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This is an annually updated presentation of Canada past and present.
List of contents
Map of Canada
Canada Today
Culture
Geography
People
History
New France
The Conquest (La Conquête)
British North America
The War of 1812
The Road to Independence
Confederation
Tightening the East-West Link
Loosening the Apron Strings
The First World War
The Interwar Years
The Second World War
After 1945
The "Quiet Revolution" in Quebec
Meech Lake Accord
A New Constitution for Canada?
Political System
Constitution
Governmental Structure
The Monarch
The Governor General
The Political Executive
Parliament
Senate
Law and the Court System
Federalism and the Provinces
Provincial Governments
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Parties and Elections
2004 Federal Elections
2006 Federal Elections
2008 Federal Elections
2011 Federal Elections
2015 Federal Elections
Foreign Policy
Defense
Economy
Future
Web Sites and Bibliography
About the author
Paul Babie holds a personal chair of law in the Adelaide Law School of The University of Adelaide. He is a barrister and solicitor (inactive) of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada), and an associate member of the Law Society of South Australia.
James Kent Donlevy is an associate professor in the Werklund School of Education and former Associate Dean of the Graduate Division of Educational Research at the University of Calgary. He is the Chair of the Research Ethics Appeal Board, and the Grievance Advisor for the Faculty Association at that University. He teaches ethics and law, is an annual lecturer in the civil litigation course in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta, as well as a frequently invited lecturer and debater at the Centre for Constitutional Studies in that Faculty. He has presented at the Legal Education Society of Alberta, advised law firms on both tortious and constitutional issues (retained as an expert in those areas for litigation purposes), and been consulted by both Saskatchewan Justice and Alberta Justice. Most recently he has assisted in the preparation of a factum at he Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.
Charles J. Russo is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences, Director of its Ph.D. Program, and Research Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Dayton. Author or co-author more than 280 articles in peer-reviewed journals; authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited more than 60 books, and more than 1,000 publications, Russo speaks extensively on issues in Education Law in the United States and other Nations.
