1871 - BC joins Canada
1878 - Telephone is used in BC for the first time
1885 - Potlatch, a Coastal First Nations Feast and Ceremony, made illegal
1896 - Recess becomes mandatory in BC public schools
1912 - The Titanic sinks
1914 - 1918 - World War I
1923 - Chinese Exclusion Act bans all Chinese Immigration
1939 - 1945 - World War II
1942 - Japanese Canadians sent to internment camps
1948 - UN Declaration of Human Rights
1950 - 1953 - Korean War
1951 - Potlatch, a Coastal First Nations Feast and Ceremony, legalized
1960 - The Canadian Bill of Rights becomes law
1965 - UN Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination
1967 - Royal Commission on the Status of Women
1970 - Voting age lowered from 21 years of age to 18 years of age
1976 - UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1978 - Canadian Human Rights Act established
1981 - UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
1989 - UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
2007 - Canada refuses to sign UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
Events
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 New Resources at West Coast LEAF
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Coalition challenges Premier on justice system funding
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 West Coast LEAF granted leave to intervene in sexual harassment case
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Monday, February 13, 2012 West Coast LEAF calls for anti-homophobia bullying policy for BC schools
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