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Media Bias in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

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The Underground Railroad (Plain-Language Summary)

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Canadian Pacific Railway (Plain-Language Summary)

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Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 (Plain-Language Summary)

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Official Languages Act (1988) (Plain-Language Summary)

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History (31)

Acadian Expulsion (Plain-Language Summary)

Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Plain-Language Summary)

Black Enslavement in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Canadian Pacific Railway (Plain-Language Summary)

Confederation (Plain-Language Summary)

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Fur Trade in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Great Depression in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Immigration to Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Indian Act (Plain-Language Summary)

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Railway History in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

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Royal Proclamation of 1763 (Plain-Language Summary)

Second World War (Plain-Language Summary)

Seven Years’ War (Plain-Language Summary)

The Quebec Act, 1774 (Plain-Language Summary)

The Rights Revolution (Plain-Language Summary)

The Underground Railroad (Plain-Language Summary)

The War of 1812 (Plain-Language Summary)

Treaties with Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Plain-Language Summary)

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Women's Suffrage in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

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Kanesatake Resistance (Oka Crisis) (Plain-Language Summary)

North-West Resistance (Plain-Language Summary)

Reconciliation in Canada

Red River Resistance (Plain-Language Summary)

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Treaties with Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Plain-Language Summary)

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Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Plain-Language Summary)

First World War (Plain-Language Summary)

North-West Resistance (Plain-Language Summary)

Red River Resistance (Plain-Language Summary)

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Seven Years’ War (Plain-Language Summary)

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Canadian Bill of Rights (Plain-Language Summary)

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Charlottetown Accord (Plain-Language Summary)

Confederation (Plain-Language Summary)

Constitution Act, 1867 (Plain-Language Summary)

Constitution Act, 1982 (Plain-Language Summary)

Constitution of Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Dominion of Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Enfranchisement (Plain-Language Summary)

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (Plain-Language Summary)

Immigration to Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Indian Act (Plain-Language Summary)

King-Byng Affair (Plain-Language Summary)

Meech Lake Accord (Plain-Language Summary)

Notwithstanding Clause (Plain-Language Summary)

Official Languages Act (1988) (Plain-Language Summary)

Organized Crime in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Prime Minister of Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Province of Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Quiet Revolution (Plain-Language Summary)

Responsible Government (Plain-Language Summary)

Robert Pickton Case (Plain-Language Summary)

Royal Proclamation of 1763 (Plain-Language Summary)

Statute of Westminster, 1931 (Plain-Language Summary)

The Quebec Act, 1774 (Plain-Language Summary)

The Rights Revolution (Plain-Language Summary)

Treaties with Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Plain-Language Summary)

Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 (Plain-Language Summary)

Women's Suffrage in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

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COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Climate Change (Plain-Language Summary)

Natural Resources in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

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Vaccination and Vaccine Hesitancy in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Women (5)

Emily Murphy (Plain-Language Summary)

Enfranchisement (Plain-Language Summary)

Famous Five (Plain-Language Summary)

The Rights Revolution (Plain-Language Summary)

Women's Suffrage in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

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