Center for Canadian-American Studies
Western Washington University
K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise
INTERNET LIST (22 Sites)
Unit 1: Oh Canada
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www.canada.gc.ca/main_e.html (Government of Canada gateway)
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www.infocan.gc.ca/kclinks_e.html (Kids Canada-Canada Information Office)
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http://canada.gc.ca/canadiana/cdaind_e.html (About Canada)
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www.pch.gc.ca/ceremonial-symb/english/index.html (Canadian Heritage:
Ceremonial & Canadian Symbols Promotion)
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www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/library/forsey/how-e.htm
(“How Canadians Govern Themselves” teaching material)
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www.statcan.ca/english (Statistics Canada)
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http://atlas.gc.ca (National Atlas of Canada Online)
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www3.sk.sympatico.ca/vavrr/ (The Great Canadian History Page)
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www.canadianembassy.org (Canadian Embassy)
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www.cna-acj.ca/newspapers/online (Cdn Newspaper Assn: Cdn News Online)
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www.nlc-bnc.ca/index-e.html (National Library of Canada-Digital Search)
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www.cs.cmu.edu/Unofficial/Canadiana/README.html (Canadiana)
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www.tceplus.com (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
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www.ualberta.ca/~bleeck/canada (Oh Canada!)
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www.canadainfolink.ca/teach.htm (Teaching & Learning About Canada)
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www.schoolnet.ca (Interactive student programs & teacher resources)
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www.thecanadianteacher.com (Free materials for teachers of Canada)
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www.thecanadapage.org (Started by a student in International Relations)
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www.travelcanada.ca/travelcanada/index.cfm (Travel Canada-Cdn. Tourism)
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www.canada.com / www.excite.ca / www.maplesquare.com (Search Engines)
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K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise
INTERNET LIST (12 Sites)
Unit 2: British Columbia: Totems & Emily Carr
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www.emilycarr.org (To the Totem Forests: Emily Carr & Contemporaries
Interpret Coastal Villages)
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www.tbc.gov.bc.ca/culture/schoolnet/carr/guide/page4.htm (Teacher’s
Guide to the Art of Emily Carr)
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www.groupofsevenart.com/Emily_Carr/Carr_intro.html (Group of Seven Art
Gallery Tour: Emily Carr)
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www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/timemach/main.htm (Fun time-machine
format for students to explore B.C.’s history and native art)
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www.heritage.gov.bc.ca/ (B.C. Heritage – Link to Emily Carr’s house &
other historic sites)
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www.tbc.gov.bc.ca/culture/schoolnet/craigflower/teacher/index.html
(Teachers Corner - First Nations)
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www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/nations_bc-e.html (First Peoples-B.C.)
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www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/pub/fnc/pcf_e.html (Indian & Northern Affairs Pacific Coast First Nations)
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www.civilization.ca (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
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http://RBCM1.RBCM.GOV.BC.CA (Royal BC Museum)
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http://users.imag.net/~sry.jkramer/nativetotems/default.html (Totem
Poles: An Exploration)
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www.hellobc.com (British Columbia Tourism- PH (800) 663-6000)
Center for Canadian-American Studies
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K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise
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Unit 3: Images of Ontario: From City to Shield
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www.mcmichael.com/group.htm (Canadian Art at the McMichael: The
Group of Seven and their Contemporaries)
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www.groupofsevenart.com (Group of Seven Art)
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www.rom.on.ca (Royal Ontario Museum)
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www.ago.net (Art Gallery of Ontario)
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www.national.gallery.ca (National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa)
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www.city.toronto.on.ca (Official Web Site of the City of Toronto– w/links)
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www.city.ottawa.on.ca (City of Ottawa)
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www.ontario.worldweb.com (Ontario - A WorldWeb Travel Guide)
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www.wsd1.org/LessonPlans/Social%20Studies%20Activities/Social%20Studie
s%20Canadian%20Shield%20Map.htm (Educational Activities –The Winnipeg
School – Lesson Plan & Map of Canadian Shield)
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www.peel.edu.on.ca/~centralpeel/DEPART/Geography/canadian/Physical/lan
dformregions/canadian_shield_pictures.htm (Canadian Shield Photos)
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http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozgeography/c/090
780.html (DiscoverySchool.com’s A-Z Geography: Canadian Shield)
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www.epsb.edmonton.ab.ca/schools/talmud/regions/north/lz/csi/csi.html
(Canadian Shield)
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K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise
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Unit 4: Quebec: les Habitants & “the Habs!”
