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2SLGBTQ+ History
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Acadians
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Asia-Canada
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Constructing the CPR
Black History
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Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean at the "door no return" in Elmina Castle in Ghana, 2006 .
Elections and Prime Ministers
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House of Commons
History of Health and Healthcare in Canada
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Indigenous Peoples
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Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker), Plains Cree Chief, 1885
Indigenous Suffrage
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Mary Two-Axe Earley
Louis Riel
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Ceinture Fléchée
Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood, 1984
Queen Elizabeth II
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Red River Colony
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Winnipeg, Early Days
Samuel de Champlain
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Samuel de Champlain
Sir George-Étienne Cartier
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Sir George-Étienne Cartier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier 1841-1919
The Indian Act
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Indian Act

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