Cold War
A war fought between groups or smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers
Proxy War
This is often referred to as Canada’s “Forgotten War”
Korean War
The period of sweeping political and social changes impacting Quebec from the late 1950s through the 1960s:
The Quiet Revolution
This act used during the October Crisis gave police the right to search and arrest without warrant.
War Measures Act
This United Nations document, created after WWII, was used as the model for Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The body of laws that controls every aspect of Indigenous life
Indian Act
The American government facility, built to maintain government operation in the event of a nuclear attack
The Cheyanne Mountain complex
The symbolic divide in Europe, between communist East and democratic West
The Iron Curtain
This United States called on this organization to defend South Korea during the Korean War
The United Nations
The communist revolutionary leader in Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro
The American government boycotted this event as a tactic to force the withdraw of Soviet troops from Afghanistan and contain communism
The 1980 Olympics in Moscow
These marches became popular in the 1970's, protesting against violence and sexual assault of women
“Take Back the Night” marches
The term to describe the forced adoption of Indigenous youth to mostly white, non-indigenous families
The sixties scoop
The Soviet Union created this mutual-defense organization as a response to NATO.
The Warsaw Pact
This event during the Suez Crisis sparked the flag debate in Canada
Canadian Peacekeepers not being allowed to enter Egypt, because their flag contained the Union Jack
The name of the American attack on Cuba, that lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
This ethnic separatist group in Quebec used terrorist methods to achieve their goals
The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ)
Dr. Henry Morgentaler was famous for supporting
Women's Reproductive Rights
The policy paper created by Pierre Elliot Trudeau and Jean Chrétien, suggesting the end of federal gov’t treaty obligations to First Nations, as well as getting rid of the Dept of Indian Affairs & Indian Act
The 1969 White Paper
The video's created to be played in schools to help educate kids on what to do in the event of a nuclear attack.
Duck and Cover
During the Suez Crisis, Lester B. Pearson, proposed the creation of this United Nations agency, which is now often associated with Canada
UNEF: United Nations Emergency Force - Peacekeepers
The Proxy War that Canada did not join, in part, due to not supporting American bombing techniques, which killed civilians.
The Vietnam War
This Quebec labour minister was abducted and later murdered during the October Crisis.
Pierre Laporte
This travelling women reproductive rights group famously camped out at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa
The Abortion Caravan
the term for trauma that affects future generations who didn’t experience it directly.
Generational Trauma
The presence of Soviet spy ring operating in Canada was revealed by this event.
The Gouzenko Affair
This post WWII Canadian foreign policy initiative looked to give technical & financial support to developing countries in Asia
Colombo Plan
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Nikita Khrushchev was threatened by the American positioning of Nuclear weapons in these European Nations
Italy and Turkey
This communist political party gained control of Afghanistan prior to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)
Before Canada had the "Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" this 1958 federal statute existed, but was not part of the constitution.
The Bill of Rights
The Indigenous communities response to the suggestion by the federal government to end federal gov’t treaty obligations to First Nations, as well as getting rid of the Dept of Indian Affairs & Indian Act
The Red Paper