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Suffrage in Canada Webquest

Using the Suffrage in Canada Webquest found under the Social 7 tab of www.bcnsocial.weebly.com, and
posted on D2L, complete the following activities. Note these will be your notes for this part of the unit.

Activity 1 What is Suffrage?


1. Use the provided link to answer: What is suffrage?

2. Use pg. 345 and 347 to determine when each of the following groups of people in the box to the
left were allowed to vote.

European Men 1867:

European Women 1918:


Inuit
1953:
First Nations

Non-European Immigrants 1960:

Activity 2 Womens Suffrage Movement


1. Using the video and textbook page 346, answer

a. What was the mock parliament?

b. How did the mock parliament support womens right to vote?

2. Watch the following video on the suffrage movement and the Persons Case. Answer:

a. Why couldnt women run for the Senate in Canada?

b. Who are the Famous Five?

c. What change did they achieve? How did they achieve this change?
Activity 3 Suffrage for Everyone
1. Using the link: 1963 Universal Right to Vote, answer:

a. What are 3 examples of non-European immigrants who were denied the right to vote
before 1963?

b. What types of discrimination were removed from electoral laws, and when?

c. What document supports the voting rights of Canadians today?

2. Using the video and short article found in the link Diefenbaker and the Native Vote, answer:

a. Before 1963, what would First Nations people have to do in order to gain the right to
vote?

3. Using the video Chinese Right to Vote, answer:

a. What was the biggest problem in Canada for Harry and Roy?

b. Why was conscription (forced military service) a problem for Chinese Canadians?

c. How did Chinese use WWII to persuade the Canadian government to grant them the
right to vote?

4. Using the video Suffrage Today, answer the following questions:

a. How often must elections be held in Canada?

b. Which province was the first to give women the right to vote?

c. What steps have been taken to make sure voting is available for everyone?

d. What percentage of Canadians actually voted in the last election?

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