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1948
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Canada

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Events from the year 1948 in Canada.

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Territorial governments

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January to March

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Gordon Campbell
Frank McKenna

April to June

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July to September

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Bob Rae in 2007

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Historical documents

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"A common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations" - UN proclaims Universal Declaration of Human Rights[3]

Parliamentary committee studying draft UN human rights declaration speaks to global variety of rights interpretations[4]

UN convention on genocide defines it as attempt to destroy group by killing or seriously harming members, preventing births or taking group's children[5]

Canadian children "had no idea what to do with us" - Holocaust orphan arrives in Canada and settles in Regina[6]

"Fitting together the scattered jigsaw-puzzle pieces of their lives" - Japanese Canadians move on, and why they have to[7]

CPR sleeping car porter enjoys travel but finds job "subservient" and travelling public "about 85 pleasant and the other 15 unpleasant"[8]

Ottawa-Quebec politics rule out Black U.S. troops in Quebec, where their presence "might be misunderstood and misrepresented"[9]

"Maximum dramatic appeal" and "simplicity" of secret U.S.A.-Canada free-trade proposal encourage optimism for success[10]

Lester Pearson says "the world needs the textiles which Japan" would produce if it received Most favoured nation trade status[11]

Ambassador to China keen to see Canadian presence (banks, Canadian Pacific ships and planes, TCA and Navy) in southeast Asia[12]

U.S.A. to hold multi-party talks on North Atlantic security matters, including Soviet intentions and U.S. commitment[13]

Canada wants North Atlantic security organization to involve foreign ministry consultation and economic and social collaboration[14]

Kinks in Canada-U.S. joint defence arrangements, including roles, responsibilities and functions, need to be worked out[15]

Canada seeks to know U.S. policy on partition of Palestine, especially regarding possibility of UN Security Council authorizing force[16]

Cabinet decides not to support UN membership for Israel before it recognizes Israel's provisional government[17]

With Nationalist forces "off balance and low in morale" in Chinese Civil War, Canada plans evacuations[18]

South African ambassador seeks Canada's support for white supremacy policy to block communism and Indians "swamping" whites[19]

Cabinet seeks better ways to exclude from Canada top leaders of "unions known to be communist dominated" and fellow travellers[20]

Cabinet Defence Committee sees need for Arctic icebreaker to support government stations and wartime amphibious operations[21]

"Frenzied," "shrill" and "a pitch of hysteria which could scarcely be raised" - anti-U.S. Soviet propaganda assessed[22]

Given CBC cooperation and with policy "guidance notes," Pearson ponders propaganda broadcasts to communist controlled countries[23]

Newfoundland must be independent because England couldn't help if it wanted to and confederation means federal government rule[24]

"I fear the return of Responsible Government" - Newfoundlander dreads days of privation recurring if Canada is rejected[25]

Refus Global calls Quebeckers to free themselves from past fears and anguish at nauseating recent evils with passion and unity[26]

CBC Radio interview with figure skating champion Barbara Ann Scott after she won gold medal at Winter Olympics in St. Moritz[27]

Photo: Calgary Stampeders' Norman L. Kwong runs into opposing team's defence in football game[28]

Kate Aitken talks about women of the year, including Princess Elizabeth, Barbara Ann Scott and Henrietta Banting, on her radio show[29]

CBC radio play from "series of dramatized programmes on human relation" involving National Committee for Mental Hygiene of Canada[30]

"Absolute and undying ambition to succeed" - CBC network announcer Elwood Glover's memories of his early radio career[31]

Ducks Unlimited naturalist says prairie drought can seem catastrophic, but only cover 1% of waterfowl breeding territory[32]

Illustration: Promotional poster, with illustration by Peter Maxwell Ewart, invites hunters to travel on Canadian Pacific[33]

