Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Metis Trappers and Hide Working
The Metis are skilled trappers. Trapping was a mainstay of their livelihoods in the past but this is not the case today. This article on Metis trapping also includes discussion questions and a bibliography.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Jacques Cartier
Biographical information on French explorer, Jacque Cartier. Cartier is particularly recognized for his contributions of European exploration in Canada in the 16th century.
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White Pine Pictures: Breaking the Ice: The Mary Ann Shadd Story
Mary Ann Shadd was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1823. She emigrated to Windsor, Upper Canada and was a leader in advocating for integrated schools at a time when most Canadians believed segregated schools should predominate. This web...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Canadian Americans
Provides an overview of the history, culture, and lifestyle of Canadian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Cbc News: A Legal History of Smoking in Canada
Follow this almost 20 year timeline of Tobacco Laws introduced and enforced in Canada.
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White Pine Pictures: Watari Dori: A Bird of Passage
This is a good way to educate students about Japanese internment camps. This follows the story of one woman and her triumphant return to Canada. Includes a quiz and lesson plans.
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White Pine Pictures: Something From Nothing: The Schumiatcher Saga
The Shumiatcher family, Russian Jews who emigrated to Canada in the early 1900's, grew to become successful business owners and professionals. This site outlines their history and details the making of a television documentary.
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White Pine Pictures: The Force of Hope: The Legacy of Father Mc Gauran
The Irish Potato Famine of 1847 brought thousands of Irish immigrants to Canada. A large number of them died of typhus and cholera en route or after arriving at the quarantine station on Grosse Isle in Quebec. Father Bernard McGauran was...
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White Pine Pictures: The Road Chosen: The Story of Lem Wong
Lem Wong was a Chinese immigrant who came to Canada in 1897. He traveled across Canada for five years working in Chinese laundries. After bringing a wife from China, he had eight children and opened a restaurant in London, Ontario, which...
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White Pine Pictures: Hungarian Revolution 1956
As part of the film series produced about various groups that resettled in Canada, White Pines Pictures gives a brief historical background of the wave of Hungarian immigration in 1956. Click on the teacher link at the top for lesson...
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White Pine Pictures: The Impossible Home: Robert Kroetsch and His German Roots
This site describes the family history of Robert Kroetsch, a Canadian writer and poet, whose family emigrated from Germany in 1841. It provided background for the making of a television documentary on Kroetsch's family.
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White Pine Pictures: New Norway, the Immigrant Trail
This site describes the making of a television documentary about a family of Norwegians who emigrated to Manitoba, Canada in 1912. The stories of the immigrants, the obstacles they faced and the legacy they have left are described here.
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White Pine Pictures: Wrestling With the Spirit: A Doukhobor Story
This site describes the experiences of a Doukhobor family, the Perverseffs, who settled in Saskatchewan after coming to Canada in 1899. It provides background to a television documentary about them.
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White Pine Pictures: First Lady of the Yukon
Martha Black was an adventurous woman who left a comfortable life in Chicago to live in the Yukon during the Gold Rush. She became the second female Member of Parliament in Canada. This site describes the making of a television...
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White Pine Pictures:brothers From Vietnam, the Story of the Lais and the Bessais
The Bessai family of Edmonton sponsored a Vietnamese family in 1979 after the Vietnam War ended, and helped them to settle into a new life in Canada. Their families became close friends. This site describes their story and gives...
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White Pine Pictures: The Wanderer, the Story of Rev. Sang Chui Lee
Reverend Sang-Chui Lee is a Korean immigrant to Canada who had converted to Christianity in response to the Japanese occupation of Manchuria and Korea. He later became a United Church minister. His three daughters married non-Koreans...
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White Pine Pictures: The Magnificent Abersons
Bob and Jane Aberson were Dutch immigrant farmers to the Manitoba prairies. Jane Aberson wrote a column in a Dutch newspaper for 30 years, describing the hardships and joys of farming life on the prairies. Her columns influenced many...
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White Pine Pictures: Rene Richard: Painter of the North
Rene Richard was a native of Switzerland who worked as a trapper and hunter to avoid the hardships of farming life that his family endured. He came to appreciate Alberta's north and went to France to train as an artist. When he returned,...
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White Pine Pictures: Acadian Spirit: The Legacy of Philippe D'entremont
Baron Philippe Muise d'Entremont was an early Acadian immigrant to the New World. This site outlines the history of the d'Entremont family through the centuries and through historical events such as the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755....
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White Pine Pictures: Sons and Daughters: The Italians of Schreiber
The community of Schreiber, Ontario has deep connections with the town of Siderno in Calabria, Italy as half its occupants have ancestors who came from there. This site describes the history of the town and the making of a television...
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White Pine Pictures: Passage From India
This site describes the history of immigration from India and the making of a television documentary on this topic. It follows the life of an immigrant named Bagga Singh, who arrived in 1913, and his descendants. It also describes the...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Canadian Federalism
An outline on the structure of Canadian Federalism. The article discusses the history of Canadian federalism, how political power is distributed, and federalism's relationship with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The site...
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Bytown Museum: Canada's Capital
Here, the Bytown Museum looks at the founding history and the growth of Canada's Capital.
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Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Canada Day
Kids learn about Canada day history and facts about this holiday that celebrates the country's aniversary .
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