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"HUMAN RIGHTS Canada's Lost Women An investigation into the abuse and exploitation of aboriginal women in Canada and the authorities' failure to stop it. 10 Jun 2015 15:03 GMT | Human Rights, Women, Canada, US & Canada, Law  1145  2531 Canada's aboriginal women make up a small fraction of its population, yet for decades they have suffered disproportionally from abuse, exploitation and murder. Since the 1980s, over 1,000 indigenous women have been murdered in this developed North American nation, yet, according to campaigners and human rights groups, too few of these cases have resulted in arrests or prosecution. Amid mounting claims of official indifference to the problem that some say has its roots in racism and the country's colonial past, People & Power asks why police and the government are not doing more to tackle crimes against Canada's first nation females."

"A 93-year-old former British secret agent will receive France's highest award for her courage - 70 years after parachuting behind enemy lines in preparation for D-Day"

"Students will examine and interpret statistics to help them learn about the hardships many Canadians faced during the Great Depression. Students will work in groups and use information from the Canada Year Book 1937. They will role-play as members of families with different incomes and needs and attempt to set up family budgets. Students will come to respect the challenges, experiences and frustrations of families who had to struggle to survive in the Great Depression. "

"Pearson's record speaks for itself: He had Canada deliver weapons to the French to put down the Algerian and Vietnamese independence movements. Asked in Parliament, Pearson refused to call for Nelson Mandela's release from prison. Pearson backed the mid-1950s CIA coups in Iran and Guatemala. He incited individuals to destroy a Canadian peace group after it called for the outlawing of nuclear weapons. Pearson threatened to quit as external affairs minister if Canada failed to deploy ground troops to Korea."

"Digging Up Ads From WWII-When They Pushed Products No One Could Buy During World War II, companies stayed in the public eye by advertising products-often with the government's help-that weren't available to civilians."

"This lesson introduces technology used in World War One in an interactive and fun way. Students will learn what weapons were important in trench warfare."

"Quebec explains one of the reason she wants to separate is fear of losing her cultural identity. Canada and America responds."

"Task The date is July 30, 1914 and the situation is critical when you receive the bove telegram. You are a diplomat for one of the countries involved in the origins of World War I. Austria-Hungary has already declared war on Serbia after receiving reassurance from Germany of full support. Because of the alliance system, this war is not destined to remain a small, regional flare up. Russia and Germany are about to declare war because the Russian army has been mobilized at the German border. Germany has plans to attack France through neutral Belgium, and Great Britain has sworn to protect Belgium's neutrality. Belgium is trying to make one last effort to bring the interested countries together to avoid war."