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Create AccountColombo Plan for Co-operative Economic Development in South and Southeast Asia was established following a Jan 1950 meeting of COMMONWEALTH foreign ministers in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), to attack the poverty upon which communist political movements in Asia were thought to feed.
"“Why should you go when you’re not even a Canadian?” So we all decided in our town hall meetings that the best way to do is to go and sign up and go and come back and lobby for the franchise. This is exactly what we did."
Victor Eric Wong served in the Canadian Army and the British Army's Force 136 during the Second World War. See below for Mr. Wong's entire testimony.
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The Canadian insistence on the collective concerns of peace, order and good government has meant that state projects such as schooling are seen in terms of their overall impact on society.
The
Commission of Inquiry on the Position of the French Language and on Language
Rights in Québec (1969–1973) is a royal inquiry commission set up by the
government under Jean-Jacques Bertrand. Noting the inequality between the English and French languages and the federal state’s hesitancy
to take measures to encourage the independence and general development of the
French Canadian population, the Gendron Commission elaborated a series of
recommendations which led to the adoption of the Language Acts in 1974 and 1977
(see Quebec
Language Policy).
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William Roy Hindle served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Towards the end of the war he joined the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve.
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Vivian Phillips was stationed in Newfoundland with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
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During the Second World War, Zygmunt Wojtas joined the Polish Army while in the Soviet Union. With the army, he travelled to Iraq for armament and then to the front in Italy.
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Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
This entry provides a list of some of the theory books written by Canadians.
École de musique Jocelyne Laberge. Music school founded in 1978 in Châteauguay, south of Montréal, by Jocelyne Laberge (born 9 May 1930 in Montréal, QC; died 25 November 2015 in Candiac, QC).
Twenty-five-year-old Justine Allen's interest in winning is both professional and keenly personal. For eight months, as a master's student in sports psychology, the Wellington, N.Z.
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"It started at 5:00 and towards 11:00, we saw the American tanks roll in to the camp. For us, the war was ending."
See below for Mr. Gravel's entire testimony.
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Ralph Dael served with Belgian United Nations Command during the Korean War. As a machine gunner in a heavy weapons platoon, Dael supported patrols and guarded against enemy night attacks.
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In colonies, the literary tradition of the mother country normally prevails. This was true in Canada, where it has taken English-speaking Canadians a long time to accept their own literature as a legitimate subject for study.
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Under the terms of the will of Cecil Rhodes, Canadians became eligible to hold Rhodes scholarships in colleges of Oxford U. Since 1902 nearly 1000 scholars have been appointed by provincial selection committees answering to the Rhodes trustees in Britain.
Herbert Lim was one of around 150 Chinese Canadians to serve with Force
136 of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second
World War. After completing his basic training with the Royal Canadian
Engineers he was asked to join to join the SOE, working as wireless operator.
Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
