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Big Question: Identity How have people, ideas, and events shaped our view of what it means to be Canadian?

Sports

First and only medal in basketball at Berlin Olympics.

The Canadian Men's Basketball team participated in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany and won their first and only medal in the sport. Their team was led by Gordon Aitchison and Ian Allison.

Kenneth Moore, First Native Olympian wins gold in hockey.

Improves relations with White Canadians and indigeneous people. Natives starting to become more accepted in society and this showed when Kenneth Moore won gold with his Canadian team at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics.

Hamilton hosts first "Commonwealth Games"

British Relations

Statue of Westminster formed, granted Canada full autonomy.

The Statute of Westminster was a British law clarifying the powers of the Commonwealth countries' government. After it was signed in 1931, Canada had full legal freedom and did not need to consult Britain to make decisions.

Canada starting to remove itself from British identity, Bank of Canada formed, not a dominion anymore.

Canada's Role in WW2

We did not send in troops immediately after the British did, which shows more autonomy than in WW1

Raid on Dieppe: Failure. Shows Canada cannot defeat Axis power (at the beginning of WW2)

The Dieppe Raid was a failed Ally attack (with over 6000 Canadian soldiers participating) on Nazi Germany in 1942 and took place in Dieppe, France. The result was an Axis victory and the Nazis were at an all-time high following this victory. This was also a low point for Canadian military forces.

Politics

Different parties being formed eg. Communist Party, to help get out of depression.

Canada viewed as a Liberal country at the time along with the USA due to Bennett's New Deal

Bennett's New Deal was a welfare system inspired by US President Roosevelt to attempt to pull Canada out of the depression and feed the middle-class citizens now going hungry.

R.B Bennett

New Deal: Master plan created by Bennett to attempt to relieve Canada from depression, inspired by Roosevelt.

On to Ottawa Trek: Group of men rode the rails (hopped on freight trains) on a mission to inform the PM of the poor conditions at relief camps. The trek was somewhat successful and changes were made to reflect better conditions at the camps designed to feed and give work to poor men.

During the depression, Bennett was blamed for the hardships and this was evident in the Bennett buggy, a car pulled by a horse. This showed Canada was struggling.

Our Economy

Dust Bowl: farming droughts, poverty, stagnant economy a.k.a. "Dirty Thirties".

Dust Bowl was a weather phenomenon caused by the lack of rain over the course of three farming seasons from 1934-1936, and poor application of farming processes in the Canadian and American prairies. This drought was one huge factor that played into the depression because people had no food.

During the depression, most Canadians were poor, and so poverty was associated with being Canadian, and the Western world in general.