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SubjectPolitics and SocietyWar Victims
Internment (25)
Price of War (65)
Prisoners of War (39)
Remembrance (102)
War Dead (135)
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Type: Document
Description: Discusses the activities of the newly formed Frères Chasseurs and the tragic results of the second rebellion in Lower Canada. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Type: Document
Description: Canadians win a great victory at Vimy Ridge, where both British and French forces had failed. This battle helped a young country discover its national pride. In all, 3,598 Canadian soldiers were killed and 7,004 wounded. Canadians had begun the war as colonials, as subordinates, but were now Allies. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Type: Document
Description: Text and images present highlights of the third of a four-part radio series. This episode deals with Canada's production of the chemical later known as Agent Orange and the after-effects of its use in Vietnam by American forces. (Program audio files unavailable online.)
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Type: DocumentFilm and VideoSound
Description: During the Second World War, roughly 22,000 Japanese Canadians were forcibly evacuated from the west coast and resettled in other parts of the country. Their struggle for redress and apologies continued after the war.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Type: Document
Description: A young man from the Gaspé peninsula witnesses the atrocities of battle in World War I. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Type: Document
Description: In order to understand why Canadian veterans of the Korean War are called 'forgotten heroes' students explore what it means to be a hero.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Type: Sound
Description: A father and two sons are sent to a POW camp for resisting evacuation orders during World War Two.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Type: Document
Description: Using a variety of Web-based resources, students will analyze and prepare a presentation comparing recognition of war veterans in Canada to recognition of war veterans in another country of their choice.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Type: Document
Description: Students are encouraged to understand Canadian soldiers' contribution to the Korean War and the importance of recognizing this by preparing a brief to the federal government.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Type: Document
Description: During the First World War, gas attacks killed or injured an estimated 1,296,853 soldiers. Canadian troops were front and centre during some of the first uses of such attacks in the war. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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