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Canadian History

A few topics and links are provided below:

New France

• Samuel de Champlain  
•  Jean de Brebeuf (another brief bio. is here)  
•  Royal Government 1663 (pdf file of my lecture notes)
• Jean Talon   Bishop Laval   Count Frontenac  
• Pierre Radisson et Medard Chouart de Grosseilliers
• The Seven Years War  
• The Conquest

British North America

• Lord Amherst - click here
• Guy Carleton   John Graves Simcoe   Tecumseh   The Maritime Colonies   The North-West
• Canada - Upper and Lower, East and West   Confederation   John A. Macdonald    George Brown vs John A. - So What?

Since 1867

• The National Policy   The 1885 Rebellion   The Old Flag, the Old Policy, the Old Leader
• The Laurier Era    The Tragedy of the Great War     Reform Movements    King vs. Meighen
• The Great Depression
• Canadian Literature - click here    
• Canada in World War II   
• The Diefenbaker - Pearson Era   
• The Trudeau - Mulroney - Chretien Era
• Length of Service of our Prime Ministers - click here
• Brief biographical data re: Prime Ministers - click here

Dr. Foster has done much of his writing on Western Canadian (especially Albertan) history topics. Individuals and groups with an interest in this area will benefit from this background.  See, for example: John E. Brownlee: A Biography

A play based on "the Brownlee Scandal" was written and produced in Edmonton in 2008.
For a scanned version of the program from that production - click here (.pdf)