Indigenous History
This doctrine was used by European colonial powers to justify their conquests in North America and their treatment of Indigenous peoples.
Former Slave, Josiah Henson, who was also an inspiration for the popular book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, founded this settlement just outside of Dresden, Ontario in 1841.
What is the Dawn Settlement?
Many Canadian women served overseas in this occupation during World War I.
What is Nursing?
What is the Privy Council?
This extremely tasty "tropical" pizza style was created Sam Panopoulos right here in Chatham, Ontario.
What is the Hawaiian Pizza?
This was the primary purpose of the Indian Act, and set out to accomplish this the banning of cultural practises, disenfranchisement of Indigenous peoples, and the establishment of residential schools, among many other things.
What is assimilation?
This white supremicist group established itself in Canada during the 1920s and committed countless violent acts against primarily black Canadians up to and including murder.
Who are the KKK?
After becoming Canada's first female judge in Alberta in 1916, my proposed appointment to the Canadian senate sparked what became known as the Person's case, which in 1929, finally acknowledged through law, that women were indeed "persons."
Who is Emily Murphy?
This Canadian Law enforcement institution was created during the same time as the establishment of the residential school system, and was used to enforce by law the Indian Act, and thus can rightly be seen as an "occupational force."
What is the RCMP?
What is the Underground Railroad?
What is the Christian Church?
This is the name for the voyages across the Atlantic that brought enslaved Africans to North America.
What is the Middle Passage?
In 1921, I became the first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons.
Who is Agnes McPhail?
While the Canadian Federal Government has given groups of people such as Indigenous peoples and Japanese Canadians this show of acknowledgement for past wrong, they have yet to do so to Black Canadians regarding the institution of slavery and the effects it continues to have today.
What is a formal government apology?
This award winning baseball player who won the Cy Young award in 1971 as the National League's best pitcher of that year, also has an auditorium named after him at John McGreggor Secondary School.
Who is Ferguson "Fergie" Jenkins?
This Indigenous woman fought for Indigenous women's political rights after losing her status due to marrying a non-status man. She was also the subject of the CBC documentary watched in class.
Who is Mary Two-Axe Earley?
This is defined as the oppression of a racial group to the advantage of another as perpetuated by inequity within political, economic, and social systems.
What is Systemic Racism?
As the Premier of this Province, Rodmond Roblin actively fought the Suffragette Movement, often clashing with Nellie McClung. Fortunately, he proved to be on the wrong side of history, as it was also in this province where Women first won the right to vote in 1916.
What is Manitoba?
This term when used in the 1800s context, was a term used to describe someone who fought for the end of slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
Chatham was named after William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, who is also the namesake of this western Pennsylvania "Steel town."
What is Pittsburgh?
Peter Bryce published this work in 1922 after being forced to retire from the Department of the Interior and the Department of Indian Affairs. In it he exposed the high mortality rate of Indigenous children at Residential Schools as well as the unsanitary and impoverished conditions of the schools.
What is "A National Crime"?
Despite neglecting the needs of this community over the course of a century, this Atlantic city demolished the close-nit community of Africville in the 190s and forcibly removed its people in the name of progress.
What is Halifax?
This nickname was given to the over 30 000 women who went to work in munition factories and industries which had been primary ocuupied by men before the war.
Who are the munitionettes/canary girls.
This obejct was meant to symbolize the agreement of mutual respect and peace between the Haudenosaunee and European newcomers (initially the Dutch) to North America.
Chatham, Ontario was home to this significant Canadian baseball team which broke many barriors in Canadian sport in the early 20th century.
Who are the Chatham Coloured All-Stars