D. Post War Provincial Histories 1950-Present

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III. THE NEW NATION → → A. Canadians and World War II → B. Canada Comes of Age → C. New Identities →
→ D. Global Challenges → E. Aboriginal People and First Nations Today

D. Post War Provincial Histories → 1. Atlantic Waves → 2. The Case of Quebec → 3. The Ontario Boom → 4. Prairie Progress → 5. British Columbia - Pacific Province → 6. Northern Territories

1. Atlantic Waves - 1) Newfoundland - Legacy of Confederation; 1949-72 Smallwood Years; Electrification & Churchill Falls; fish Plants; Outport Relocation; Education & Social Service Reform; Come By Chance; Modern Ministries; The Cod Disaster; Grand Banks Drilling
2) Nova Scotia - Angus Macdonald, Harold Connolly, Henry Hicks, Gerry Regan, John Savage; Growth & Changes; Sable Gas
3) New Brunswick - Hugh John Flemming; Louis J. Robichaud; Richard Hatfield; Frank McKenna; Raymond Frenette; Camille Thériault; Bernard Lord; Growth & Changes; Irvings & McCains
4) PEI- Ministries; Growth & Changes; The Bridge & Tourism

2. The Case of Quebec - Social Services & The Catholic Church; Maurice Duplessis and the Union National; WWII and Conscription; 1948 Refus Global; Cité Libre; 1949 Asbestos Strike; 1960-66 Jean Lesage & The Quiet Revolution; Hydro Québec; Educational Reform; Modernization & Opting Out; 1963-70 Front de liberation du Québec (FLQ) Terrorism; 1968 René Lévèsque & the Parti québécois (PQ); 1970 October Crisis; James Cross kidnapping; Pierre Laporte Murder; War Measures Act; 1976 Election & Bill 101; 1980 Referendum

3. The Ontario Boom - The Tory Years; Leslie Frost, John Robarts; William Davis; Peterson-Rae Interlude; Hurricane Hazel; The Golden Horseshoe; East, West & North; Mike Harris' Common Sense Revolution; Walkerton Tragedy; SARS Outbreak.

4. Prairie Progress - 1) Manitoba - 1950 Flood; Hudson's Bay Company Head Office; Ministries; Northern Mines; Duff's Ditch & Northern Hydro; Allan Blakeney; Ed Schreyer; Winnipeg Tribune Closes; Investor's Group & Great West Life; Royal Canadian Mint; Filmon, Harper & Meech Lake.
2) Saskatchewan - T.C. Douglas; Doctor's Strike & Medicare; Ross Thatcher; Diefenbaker & Prince Albert; Colin Thatcher Trial; Roy Romanow; Potash & Uranium.
3) Alberta - Drayton Valley Strike; Northern Highways; End of Socred Dynasty; Calgary Tower; Peter Lougheed & Don Getty; Tyrrell Museum; War With Ottawa; Heritage Fund; Tar Sands & Pipelines; Ralph Klein.

5. British Columbia - Pacific Province - The Socred Dynasty; Kitimat; Port on the Pacific; Fraser Valley Farmland; NDP & Liberal Ministries; Expo & After; Stresses in the Resource Economy; First Nations Agreements; Coping With Immigration; BC Ferries

6. Northern Territories - 1) Yukon- Commissioners & Ministries; 1947 Alaska Highway Opens to Public; Capital to Whitehorse; Growth & Changes; Mining & Tourism; 1973 Yukon Native Brotherhood Claim; 1979 Dempster Highway to Inuvik; Berger Pipeline Inquiry
2) NWT- Ministries; Growth & Changes; Diamond Mining; 1999 Creation of New NWT
3) Nunavut- 1982 Referendum & Creation; Ministries; Inuit Education; Growth & Changes.