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An Era of An Era of Change:Change:The 1960sThe 1960s


Protest against the war in Vietnam.

Toronto Star Syndicate.


This protest march on Jasper Avenue

in Edmonton, October 22,

1967, was aimed mostly against

American involvement in

Vietnam, but other placards

suggest agendas for social justice

Provincial Archives of Alberta/J127/1


The magnificent University of Lethbridge, main building, designed by famed architect Arthur Erikson. Construction was

completed in 1971.

Communication Office, University of Lethbridge.


The Montreal campus of the Université du Québec, one of

the new universities that sprang up during the 1960s.

To build the campus, a church and a convent were torn down.

The architects integrated parts

of the church’s facade into the new structure. Besides this

Montreal campus, the Université

du Québec has a number of regional affiliates

Université du Québec à Montréal.


Many Canadians dreamt of owning a house in

the suburbs. This photo shows the first houses built in Ajax, a small community

located between Toronto and Oshawa, just after the Second

World War, around 1948.

Oshawa Times. Ajax Public Library/P130-002-001.


Canadian Voice of Women in a

demonstration for peace, 1960s.

This illustration appears on the Voice of Women’s Web Site http://home.ca.inter.net/~vow/history.htm


John Diefenbaker looks on, as Lester Pearson

attempts to uncoil the cord of a translation earpiece. Canada's

two French-speaking prime ministers before

this period, Wilfrid Laurier and Louis St. Laurent, were both

fluently bilingual. After the 1960s, it became

much more important for federal anglophone

politicians to be able to speak French

John McNeill


Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson visits President John F. Kennedy, spring

1963.

National Archives of Canada/C-90482.


On the 56th floor of the Toronto-Dominion

Centre, Toronto, April 1966. Constructed

from 1963 to 1969, this building was designed by the

German-American architect Mies van der

Rohe, and reflected the International Style

of architecture. Skyscrapers like this

one came to dominate cityscapes from the

1960s onward.

The Globe and Mail/66104-38. Reprinted with permission from The Globe and Mail.


New Brunswick Premier Louis Robichaud,

the province’s first elected Acadian

premier. His administration in

the 1960s built many hospitals,

schools, and public buildings.

Provincial Archives of New Brunswick/P57-15.


The election of Pierre Elliott

Trudeau as Liberal Party leader, spring

1968.

Malak/National Archives of Canada/PA 111214.


Expo 67, Montreal 1967 — an exciting celebration of Canada’s centennial year.

Canada put forward its very best and invited the

world. Some 50 million visitors attended.

Malak/National Archives of Canada/C-18536.

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