Author: Muriel Schmidt

Psychological Disqualifiers: A candidate can be disqualified if they do not meet the minimum psychological examination requirements. Work Environment Disqualifiers: Police departments require you to work shift work which includes nights, evenings, weekends, and holidays as policing takes place 24 hours per day. What can hold you back from becoming a police officer? Criminal Offenses […]

Legal rights Everyone, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability, is equal before the law. The Charter also protects the basic human rights to life, liberty and physical and psychological safety (or “security of the person”). What are some equality rights in Canada? The act states […]

Carrie Matilda Derick (January 14, 1862 – November 10, 1941) was a Canadian botanist and geneticist, the first female professor in a Canadian university, and the founder of McGill University’s Genetics Department. Carrie Derick Occupation Geneticist; Botanist Known for Canada’s first female professor Who was the first female teacher in Canada? MUA PR014514. Carrie Derick’s […]

The Controlled Goods Program (CGP) is a registration and compliance program that regulates access to Controlled Goods, including International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) items, in Canada. What is the Canadian Controlled goods Program? The program assists companies in achieving and maintaining compliance with the requirements in safeguarding controlled goods in Canada and supporting Canada’s […]

Canada grants permanent residency to a small number of people for other reasons. These include broadly defined humanitarian and compassionate grounds, such as specific hardships that applicants would face if they were to return to their home countries. Individuals must receive permission to apply. What is the immigration process like in Canada? To immigrate to […]

The Indian Act Comes to Power, 1876 The Indian Act attempted to generalize a vast and varied population of people and assimilate them into non-Indigenous society. It forbade First Nations peoples and communities from expressing their identities through governance and culture. Why is the Indian Act of 1876 important? The Indian Act was created to […]

Constitution Act, 1867 This was an Act of the British parliament, originally called the British North America Act, 1867. It outlined Canada’s system of government, which combines Britain’s Westminster model of parliamentary government with the division of sovereignty (federalism). When was the Constitution Act created? The Constitution Act, 1867 was originally known as the British […]

Canadian John Humphrey was the principal author. Over the next two decades, lawmakers across Canada started to create comprehensive human rights regimes that consolidated existing laws. In 1962, Ontario passed the Human Rights Code. Who was responsible for passing the Canadian Bill of Rights? John Diefenbaker and a National Bill of Rights In 1936, four […]

In a formal ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed the Constitution Act, 1982 into law on 17 April 1982. When was Canada’s Constitution signed? The Constitution Act, 1867. Does Canada have two constitutions? The Canadian Constitution has two written parts: the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly known as the British North America […]

The Constitution Act, 1867, which was passed by the British Parliament, created the Dominion of Canada. It describes the basic structure of Canada’s government. What was Canada’s Constitution called in 1867? The British North America Act, 1867​​​​​​​​​The British North America Act, 1867, was the British law (also called a statute) that created​ Canada​ and provided […]