Lesson 6 · Discover Canada p.45–53

Modern Canada

Postwar prosperity, Quebec, the arts, and a long list of inventors. The inventors are pure matching — name to thing.

Prosperity and the safety net

1927	Old Age Security devised
1940	Unemployment insurance (now employment insurance) introduced
1947	Oil discovered in Alberta — the modern energy industry begins
1951	For the first time, a majority of Canadians can afford adequate food, shelter and clothing
1965	Canada and Quebec Pension Plans

The Canada Health Act ensures common elements and a basic standard of coverage. Publicly funded education is provided by the provinces.

Canada in the world

NATO — military alliance with other democracies of the West
NORAD — with the United States, for aerospace defence
UN — including the Korean War (1950–53): 500 dead, 1,000 wounded
Peacekeeping in Egypt, Cyprus, Haiti; security operations in the former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan

Canada and Quebec

1960s	The Quiet Revolution — an era of rapid change in Quebec
1963	Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism
1969	Official Languages Act — French and English services in the federal government across Canada
1970	Canada helps found La Francophonie
1980	First sovereignty referendum — defeated
1982	Constitution amended without Quebec's agreement
1995	Second sovereignty referendum — defeated

Who got the vote, and when

1948 — Japanese Canadians, the last Canadians of Asian descent to be denied it.
1960 — Aboriginal people.
Today every citizen over 18 may vote.

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Arts and sport

Group of Seven, founded 1920 — rugged wilderness landscapes
Emily Carr — forests and Aboriginal artifacts of the West Coast
Les Automatistes of Quebec — modern abstract art in the 1950s, notably Jean-Paul Riopelle
Kenojuak Ashevak — pioneered modern Inuit art
James Naismith invented basketball in 1891
Terry Fox — the Marathon of Hope, 1980
Rick Hansen — circled the globe in a wheelchair, 1985
Paul Henderson — the winning goal, 1972 Summit Series
Wayne Gretzky — Edmonton Oilers, 1979–88

Inventors — learn as pairs

Banting and Best	Insulin — has saved 16 million lives
Alexander Graham Bell	The telephone
Sir Sandford Fleming	Worldwide standard time zones
Joseph-Armand Bombardier	The snowmobile
Evans and Woodward	The first electric light bulb (patent sold to Edison)
Reginald Fessenden	First wireless voice message — radio
Dr. Wilder Penfield	Brain surgeon, "the greatest living Canadian"
Dr. John A. Hopps	The cardiac pacemaker
SPAR / NRC	The Canadarm
Lazaridis and Balsillie	The BlackBerry (Research in Motion)

Drill

Primary source: Discover Canada, pages 45–53.

The inventors list is long and flat. Ask your agent to run it as a rapid-fire matching drill rather than multiple choice.

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