CHC2D1 CCA: Course Culminating Outline
Thesis: Within the scope of women’s rights, Canada could be considered a
“better” country than it was before, especially in light of gender equality,
suffrage, and liberation. However, the recent perpetuation of radical legislative
and social action in the name of women’s rights has evidently exposed a
threshold of how far progressive views can go before they become
unnecessarily excessive, and even start to harm the nation, undermining human
integrity at its foundations.
Sub-topic 1: Right to vote
1. Evidence
Early voting laws.
(data)
Embedded Citation
(Strong-Boag, Veronica. “Early Voting Rights and
Disenfranchisement”)
2. Evidence
Advocacy and activism.
(data)
Embedded Citation
(Strong-Boag, Veronica. “Rise of the Suffrage Movement”,
“Suffrage in the West”)
3. Evidence
Provincial and federal voting rights.
(data)
Embedded Citation
(Strong-Boag, Veronica. “Victories in the West and in Ontario”,
“Achieving the Vote in Federal Elections”)
4. Evidence
The Famous Five.
(data)
Embedded Citation
(Cavanaugh, Catherine)
Argument *
Prohibiting a person’s right to vote solely on the basis of their
gender is wrong, as all citizens deserve equal rights in a
democracy. Limiting suffrage to a certain demographic
undermines democracy at its core. Fortunately, with decades of
social movements from dissatisfied women, females, among all
other demographics, finally have the right to vote in provincial
and federal elections.
Sub-topic 2: The gender pay gap
5. Evidence
The British Period (1713 - 1914)
(data)
Embedded Citation
(Anderson, Doris. “The British Period, 1713 - 1914”)
6. Evidence
(data)
1914 - 1945
Embedded Citation
(Anderson, Doris. “1914 to 1945”)
7. Evidence
(data)
Post-1945
Embedded Citation
(Anderson, Doris. “1945 to the Present”)
8. Evidence
(data)
Present
Embedded Citation
(Rushowy, K)
Past efforts have worked hard to ensure equal legislative and
social treatment between both genders regarding pay. Despite
equal rights, modern proponents of feminism today still tout
that there is a pay disparity between men and women. It is
true that women in Canada on average make less salary than
men, however, this is primarily due to factors such as the less
ambitious and aggressive traits of female individuals, thus
reducing the number of women achieving high-level positions
that require such traits. Consequently, efforts have been made
by corporations to promote female success in high-level
positions. Biases toward supporting women are also publicly
encouraged.
Argument *
Sub-topic 3: Discrimination
9. Evidence
(data)
Media representation.
Embedded Citation
(Women in the Canadian media)
10. Evidence
(data)
Access to education.
Embedded Citation
(Gaskell, Jane)
Property rights.
11. Evidence
(data)
Embedded Citation
(Stoddart, Jennifer. “Women and Property”)
12. Evidence
(data)
Legal status.
Embedded Citation
(Stoddart, Jennifer. “Women’s Legal Rights”)
Argument *
Throughout Canada’s history, women have faced much
gender-based discrimination on the federal level. However,
outspoken citizens have fought hard to eliminate sexism in the
media, the law, and in public institutions.
Sub-topic 4: Abortion
9. Evidence
(data)
Early criminalization.
Embedded Citation
(Long, Linda. “Crime of Abortion and 1969 Amendment”)
10. Evidence
(data)
Supreme court decision.
Embedded Citation
(Long, Linda. “1988 Supreme Court Decision”)
Access to abortion.
11. Evidence
(data)
Embedded Citation
12. Evidence
(data)
Embedded Citation
Argument *
(Long, Linda. “Access to Abortion Services”)
Controversy.
(Long, Linda. “Rights of Women versus Rights of the Unborn”)
Canada has had a controversial past when it comes to abortion.
Due to predominant liberal authority throughout Canada’s
history, legal abortion was federally imposed by the Supreme
Court in the late 80s, in favour of “life, liberty and security” of
women. The federal government and other pro-choice
proponents insist that an individual is only deserving of human
rights after an arbitrarily defined threshold.
Works Cited
Strong-Boag, Veronica. "Women's Suffrage in Canada". The Canadian
Encyclopedia, 28 January 2021, Historica Canada.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/suffrage.
Cavanaugh, Catherine. "Famous Five". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 20
November 2020, Historica Canada.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/famous-5.
Anderson, Doris. "Status of Women". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 02 April 2014,
Historica Canada.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/status-of-women.
Rushowy, K. "Wage gap between men and women in Ontario has not changed in
10 years, report finds." thestar.com, 16 May 2023,
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2023/05/16/wage-gap-bet
ween-men-and-women-in-ontario-has-not-changed-in-10-years-report-fin
ds.html
Women in the Canadian media. (2011, April 10). Students exploring inequality
in Canada.
https://inequalitygaps.org/case-studies/brief-history-of-the-canadian-m
edia/atom2/
Gaskell, Jane. "Women and Education". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 10 July
2014, Historica Canada.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/women-and-education.
Stoddart, Jennifer. "Women and the Law". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 26
August 2014, Historica Canada.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/women-and-the-law.
Long, Linda. "Abortion in Canada". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 10 May 2022,
Historica Canada.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/abortion.
Evaluation:
Thinking
/24 (2 marks per piece of evidence)
Argument
/10 (holistic – overall impression of quality and connection to
inequality/injustice/social change/exploitation/deviance)
HINTS:
You must have a total of at least 12 examples (pieces of data).
You do not need an equal number of examples per sub-topic.
A sub-topic requires a minimum of 3 examples.
Attach a Reference List at the end (in proper MLA format)