‘Vimy Ridge was capable of uniting not only the soldiers to fight as one, but also Canadians on the homefront.’
‘[W]hen Canada left the war, the world could not look at Canada as just a “colony” no longer, nor as a subordinate of Britain, or France’
My favourite part of Canadian History is learning new things that relate to where I live and being able to connect them with my life today.
I have always been passionate about women's rights and saw this essay as an opportunity to investigate women's suffrage in Canada.
‘[F]ighting as our own military force in World War I helped us to achieve our own sense of national identity’
I am interested in the World Wars and the effect that these conflicts had on the lives of ordinary people.