclopedia
Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum Interactive activities and Lesson Plans

Newfoundland Joins Canada Canada A Country by Consent

The Massey Commission (the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences) The Canadian Encyclopedia

History - Canada's NDP

Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian policy (The White Paper, 1969) Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada

Canada in the Making: Immigration Acts (1866-2001)

The October Crisis - Invoking the War Measures Act in 1970 The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Cultural Diversity and Rights - Canadian Identity Canadian Heritage

Social Welfare Programs

Employment Insurance in Canada: History, Structure and Issues

Life on the Homefront: Family Allowances Includes links to newspaper articles in English and French
Family Allowance The Canadian Encyclopedia

Making Medicare: The History of Health Care in Canada The Canadian Museum of History
Tommy Douglas: A Brief History of Medicare

The History of Canada's Public Pensions Canadian Museum of History
Canada Pension Plan The Canadian Encyclopedia
Quebec Pension Plan The Canadian Encyclopedia

Canadian Museum of History: What Canadians Received History of public pension services in Canada including Old Age Security
The Old Age Security Fund Prepared by June Dewetering Economics Division Parliamentary Research Branch 14 March 1990

Welfare State Canadian Encyclopedia: "The welfare state in Canada is a multi-billion dollar system of government programs that transfer money and services to Canadians to deal with an array of societal needs."
Appendix to the Nielsen Task Force report on the Canada Assistance Plan From THE EVOLUTION OF THE CANADA ASSISTANCE PLAN by John E. Osborne Special Adviser on Policy Development National Health and Welfare 1985
Family Allowance Canadian Encyclopedia: "A family or child allowance is a monthly government payment to families with children to help cover the costs of child maintenance. The Family Allowance began in 1945 as Canada's first universal welfare program."
The Post-Welfare State in Canada: Income-Testing and Inclusion by Ken Battle and Sherri Torjman May 2001 This Report was prepared for the Consortium for Economic Policy Research and Advice Project (CEPRA) “Living Standards and Income Inequality in Selected Regions” International and Canadian Programs Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada ISBN 1-894598-81-4

Grade 10: Canadian History Since World War I (CHC2D and CHC2P): Social, Economic, and Political Context