Backgrounder - Substantial changes to the Citizenship Study Guide: How Discover Canada differs from A Look at Canada
Readers will find information on many important topics in Discover Canada, including responsible government, Remembrance Day, the Québécois nation and the Quiet Revolution, gender equality, the impact of residential schools on Aboriginal people, and our role in world wars and other historical conflicts. The guide also features expanded sections on Canadian heroes, sports, diversity and artists.
A partial comparison that shows some of the differences between the new guide and the old is included in the following table:
| A Look at Canada (1995) | Discover Canada (2009) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Confederation | Two paragraphs and a table, page 12 | Page and a half, page 18 |
| Responsible government | No mention | 3 paragraphs, page 18 |
| The First World War | No mention | Featured section, page 21 |
| Women’s voting rights | No mention | Featured section, page 21 |
| Remembrance Day | No mention | Featured sidebar, page 22 |
| Second World War | No mention | Featured section, page 23 |
| The Québécois nation and the Quiet Revolution | No mention | Featured on pages 11, 12, 25 |
| Equality of women and men | No mention | Featured sidebar, page 9 |
| Canadian sports | No mention | Featured sports heroes, page 26; Canadian football feature, page 26; popular sports and Stanley Cup, page 39 |
| Canadian heroes | No mention | Terry Fox, Rick Hansen and others, page 26; Sir Frederick Banting and other scientists, page 27; Victoria Cross winners, page 41; Sir Arthur Currie, page 21 Louis Riel, Sam Steele, page 19 |
| Aboriginal peoples | Two pages | Featured on pages 10, 11, 14, 19, 33, 51 |
| Residential schools | No mention | Page 10 |
| Acadians | One sentence on Acadians, page 18 | Full paragraph on history, page 11 Mentioned in New Brunswick section, page 47 |
| Canadian democracy | No mention | Featured sidebar, page 16 |
| Slavery and abolition | No mention | Featured caption, page 13, and featured section, page 16 |
| War of 1812 | No mention | Featured section, page 17 |
| 1837–38 rebellions | No mention | Featured section, page 17 |
| Louis Riel | No mention | Featured section, page 19 |
| Chinese railroad workers | One sentence, page 25 | Featured, page 20 |
| Canadian diversity | Mention, pages 3 and 8 | Featured graphically and in text, pages 3, 11, 12, 25, 27, 47 |
| Canadian artists | No mention | Bill Reid, page 10; Jean-Paul Riopelle, page 25; Group of Seven, page 25; Denys Arcand and others, page 26 |
| Canadian rangers | No mention | Featured, page 51 |
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