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History of Quebec and Canada 414 WWW Links

Annotated Links by Module to History of Quebec and Canada  414
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MODULE 7: CONTEMPORARY QUEBEC
UNIT 1:THE SECOND WORLD WAR
  • TOPIC A:  QUEBEC'S PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR EFFORT
The World at War 1939-1945
The problem with conflict on this scale is seeing the wood for the trees. One of the hottest arrivals on the web is the ultimate timeline with over 100 links on the Second World War . And here’s a guide to its mainstages.
Women in the workforce
With many of Canada's able-bodied men off fighting the war, hundreds of thousands of workers were still needed. Women were called on to fill the gap.
 
  • TOPIC B: THE CONSCRIPTION CRISIS
French Resistance? 
In some accounts, by 1939, the French Canadian Forces still felt slighted from measures that were taken in
the First World War.
Conscription crisis
By the spring of 1939, the threat of war became more and more ominous. Yet the
Canadian people remained divided about entering into another world war.(see Conscription crisis)
UNIT 2:  QUEBEC SOCIETY DURING THE DUPLESSIS ERA
  • TOPIC A:  ELEMENTS OF CHANGE IN QUEBEC SOCIETY
    PROSPERITY
    IMMIGRATION
    UNIONS
    AGRICULTURE
    WAY OF LIFE
     
  • TOPIC B: TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS IN QUEBEC SOCIETY
    CHURCH
    STATE
  • TOPIC C: POLICIES OF THE DUPLESSIS GOVERNMENT 
    NATIONALISTIC POLICIES
    KEY DEVELOPMENTS
    SOCIAL
    ECONOMIC
    AUTONOMY
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 UNIT 3:THE QUIET REVOLUTION AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS
 
TOPIC A: PRINCIPAL CHANGES IN QUEBEC 
The 'quiet revolution'
Quebec in the 1960s was a tiny island of French-speaking people in North America, surrounded by English-speaking societiesin the rest of Canada and in the USA., and dominated by the Roman Catholic church.
 
TOPIC B: MANIFESTATIONS OF QUEBEC'S CULTURAL DIVERSITY
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TOPIC C: MAJOR ISSUES SINCE THE QUIET REVOLUTION
Quebec Votes on Sovereignty 
What is a referendum ? It is like an election in that people are registered to vote, and then cast a ballot. However, they do not vote for a person; they vote on a question. The most important thing is that, it is the total number of votes cast for the question that counts. There have not been many referenda held in Canada, but each one has been significant because the people as a whole made a decision on a question that was important to them.
Origins of Quebec separatism
French Canadian nationalism took the form of a movement for enhanced status for Quebec: special status within confederation, a new form of association on the basis of equality with English Canada, or complete independence as a sovereign nation.
Constitutional Change
Despite Canada's progress through the twentieth century to become a respected nation in the affairs of the world, there was one nagging connection to its colonial past which had not been removed.