ONLINE RESOURCES The following list of bilingual resources supports educators and students. • Voting Rights in Canada: A Select Timeline • Voting Rights in Canada Timeline on The Canadian Encyclopedia: an expanded version of the timeline in the video • The Canadian Encyclopedia timelines on Indigenous Suffrage and Women’s Suffrage, as well as Women’s Suffrage in the West, in the North, and in Atlantic Canada • Women’s Suffrage in Canada collection on The Canadian Encyclopedia • Voting Rights Collection on The Canadian Encyclopedia • The chaotic story of the right to vote in Canada from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights • Elections Canada • A History of the Vote in Canada • Elections Canada’s 100th Anniversary • Voting Rights through Time You may be interested in related education guides produced by Historica Canada. Explore more here. with support from A project of To celebrate the 175th anniversary of the election of Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin, Historica Canada, the country’s largest organization dedicated to enhancing awareness of Canada’s history, culture and citizenship, has created this education guide. Using the concepts created by Dr. Peter Seixas and the Historical Thinking Project, this guide complements Canadian middle- and high-school curricula. It invites students to explore the history of democracy and equal language rights in Canada, and asks them to investigate the unique nature of the country’s diplomatic transition from colonial dominion to autonomous nation. This guide also asks students to explore the friendship that brought Responsible Government, a remarkable relationship between two extraordinary — and often overlooked —men. Baldwin and LaFontaine refused to Message to Teachers A PROJECT OF WITH SUPPORT FROM use force in the face of violent dissent in hopes of creating a nation based on reason and moderation. Their pioneering vision — a world that gains strength from peaceful change rather than armed insurrection — has endured and spread. We hope this guide will help you to teach this important topic in Canadian history in your classroom. This guide was produced with the generous support of the Government of Canada. Additional free, bilingual resources and educational activities are available on The Canadian Encyclopedia (TCE). For further research, read Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin by John Ralston Saul (Penguin, 2010). E d u c a t i o n G u i d e A Project of: With support from: 3.
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