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Canada and the World Backgrounder

A bimonthly magazine that provides background information on current events. Written specifically for high school students, as well as teachers and librarians. Individual issues are devoted to one political or social issue, which is considered both as an international issue and in terms of Canadian policy.

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Unilateral patriation.(constitution)
October 01, 2002

Supreme Court ruling 1.(Constitution)
October 01, 2002

Constitutional agreement.
October 01, 2002

Constitution Act 1982.
October 01, 2002

Meech Lake Accord.
October 01, 2002

Meech Lake stumbles.(Meech Lake Accord)
October 01, 2002

Meech Lake revived.(Meech Lake Accord)
October 01, 2002

Elijah Harper.
October 01, 2002

Clyde Wells.(Meech Lake Accord)
October 01, 2002

Quebec reacts.(Brief Article)
October 01, 2002

Time is running out: a 2002 United Nations report estimates we have ab...
September 01, 2002

From Stockholm to Johannesburg: most, but not all, of the world's majo...
September 01, 2002

The sixth extinction: throughout the 4.7 billion-year history of Earth...
September 01, 2002

Hot enough for you? In the late Antarctic summer of 2002, a chunk of i...
September 01, 2002

Trees for life: the world's ancient forests are disappearing, and it c...
September 01, 2002

Beyond the dirty dozen: twelve chemicals, known to cause severe health...
September 01, 2002

What tourists leave behind: hotels, tourist transport, and related act...
September 01, 2002

Quote ... unquote.
September 01, 2002

Not a pretty sight. (Introduction).(Canada)(Brief Article)
September 01, 2002

Promises made, promises broken. (Politics).(environmental policy)(Brie...
September 01, 2002

Nature's bounty. (Economics).(National Roundtable on the Environment a...
September 01, 2002

Going, going ... (Forests).(Statistical Data Included)
September 01, 2002

Natural ejection. (Biodiversity).
September 01, 2002

Death in the city. (Urban).(photochemical smog)(Brief Article)
September 01, 2002

Quick! Bury it! (Toxicity).(Brief Article)
September 01, 2002

Underfunded and under pressure. (National Parks).
September 01, 2002

Sierra Club's Rio report card.(Brief Article)
September 01, 2002

Quote ... unquote.
September 01, 2002

Guardians of the land: there is a special relationship between those w...
May 01, 2002

Vanishing peoples: since the beginning of human existence there have b...
May 01, 2002

Centuries of struggle. (Indigenou Peoples--South America).
May 01, 2002

Same script, different location: Indigenous people in the South Pacifi...
May 01, 2002

Becoming visible: Indigenous peoples believe that to prosper they have...
May 01, 2002

Change in progress: Nunavut means "our land" in Inuktitut, the languag...
May 01, 2002

Local knowledge: Indigenous and other traditional peoples have long as...
May 01, 2002

Quote ... unquote.
May 01, 2002

Index to volume 67: September 2001-May 2002.
May 01, 2002

The promise of change: when Matthew Coon Come was elected the new Gran...
May 01, 2002

A plague of despair: Davis Inlet and Sheshatshiu are villages in Labra...
May 01, 2002

Showdown at Burnt Church: there were an estimated 10,000 to 35,000 Mi'...
May 01, 2002

Nation to nation. (Native People--The Cree Of Northern Quebec).(Statis...
May 01, 2002

Generations of betrayal: Mishkeegogamang, called "Mish" by those who l...
May 01, 2002

The forgotten people: approximately 210,000 people in Canada identify ...
May 01, 2002

"Helplessness and hopelessness." (Native People--The Stoney Cree Of Al...
May 01, 2002

First treaty. (Native People--The Nisga'a Of British Columbia).(Statis...
May 01, 2002

Food on line: at Google.com a search under the word "food" delivers mo...
March 01, 2002

Harvest failure: around the world, an estimated 815 million people rem...
March 01, 2002

Canadian growth industry: we don't have to go to some drought-stricken...
March 01, 2002

You are what you eat -- unfortunately; for something that's so central...
March 01, 2002

Factory food: to encourage students into the chemistry laboratory, tea...
March 01, 2002

Pharming: the food industry says genetically modified food is perfectl...
March 01, 2002

Anyone for seconds? In the 1960s, the average Canadian grocery store c...
March 01, 2002

Quote ... unquote.(food anecdotes)(Brief Article)
March 01, 2002

Clash of civilizations? Ever since the fiery collapse of the twin towe...
January 01, 2002

Wave upon wave: the story of terrorism is 2,000 years old, but its plo...
January 01, 2002

The fourth wave: religion, albeit grossly distorted, is a common chara...
January 01, 2002

Why America? The people who pulled off the attacks on the World Trade ...
January 01, 2002

Fighting back: faced with the horrors of the September 11 attacks the ...
January 01, 2002

High-priced security: Bill C-36, Canada's new anti-terrorist legislati...
January 01, 2002

The miniaturization of mass destruction: bioterrorism has been around ...
January 01, 2002

Quote ... unquote.(terrorism, violence and war)(Brief Article)
January 01, 2002

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