During the summer, I work as a fifer at Fort York, a museum where every day I get to experience what it was like during Canada's 1800s.
It is important to recognize the struggles that our nation has overcome in order for us to fully appreciate what we now enjoy so fully.
I love learning about how people in the past have reacted and how we can, as a society, grow from out mistakes.
I have always been passionate about women's rights and saw this essay as an opportunity to investigate women's suffrage in Canada.
I have a keen interest in political equality. I believe it is important for all citizens of Canada to have a voice in the legislature.
Women are scarcely discussed in my history classes, but I think it's important to discuss the role women have played in history.