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Postwar Canada experienced significant economic growth and prosperity, becoming one of the strongest economies among industrialized nations by 1970, largely due to trade with the United States. The country actively participated in international organizations like the UN and contributed to peacekeeping missions, while also navigating cultural changes, particularly in Quebec. Canadian artists and inventors made notable contributions to culture and technology, reflecting the nation's evolving identity and achievements.

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Edited Modern Canada

Postwar Canada experienced significant economic growth and prosperity, becoming one of the strongest economies among industrialized nations by 1970, largely due to trade with the United States. The country actively participated in international organizations like the UN and contributed to peacekeeping missions, while also navigating cultural changes, particularly in Quebec. Canadian artists and inventors made notable contributions to culture and technology, reflecting the nation's evolving identity and achievements.

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MODERN CANADA

“CANADA IS NOT JUST A COUNTRY, IT’S AN IDEA,


AND THAT IDEA IS LIBERTY.” – STEPHEN HARPER
RIHAB 8T
TRADE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

• Postwar Canada enjoyed record prosperity and material progress.

• The world’s restrictive trading policies in the Depression era were


opened up by such treaties as the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT), now the World Trade Organization (WTO).
ABOUT CANADA DURING 1945 TO 1970

• Between 1945 and 1970, as Canada drew closer to the United States
and other trading partners, the country enjoyed one of the strongest
economies among industrialized nations.
• Today, Canadians enjoy one of the world’s highest standards of living—
maintained by the hard work of Canadians and by trade with other
nations, in particular the United States.
INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT OF
CANADA

• Like Australia, New Zealand and other countries, Canada developed its
autonomy gradually with a capacity to make significant contributions
internationally.
• The Cold War began when several liberated countries of eastern Europe
became part of a Communist bloc controlled by the Soviet Union under
the dictator Josef Stalin.
CANADAS OPERATION FOR UN
DEFENDING SOUTH KOREA
Canada joined international organizations such as the United
Nations (UN).

It participated in the UN operation defending South Korea in the


Korean War (1950–53), with 500 dead and 1,000 wounded.

Canada has taken part in numerous UN peacekeeping missions


in places as varied as Egypt, Cyprus and Haiti, as well as in other
international security operations such as those in the former
Yugoslavia and Afghanistan.
CANADA AND QUEBEC

• French-Canadian society and culture flourished in the postwar years.


Quebec experienced an era of rapid change in the 1960s known as the
Quiet Revolution. Many Quebecers sought to separate from Canada. In
1963 Parliament established the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and
Biculturalism. This led to the Official Languages Act (1969), which
guarantees French and English services in the federal government
across Canada.
A CHANGING SOCIETY

• As social values changed over more than 50 years, Canada became a


more flexible and open society. Many took advantage of expanding
secondary and postsecondary educational opportunities and a growing
number of women entered the professional work force.
ARTS AND CULTURE IN CANADA

• Canadian artists have a long history of achievement in which


Canadians take pride. Artists from all regions reflect and define our
culture and forms of creative expression and have achieved greatness
both at home and abroad.
GREAT CANADIAN DISCOVERIES AND
INVENTIONS
• Canadians have made various discoveries and inventions. Some of the most famous are listed below.
• Alexander Graham Bell — hit on the idea of the telephone at his summer house in Canada.
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier — invented the snowmobile, a light-weight winter vehicle.
• Sir Sandford Fleming — invented the world system of standard time zones.
• Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward — together invented the first electric light bulb and later sold
the patent to Thomas Edison who, more famously, commercialized the light bulb.
• Reginald Fessenden — contributed to the invention of radio, sending the first wireless voice message
in the world.
• Dr. Wilder Penfield —was a pioneering brain surgeon at McGill University in Montreal, and was known
as “the greatest living Canadian.”
• ETC
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