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www.infocan.gc.ca/facts/quebec_e.html (Facts on Canada - Quebec)
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www.gouv.qc.ca/Index_en.html (Quebec’s Government Portal)
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www.ac.wwu.edu/~pstorer/QUEBEC.HTM (Paul Storer, WWU Associate
Professor - Quebec Links)
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www.uni.ca/curriculum.html#1 (Gr. 9 - Canadian History Curriculum in
Quebec)
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http://fc.lbpsb.qc.ca/~history (History of Quebec and Canada)
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www.habs.com (Montreal Canadiens Website [not the official one])
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www.spelten.is.nl/MauriceRichard (Maurice Richard website)
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http://members.tripod.com/~HouleV/Culture.html (Quebec’s Culture)
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http://depts.washington.edu/~canada/quebec.html (Canadian Studies
Center at the University of Washington: History of Québec)
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http://canadaonline.about.com/library/weekly/aa121999c.htm?terms=Queb
ec (Canada Online – links to Quebec History sites as well as Referendum &
Quebec Unity sites)
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www.quebecweb.com/tourisme/introang.html (Quebec Tourist Guide)
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www.tourisme.gouv.qc.ca/magazine/index_en.asp (Bonjour Quebec! Official
Government Tourism Site)
Center for Canadian-American Studies
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K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise
INTERNET LIST (14 Sites)
Unit 5: The Maritimes & the Land of Anne
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http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/cuesheet/pdf/green.pdf (Cue Sheet
for Teachers: Anne of Green Gables)
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www.infocan.gc.ca/facts/index_e.html (Facts on Canada - Select a
province for historical factsheets)
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www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/rgs/anne-ftitle.html (e-text of Lucy Maud
Montgomery’s novel)
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www.gov.pe.ca/lmm/index.php3 (P.E.I.: Anne of Green Gables)
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http://destination-nb.com/common/atlanticprovs.asp (Links to Destination:
Nova Scotia, Destination: P.E.I., Destination: New Brunswick, and
Destination: Newfoundland)
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www.gov.pe.ca (Government of P.E.I.)
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http://collections.ic.gc.ca/island/home.htm (Literally P.E.I.’s “Home” page)
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www.gov.ns.ca (Government of Nova Scotia)
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www.town.lunenburg.ns.ca/pages/home.html (Explore Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia - home of the Bluenose)
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www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/flinn/bluenose/bluenose.html (Bluenose Site)
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www.gov.nb.ca/index-e.asp (Government of New Brunswick)
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www.tourismnbcanada.com/web/english (Official Site of Tourism New
Brunswick)
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www.gov.nf.ca (Government of Newfoundland & Labrador)
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www.city.st-johns.nf.ca (Welcome to St. John’s, Newfoundland)
Center for Canadian-American Studies
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K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise
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Unit 6: Canada’s North & the Inuit
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www.gov.nu.ca (Government of Nunavut)
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www.nunavut.com (Information Gateway to Nunavut)
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www.nlc-bnc.ca/north (National Library of Canada - North: Landscape of
the Imagination)
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www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/art/inuit/index_e.html (Indian & Northern Affairs Inuit Art)
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www.gov.nt.ca (Government of the Northwest Territories)
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www.gov.yk.ca (Government of Yukon)
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www.arctictravel.com (The Nunavut Handbook)
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www.michaelkusugak.com (Michael Kusugak – native author of children’s
books)
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www.nnsl.com (Northern News Services Online)
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http://depts.washington.edu/~canada/nunavut.html (Canadian Studies
Center at the University of Washington: Nunavut)
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http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/exhibits/gallery/feature.htm (Prince of Wales
Northern Heritage Centre NWT – Special Online Exhibits)
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www.arcticinuitart.com (Judith Varney Burch: Arctic Inuit Art Collection –
Biography – Culture)
Center for Canadian-American Studies
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K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise
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Unit 7: Canadian Dreams: The Railroad, R.C.M.P. & Yukon Gold
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www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca (RCMP Homepage)
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http://depts.washington.edu/~canada/mounties.html (Canadian Studies
Center at the University of Washington: The Mounties--or the RCMP)
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www.trainscan.com/hist/index.html (Trains Can: Canadian Railway History)
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www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm (Significant Dates in
Canadian Railroad History)
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www.galleries.bc.ca/kamloops/onderdonk.html (Onderdonk’s Way - Building
the Canadian Pacific Railway in B.C.)