References

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  1. ^ "King George VI | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
  3. ^ "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" (1948). Accessed 11 September 2020
  4. ^ "E.R. Hopkins, Legal Adviser, Department of External Affairs, called" Minutes of Evidence (May 4, 1948), Special Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence; No. 2, pgs. 24-6. Accessed 11 September 2020
  5. ^ Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (December 9, 1948 U.N. General Assembly approval; 1950 ratification), United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect. Accessed 19 June 2022
  6. ^ "Celina Lieberman" Open Hearts - Closed Doors: The War Orphans Project; Learning Resources, The Orphans' Stories, pgs. 5-9. Accessed 7 September 2020
  7. ^ Pierre Burton, "'They're Only Japs'" pgs. 16-17, 41-2, and Jack Scott, "Why B.C. Draws the Color Line" pgs. 17, 40, Maclean's (February 1, 1948). Accessed 7 September 2020
  8. ^ Stanley Grizzle interview of Leo Gaskins (March 2, 1988), "Gaskin, Leo, W.C. Wright and L.O. Johnston - Interviews" first transcription, pgs. 1-2, Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 19 February 2023
  9. ^ Lester Pearson, "Memorandum from Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs to Secretary of State for External Affairs" (April 30, 1948), Chapter XI, Relations with the United States; Part 2, Other Defence Issues; Section F, Use of Black Troops by United States in Canada, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14, pg. 989. Accessed 9 September 2020
  10. ^ United States Department of State, "Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Thorp) to the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)" (March 8, 1948), Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, Volume 9; The Western Hemisphere; Canada, pgs.406-9. Accessed 8 September 2020
  11. ^ L.B. Pearson, "Most Favoured Nation Treatment for Japan" Chapter II, Peace Settlements; Part 2, Japan; Section D, Rehabilitation of Japanese Economy and Most-Favoured Nation Treatment for Japan, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14 (1948), pg. 57. Accessed 8 September 2020
  12. ^ Letter of T.C. Davis to Pearson (February 26, 1948), Chapter XIII, Far East; Part 3, Southeast Asia, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14, pg. 1120. Accessed 9 September 2020
  13. ^ Telegram of ambassador in Washington (June 23, 1948), Chapter IV, North Atlantic Security; Part 3, Washington Exploratory Talks on Security: June 23, 1948 to December 31, 1948, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14, pg. 350. Accessed 8 September 2020
  14. ^ United States Department of State, "Minutes of the Ninth Meeting of the Washington Exploratory Talks on Security, December 13, 1948(...)" Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, Volume 3; Western Europe; Multilateral Relations, pgs. 315-17. Accessed 8 September 2020
  15. ^ "Extract from Minutes of Meeting of Chiefs of Staff Committee and Minister of National Defence" (January 22, 1948), Chapter XI, Relations with the United States; Part 2, Other Defence Issues; Section A, Policy on Canadian-American Joint Defence and Basic Security Plan, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14, pg. 954. Accessed 9 September 2020
  16. ^ Despatch of L.B. Pearson to ambassador in Washington (January 26, 1948), Chapter III, United Nations; Part 2, General Policy; Section B, General Policy; Sub-Section 6, Palestine, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14, pg. 177. Accessed 8 September 2020
  17. ^ "Extract from Cabinet Conclusions: UN; Membership of Israel; Recognition of Provisional Government" (August 25, 1948), Chapter III, United Nations; Part 2, General Policy; Section A, New Members; Sub-Section 4, Israel, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14, pg. 78. Accessed 8 September 2020
  18. ^ "Memorandum from Acting Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs to Acting Secretary of State for External Affairs" (November 16, 1948), Chapter XIII, Far East; Part 1, China; Section B, Evacuation of Canadians from China, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14, pg. 1109. Accessed 9 September 2020
  19. ^ "Memorandum from Minister of National Defence to Secretary of State for External Affairs" (December 15, 1948), Chapter X, Commonwealth Relations; Part 8, Relations with Individual Countries; Section D, South Africa, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14, pg. 926. Accessed 8 September 2020
  20. ^ Cabinet Conclusions (July 13, 1948), pgs. 6-7. Accessed 9 September 2020
  21. ^ "Memorandum from Minister of National Defence to Cabinet Defence Committee" (February 20, 1948), Chapter XI, Relations with the United States; Part 1, Defence Cooperation and Sovereignty in the Arctic; Section D, Canadian Icebreaker, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14, pg. 945. Accessed 9 September 2020
  22. ^ "Chargé d'Affaires in Soviet Union to Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs" (February 10, 1948), Chapter XII, Europe, the Soviet Union and the Middle East; Part 7, Soviet Union; Section A, Assessments of the USSR, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14, pg. 1076. Accessed 9 September 2020
  23. ^ "Memorandum; Political Warfare" (April 19, 1948), Chapter XII, Europe, the Soviet Union and the Middle East; Part 7, Soviet Union; Section D, Psychological Warfare, Documents on Canadian External Relations, Volume 14, pg. 1096. Accessed 9 September 2020
  24. ^ "No More Help From Britain" The Independent (March 29, 1948), pg. 1. Accessed 9 September 2020
  25. ^ "Reverend Lester Burry's Speeches" (excerpts), Proceedings of the Newfoundland National Convention 1946-1948, 22 January 1948. Accessed 9 September 2020
  26. ^ Paul-Emile Borduas, "Refus Global" (August 9, 1948; translation). Accessed 10 September 2020
  27. ^ "Figure skater Barbara Ann Scott captures gold" (1948), Skating, Sports, Archives. Accessed 21 January 2021
  28. ^ H. Befus, "Photograph of Norman L. Kwong Playing Football 2" (1948). Accessed 27 June 2021
  29. ^ "Kate Aitken: Notable women of 1948" (December 31, 1948), Radio, CBC Programs, Archives. Accessed 21 January 2021 https://www.cbc.ca/player/archives/cbc%20programs/radio/kate%20aitken (scroll through "Kate Aitken - 10 videos")
  30. ^ "The Woman Who Turns Back," In Search of Ourselves, CBC Dominion Network (March 12, 1948). Accessed 30 August 2020 https://historyinpractice.ca/stigma-and-discrimination/1940s-mental-health-radio-plays/ (scroll down to Radio Play 2 and click Transcription)
  31. ^ Jack Sturman, "Radio Announcer," TG Magazine (Today's Generation / Teen Generation; December 1948). Access 7 September 2020 https://archives.studentscommission.ca/tgarch/gofish.htm (scroll down to Radio Announcer)
  32. ^ "The Western Canadian Waterfowl Breeding Grounds; Summary of Talk Given by B.W. Cartwright, Chief Naturalist, Ducks Unlimited, Winnipeg" Proceedings of the 1948 Northeastern Game Conference; Transactions of the Northeast Section, The Wildlife Society (1948), pg. 132. Accessed 27 June 2020
  33. ^ "Hunt this fall - Travel Canadian Pacific" (1948), Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 3 April 2022