Author: Muriel Schmidt

July 1st. All those who celebrate Canada as their home and native land celebrate Canada Day on July 1st. The day commemorates the anniversary of the Constitution Act, which consolidated three territories into the single nation of Canada, way back in 1867. Why is Canadian holiday today? Victoria Day celebrates the birthday of the reigning […]

All male citizens between ages 20 and 45 could be conscripted. Quebec was against it. But it was popular among English Canadians. They wanted to support their troops already overseas. How old were Canadian soldiers in ww2? Most Canadian soldiers were between the ages of 18 and 45, as per regulations, but thousands served who […]

In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. How did Canada become a developed country? Innis argued that Canada developed as it […]

Canada has three founding peoples – The Indigenous Peoples, French and British. What are the three main cultures in Canada? Canada’s history of settlement and colonization has resulted in a multicultural society made up of three founding peoples – Indigenous, French, and British – and of many other racial and ethnic groups. The Indigenous peoples […]

The gender pay gap for faculty in Canadian universities is significant and persistent. Women professors earn on average 10 per cent (or $10,500 per year) less than men for the same work. Do female teachers make less than male teachers? The persistent wage gap between men and women persists in all countries and across all […]

Women championed a number of important human rights that have become core Canadian values — the right to vote in provincial and federal elections, the right to own property, the right to earn a fair wage, and finally, the right to be recognized as “persons” under the law. Why women’s human rights are important? Women […]

Canada entered the 1939-1945 War on 10th September 1939. Within two months the first contingents of Canadian troops arrived in the United Kingdom to supplement the British Expeditionary Forces (BEF). How long did it take Canada to declare war in ww2? On September 9, 1939, eight days after Germany’s invasion of Poland, Canada’s Parliament voted […]

Yes, the war was worth it for Canada because Canada’s Identity significantly Improved throughout the First World War. Canada’s civil rights movement is shown in the first World War when Canada joined the war as imperial domination and left the fight as a country of pride. Was WWII good for Canada? The Second World War […]

St. Lawrence valley. With the addition of Canada to the British Empire, Britain gained control of a strip of territory along the St. Lawrence River with a population of at least 70,000 francophone Roman Catholics, which was expanded and renamed as the Province of Quebec under the Quebec Act. Why was Canada important to the […]

Due to the expanded interpretation of the term ‘weapon’ in the Criminal Code, anything which is designed to cause injury, incapacitate or intimidate can be considered a weapon. Using bear spray on humans is prohibited and can lead to criminal charges. Can you use bear spray on a person? Can you use bear spray on […]