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Voting time at the Canadian hospital, Orpington, December 1917: George Metcalf Archival Collection Canadian War Museum 19930003-568

Social Science & Culture

Voting Rights for Women: Wartime Politics Expands the Franchise to Women

Canadian War Museum

A woman’s right to vote was one of the key societal changes brought about by the First World War. Women participated in the war in a variety of ways, yet they could not vote. This changed in 1917. In an effort to increase support for wartime conscription, women whose husband, father or son was serving in the armed forces were given the right to vote in the federal election. As intended, most of them backed the government, and conscription became law. The vote was extended to most other women in

Family Allowance Poster, ca. 1944: Canadian War Museum 20070104-007

Social Science & Culture

Family Allowances: Improving Children’s Welfare

Canadian War Museum

During the Second World War, many families had suffered because their wages had not matched wartime inflation. By introducing family allowances, the government directly improved both the purchasing power of families with children and their standard of living. The family allowance program gave many Canadians their first experience of the benefits of the welfare state. Introduced in Parliament by William Lyon Mackenzie King’s Liberals on 25 July 1944, family allowances were paid by monthly cheque

Christmas stamp issued December 7, 1898, by the Post Office Department of Canada, Canadian Museum of History, 1999.85

Social Science & Culture

The world’s first Christmas stamp (1898)

Canadian Museum of History

The world’s first Christmas stamp was issued in Canada on December 7, 1898. With this stamp, a single rate of 2 cents was introduced, starting December 25, 1898, for mail in any country of the British Empire that chose to subscribe to this system. It features a Mercator map, which projects the spherical Earth onto a flat plane, and the words “XMAS 1898.” Countries that were part of the British Empire at the time appeared in red, with the inscription “We hold a vaster empire than has been”

Canadian Museum of History

Baskets

Canadian Museum of History

Wood splint baskets have been made by a number of First Nations peoples in the Northeastern Woodlands since the eighteenth century or earlier. As tourism became popular in the mid-nineteenth century, the demand for these splint baskets grew. In response to this demand, the “fancy” basket was invented. New tools were invented to standardize and speed up production. The gauge is a carved wooden tool with metal inserts that are evenly spaced so that the splints can be pulled across and cut to

John Peters Humphrey

Social Science & Culture

His Words Became The "Conscience of Mankind"

McGill University

John Peters Humphrey, lawyer and law professor at McGill University, authored the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the document commissioned by the United Nations and adopted as its mission statement in 1948. It’s widely considered one of the single most influential documents of the 20th century, referred to as “the conscience of mankind” by Pope John Paul II. But for over a decade, a co-author, Rene Cassin, was given full credit as its creator – even winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968

The Islamic Studies Library at McGill University

Social Science & Culture

A Pioneer In Cross-Cultural Understanding

McGill University

Long before the relationship between the Middle East and the West became a matter of global importance, a man named Wilfrid Cantwell Smith founded the continent’s first Center for Islamic Studies, at McGill University. His approach was decades ahead of its time. He believed that the study of the Islamic world would not be possible by non-Muslims unless there were scholars from the Muslim world working alongside them. He wanted to create an instutite where Muslim scholars could feel as much at

Dr. Margaret Lock

Social Science & Culture

Medicine Isn't Just Science - It's Culture

McGill University

Sometimes the person best equipped to explain what goes on in a doctor’s office isn’t a doctor, it’s an anthropologist. Dr. Margaret Lock started her academic career in biochemistry, but after a visit to Japan she was compelled to switch disciplines and got a PhD in anthropology. She went on to start one of the world’s preeminent Medical Anthropology programs, at McGill University. Her work – on menopause, women and aging, organ harvesting, and Alzheimer’s disease, among many others subjects –

Rally Round the Flag

National Research Council Canada

Canada’s flag, with its vivid red bars and iconic maple leaf, is an international symbol of Canadian identity. But the ﬁrst models of our flag, flown in 1965, were failures. Outdoors, the colours faded quickly from red to orange, and the white cloth turned a dingy gray. Canada’s National Research Council was given the task of perfecting the Canadian flag and choosing the ideal colour from among 500 shades of red. Canadian flags were made from a single piece of nylon taffeta fabric without

Fusée Black Brant II Source: Ingenium 1966.0114

Black Brant Rocket

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Research Rocket: Investigating the Upper Atmosphere The Black Brant was Canada’s first research rocket. Its versatility and dependability made it a NASA favourite. The Black Brant rocket established Canada’s Space program and developed Canadian expertise in upper-atmosphere testing. Researchers use rockets to study ionospheric phenomena, especially the Aurora Borealis (or northern lights), and their effect on high-frequency radio communications. They are launched into the ionosphere, where their

Social Science & Culture

Village of Anmore Stories Blog

Village of Anmore

Anmore Stories ~ Stories about this special village and the people who live here Anmore Stories Blog can be viewed here: http://anmorestories.blogspot.ca/ Anmore is a semi-rural residential community situated North of Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada, with an approximate population of 2160. Folks started “homesteading” as early as Sept 9, 1914, but it wasn’t incorporated until Dec 7th, 1987. This project is funded by the B.C. Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development in

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