Course Code:
HIST 104
Credits:
3
Calendar Description:
This course is a survey of Canada's political, economic, and social development from 1867 to the Present.
Date First Offered:
0000-09-01
Hours:
Total Hours: 45
Lecture Hours: 3
Total Weeks:
15
This course is offered online:
No
Pre-Requisites:
None
Non-Course Pre-Requisites:
None
Co-Requisites:
None
Course Content:
- Confederation and the British North America Act
- Incorporation of Rupert's Land
- The 1869 Rebellion and the Manitoba Act
- British Columbia joins Confederation
- John A Macdonald and the Pacific Scandal
- 1885 Rebellions, and Quebec reaction to Louis Riel's execution
- The Schools issue in New Brunswick, Manitoba and Ontario
- Wilfrid Laurier, Labour and Industrialization
- Alberta and Saskatchewan created
- Suffrage movement and reforms
- WWI and Robert Borden
- Winnipeg General Strike
- W.L. Mackenzie King and political scandals
- Canada, the Great Depression and R.B. Bennett
- Labour and new political parties
- Mackenzie King and WWII
- Women and minorities in the Canadian war effort
- Newfoundland enters Canada
- Diefenbaker and Kennedy
- Quebec under Duplessis
- Quebec's Quiet Revolution
- P. E. Trudeau and the Constitutional Act, 1982
- Brian Mulroney and the restraint on the "welfare state"
- First Nations in the 20th Century: from the Indian Act to Nunavut
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
Knowledge:
- Explain critical themes, events, and issues in the
construction of Canada since 1867
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how
tensions between different ethnic groups have shaped
Canadian history
- Evaluate Canada's changing relation with the United
States and Britain
- Evaluate Canada's economic, cultural and social
development, in particularly the development of social
welfare
Skills:
- Identify arguments in historical texts
- Contrast and compare historical arguments in texts
on similar topics but with different arguments
- Write essays using academic language and structure
Technologies:
- Access written texts through D2L
- Contribute to online discussions through D2L
- Submit written assignments through D2L
Grading System:
Letters
Passing Grade:
D (50%)
Course Offered in Other Programs:
Yes
Other Programs:
Associate of Art Diploma - Fine Arts,
Associate of Arts Degree, Associate of Arts Degree - Criminology Specialization, Academic Elementary Education, Academic Social Sciences