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| federalist | supporter of a strong federal government |
| nisga'a | these people of northern BC reached the first modern-day treaty between aboriginals and the federal government of Canada. |
| quebecois | A french speaking inhabitant of Quebec |
| civic nationalism | a sense of national unity and purpose based on a set of commonly held political beliefs |
| ethnic nationalism | An ideology holding that people's strongest allegiance is to an ethnic group or nationality into which they have been born or assigned, not to a larger political entity encompassing many ethnic groups or nationalities. |
| land claims | demands by aboriginal people for the control of land on which they originally lived |
| bill 101 | Banned English on commercial signs and restricted English-language education |
| parti quebecois | Québec nationalist party, formed in 1968, with a mandate to separate from Canada. |
| official languages act | Passed by the Trudeau government in 1969 to enact one of the major recommendations of the Bilingual and Bicultural Commission. This made Canada an officially bilingual country. It required the federal government to provide services in both languages across Canada in all federal institutions. |
| conscription crisis | -Borden needed more troops -engCdns believe Fr not doing part -Fr dont support bc felt like 2nd class citizens -Military Service bill for mandatory conscription |
| quiet revolution | A period of rapid change experienced in Québec from 1960 to 1966. |
| francophone | a person who speaks French as his or her first language |
| anglophone | a person whose first language is English |
| the white paper | 1969 Policy proposed the abolition of reserves and an end to special status for treaty indians |
| treaty rights | Certain rights that were reserved by Indian tribes when they signed treaties with the Canadian government. |
| oka crisis | Standoff between Canada and the Mohawk of the Akwasasne reserve- 1990 when town wanted to build a golf course on sacred burial grounds. |
| indian act | assimilative policies that the Canadian government directed at aboriginal peoples from the 1880s onward |
| assimilation | Process of less dominant cultures losing their culture to a more dominant culture |
| alienation | feeling isolated and separated from everyone else |
| multiculturalism | public policy for managing cultural diversity in a multi-ethnic society, officially stressing mutual respect and tolerance for cultural differences within a country's borders |
| reasonable accommodation | places a special obligation on an employer to affirmatively do something to accommodate an individual's disability or religion. |
| pierre trudeau | The Canadian PM who is responsible for the Official Languages Act and the repatriation of Canada's constitution. |
| clifford sifton | best known for his aggressive promotion of immigration to settle the PRAIRIE WEST. Open door immigration policy. |
| robert baldwin | Popularizer of responsible government and one of the first proponents of a bicultural nation |
| louis lafontaine | Politician from Lower Canada who demonstrated French/English cooperation with Robert Baldwin and went on to shape democratic reforms in British North America. |
| patriotism | the love of one's country; the passion that inspires a person to serve his or her country |
| linguistic nationalism | the linking of specific language with nationalistic goals |
| nation | tightly knit group of individuals sharing a common language, ethnicity, religion, and other cultural attributes |
| nation-state | A political unit with a defined territory, organized under a government and having the authority to make and enforce the law |
| assembly of first nations | this group was formed to represent Aboriginal peoples in dealings with the federal government |
| patriation | the process of bringing the constitution home to Canada |
| referendum | The name given to the political process in which the general public votes on an issue of public concern. |
| bi & bi commission | Created to study the relationship between French and English Canadians in the 1960s. Recommended official bilingualism for Canada |
| sovereignty association | the name given to the system that featured political independence for Quebec but close economic association with Canada |
| rene levesque | served as premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. In addition, he founded the Parti Quebecois, a political party that aims to make Quebec an independent French-speaking nation |
| royal commission | Established by Government Investigates problems and recommends solutions. |
| Boer War | A conflict, lasting from 1899 to 1902, in which the Boers (original Dutch settlers of South Africa) and the British fought for control of territory in South Africa. |
| war measures act | an act of the Canadian parliament that gave the federal Cabinet emergency powers, especially during wartime |
| sovereignist | the term used to refer to Quebecois people who want the province to become an independent nation state |
