The Great Depression, the rise of totalitarianism, Canada's military role in WWII, and mobilization on the home front.
The introduction of conscription and women's suffrage (1918) transformed Canadian society.
The textbook includes a variety of pedagogical and content features that set it apart:
– Details postwar transformations, global citizenship, and internal strife. Key Features of the Second Edition The Great Depression, the rise of totalitarianism, Canada's
Why do certain events, people, and developments matter?
Do you need to purchase or rent the digital textbook?
It is packed with photographs, letters, diary entries, and government documents, allowing students to analyze evidence firsthand. Key Features of the Second Edition Why do
Canada’s industrial mobilization, the Battle of the Atlantic, and the liberation of the Netherlands.
As with any widely adopted textbook, Creating Canada has attracted scholarly attention. A 2017 critical analysis published in The Journal of Educational Thought examined the textbook series through the lens of decolonization. The researchers highlighted how the "counter-narratives" presented in the series can simultaneously accommodate and become complicit in "creating problematic, incomplete, contradictory, and misrepresentative narratives of Canada and the featured minoritized groups".
This section covers the turbulence of the interwar years and the Second World War. and what were the effects?
Cold War, Quiet Revolution, Introduction of the Maple Leaf Flag Modernization & Multiculturalism
Who was responsible for what, and what were the effects?
Did Canada grow up during World War II?
The ongoing debate over what it means to be Canadian.