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Nurses Overseas (WWI) (Social Change) (+2)
Mae Belle Sampson and Katherine MacDonald were two of the 1,000 women who went as nurses overseas to heal the wounded. They showed how strong they were and risked their lives to fight for the country. Sampson and MacDonald showed men that women can be as strong and that they shouldn't be looked down upon. This courageous action was one of the reasons why the Wartime Elections act was established, this action was a big step towards women's rights. -
The Beginning of WWI (Social Change) (-1)
Britain officially declared war on Germany, and since back then, Canada was a colony of Britain, Canada was included in this great war. Throughout this war, Canada had gained respect from many other countries, but Canada had also lost many, many soldiers in this war. More Canadians died in this war than any other war Canada has been in, killing around 60,000 men and injuring 172,000 more. -
Billy Bishop (WWI) (Social Change) (+1)
Billy Bishop was a famous Canadian flying ace, with 72 victories throughout the First World War. He was the top Canadian ace of the war. The life expectancy of a new pilot was a couple of weeks, but Bishop managed to survive the whole war, whilst killing many other enemy pilots. Billy Bishop's brave actions represented Canada's pilots well and influenced many others to become a pilot in WWI. -
The Second Battle of Ypres (Social Change) (+2)
The second battle of Ypres took place on the Ypres salient on the Western Front, in Belgium. During the Second Battle of Ypres, the Germans unleashed a new weapon: chlorine gas. The Canadian army lost 6,000 men, around one-third of their force, but they kept fighting and won the battle. The Canadians persevered and defeated the Germans at the end, showing them that Canadians never give up. -
The Battle of the Somme (Social Change) (-1)
Leo Le Boutillier and Thomas-Louis Tremblay were two of the 1,000 French Canadian men that went to the Battle of the Somme, under the command of British General Douglas Haig. On their first day of battle, 68 of 801 French Canadian men were not wounded or killed. This battle was known as one of the most infamous days of WWI, as 420,000 people from the British empire also died for just 3 square miles of territory. -
Jeremiah Alvin Jones (Political Change) (-1)
During the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917, Jeremiah Jones, one of the sixteen black men assigned to the Royal Canadian Regiment saved his whole unit from a machine gun nest. Jones had contributed to one of Canada's biggest victories in the WWI. He also proved to white men that black soldiers were just as useful. Black men were beginning to join the armed forces, filling in roles that white people normally had, but the white Canadians were reluctant to take them in because of their looks. -
Wartime Elections Act (Social Change) (+1)
The Wartime Elections Act, established on the 20th of September, 1917, gave the right to vote to the sisters, mothers, wives of the soldiers serving overseas. This event is a big leap towards women's rights, as now a few of them are finally permitted to vote. This event was influenced by Sampson and MacDonald's actions, serving in WWI as nurses and risking their lives doing so. -
The Spanish Flu Epidemic (Social Change) (-1)
The Spanish flu epidemic started in 1918 and ended in 1920. It had killed around 55,000 Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40. People that had just come back from the war, people who had just reunited with their family had died from this tragic illness. The flu killed many good men that might have done something with their lives to make Canada greater than it is now. -
The Cure For Diabetes (Economic Change) (+2)
In 1922, Dr. Frederick Banting had discovered insulin, a cure for diabetes mellitus (diabetes). Before the discovery of insulin, if a person was diagnosed with diabetes, they would be put on a very strict diet but would still die within the next few years. Dr. Banting's discovery was a milestone in Canada's medical history, as it helped save many thousand lives. If he hadn't made this discovery, many people could be still dying from diabetes. -
The Stock Market Crash (Economic Change) (-2)
The Great Stock Market Crash began on Black Thursday, October 24, 1929, and ended on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929. This event was the cause of the great depression, which lasted until 1939. What happened to most Canadians was that they were buying things they couldn't even dream to afford with credit, and when the stock market crashed they couldn't repay what they bought and became very poor.
