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| Expo 67 | A world's fair held in Montreal in 1967. |
| Point system (of immigration) | A program introduced in 1967 to rate immigrants who wanted to come to Canada. |
| Quiet Revolution | The Quebec government of Jean Lesage, who tried to bring about economic and social improvements and greater recognition for French-speaking Quebeckers. |
| Separatism | The desire of a province to break away from the Canadian union. |
| Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) | A radical group of separatists founded in 1963. |
| Parti Quebecois | A political party formed by Rene Levesque in 1968. |
| Sovereignty | The belief in Quebec as an independent country running it's own affairs without interference from the rest of Canada. |
| Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism | Set up by the federal government to consider Quebec's role in Confederation and to examine relations between French and English Canadians. |
| Official Languages Act | A federal act to give greater recognition to the French language in Canada. |
| Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, letters, and Sciences | A commission set up by the government in 1949 to investigate the influence of American culture on the arts in Canada. |
| Canadian Council for the Arts | An organization set up in 1957 to promote the Canadian arts. |
| Order of Canada | An award honouring distinguished achievements or service by Canadians. |
| Counterculture | Refers to those who reject the values and materialism of their parent's generation; the 1960's "anti-establishment". |
| Hippies | A 1960's term for dropouts from society; they rejected many of society's values. |
| Beatlemania | The world's love of the Beatles and their music. |