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www.gold-rush.org (Ghosts of the Klondike Gold Rush)
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/gold (Gold Fever-PBS Program Companion Site)
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www.acpo.on.ca/claude/klondike/klondi-a.htm (Klondike Gold Rush - 1896)
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www.familychronicle.com/klondike.htm(Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush Participants)
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www.yukonalaska.com/communities/dawsonhist.html (The History of Dawson
City, Yukon)
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http://parkscan.harbour.com/ct/hist.htm (Chilkoot Trail National Historic
Site)
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www.touryukon.com (Yukon: Canada’s True North)
Center for Canadian-American Studies
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K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise
INTERNET LIST (12 Sites)
Unit 8: Canada’s First Nations
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http://collections.ic.gc.ca/E/SL_firstpeoples.asp (Canada’s Digital
Collection - First Peoples – Subject Search)
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www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/menu-e.html (First Peoples on Schoolnet)
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http://aboriginalcollections.ic.gc.ca/language/index.html (Iroquois
Confederacy Language & Songs)
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www.nativetrail.com/en (The Native Trail: First Nations & Inuit in Québec)
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www.aboriginalcanada.com/firstnation (First Nation Information Project)
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http://library.usask.ca/native/directory/english/index.html (Canadian
Directory of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Library Collections)
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www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/pub/fnc/index_e.html (Indian & Northern Affairs:
First Nations in Canada)
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www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/english/12000_e.html (Indian & Northern Affairs:
Kids’ Stop - Teachers Section)
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www.pch.gc.ca/csp-pec/english/about/native/index.htm (About Canada Canada’s Native Peoples)
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www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/aborigin.htm Aboriginal Peoples of
the Canadian North – Lessons & Activities)
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http://collections.ic.gc.ca/curriculum/society/culture.htm (Queen’s
University: Musical & Cultural Intro. to Native Society – Gr. 8-9 Unit)
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http://collections.ic.gc.ca/curriculum/iroquois/iroquois.htm (Queen’s
University: Iroquois Creation Story – Gr. 5-6 Unit)
Center for Canadian-American Studies
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K-12 STUDY CANADA Resource Valise
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Unit 9: Black Canadians & the Underground Railroad
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www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/12/h12-204-e.html (Nationall Library of CanadaCelebrating Women’s Achievements…Mary Ann Shadd Cary)
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www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/socialsciences/bhr/hbhmcan.htm (Social Sciences
Resource Centre – Gateway to Black History links)
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http://collections.ic.gc.ca/freedom (The Underground Railroad Years:
Canada in an International Arena)
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http://collections.ic.gc.ca/freedom/game.htm (“Escape!” - a game where
you travel as one of 5 fugitive slaves along real routes to freedom)
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http://depts.washington.edu/~canada/black.html (Canadian Studies Center
at the University of Washington: Black Canadian History)
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http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~gpieters/blklinks.html (Canadian Black
Heritage in the Third Millenium – an educator maintains this resource
gateway to many topics concerning Black Canadians)
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www.niica.on.ca/csonan (Canadian Series of North American Negroes. If
there’s difficulty going there directly, try www.niica.on.ca , select
“Community”, then “Underground Railroad”)
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www.mcgill.ca/alumni/news/w97/black.htm (“The Complex Face of Black
Canada” article by George Elliot Clarke)
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www.nfb.ca/blackhistorymonth (National Film Board of Canada provides
links to films on Canadian Black History)
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http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/ggp/Exhibits/Many_Rivers/justice.htm (Many
Rivers to Cross: The African-Canadian Experience)
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www.geocities.com/multi_cultural_99/afr.html (Multiculturalism in Canada:
African Canadian Heritage)