Canadian History1945-1968

An Introduction

Because I’m Nice

Canada and the World

Everyday Experiences and Culture

Leadership, Government and Politics

Economics, Science and Technology

Continuity and Change

Canada and the World

Korean War

June 25, 1950

July 27, 1953

A proxy war

Still divided today

Canada and the World

Expo 67

World fair

Focuses on culture

120 countries

50 million people

Canada and the World

Peacekeeping

Countries break from European control

Egypt and the Suez Crisis

P. 331

Everyday Experiences and Culture

Medicare

Free health care for all

1968

Modeled after Saskatchewan

Everyday Experiences and Culture

Baby Boom

Post World War Two

Returning soldiers, immigrants

Still effects us today

Everyday Experiences and Culture

Suburbia

Post World War Two

Product of Baby Boom

Planned Communities

Pros and cons

Everyday Experiences and Culture

New Flag

1965

Over two thousand designs

Consequences of the design

Everyday Experiences and Culture

Counterculture

Against the status quo

Baby boomers coming of age

Created their own culture

Changed every aspect of culture

Everyday Experiences and Culture

Consumerism

New products, more money

Automobiles

Recreation

Media/advertisements

Leadership, Government and Politics

Quiet Revolution

Change from Canadians to Quebecois

A modernization – education, infrastructure

P.311

Leadership, Government and Politics

Louis St.Laurent

November 15, 1948 – June 21, 1957

“Uncle Louis”

Newfoundland joins Canada

Korean War

Leadership, Government and Politics

John Diefenbaker

June 21, 1957 – April 22, 1963

Bill of Rights 1958

Aboriginals the right to vote 1960

Leadership, Government and Politics

Lester B. Pearson

April 22, 1963 – April 20, 1968

New flag, Canada Pension Plan,

Universal health care, New Immigration Act

Pierre Elliot Trudeau, John Turner, Jean Chretien

Economics, Science and Technology

Avro Arrow

Advanced interceptor Jet

But extremely expensive

Canceled by federal government

Its legacy

Economics, Science and Technology

Automobile

Post World War

New highways meant more cars

Economic boom in Canadian cities – Windsor, Oakville, Oshawa

Economics, Science and Technology

Television

1952 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Shift from radio to TV

Continuity and Change

The Cold War

Canada’s role

Did they follow the U.S?

Continuity and Change

Peacekeeping

What missions did Canada participate in?

The effect on Canadian society

The effect on the world

Continuity and Change

Canadian – U.S relations

Good or bad?

How did it change?

Why is it important