A Nation's Chronicle: The Canada Gazette

Activity Resources

(For students to use in their research for the activities in this unit.)

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Aboriginal Peoples and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

Bleeding Day and Night: The Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Across Tsimshian Reserve Lands (English only)
http://mcdonald.unbc.ca/PDF/Kitsumkalum_History/bleeding%20re-typed.pdf

The Canadian Encyclopedia: "Aboriginal Rights"
www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=J1ARTJ0000015

The Canadian Encyclopedia: "The Indian Act"
www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003975

The Canadian Encyclopedia: "Tsimshian"
www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008149

The Indian Act Past and Present
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/qc/csi/ind_e.html

Kitsumkalum First Nation Timeline (English only)
www.kitsumkalum.bc.ca/timeline.html

"Lands and Resources: Background"
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ch/rcap/sg/sh40_e.html#3.%20Lands%20
and%20Resources:%20Background

Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Lands and Resources
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ch/rcap/sg/shm4_e.html

Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Looking Forward Looking Back
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ch/rcap/sg/sgmm_e.html

"Significance of Lands and Resources to Aboriginal Peoples"
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ch/rcap/sg/sh41_e.html#3.2%20Significance%20
of%20Lands%20and%20Resources%20to%20Aboriginal%20Peoples

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

Canada, By Train: "Grand Trunk Railway"
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/trains/021006-2070-e.html#c
(Scroll down to "Grand Trunk Railway," then click on "Travelogue")

Canadian Confederation: "The Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada"
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-3010.25-e.html

The Canadian Encyclopedia: "Grand Trunk Pacific Railway"
www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?
PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003379

The Canadian Encyclopedia: "National Transcontinental Railway"
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?
PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005635

The Canadian Encyclopedia: "Nationalization"
www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?
PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005639

The Quebec History Encyclopedia: "Grand Trunk Railway" (English only)
http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/
GrandTrunkRailway.htm

"Rail:" Canada Science and Technology Museum
www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/collection/rail.cfm

Image Collections of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

"Annual Passes, Grand Trunk Railway of Canada" (English only)
http://pages.globetrotter.net/burridge/Passes_GTR1.html#PASS_GTR1

Canadian National Railways Historic Photo Collection
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/
cnphoto/english/cnr2_ang.html

"The Crossroads:" Fraser Fort-George Regional Museum
www.settlerseffects.ca/pls/cats_web/WEB_EXHIBITIONS.show_exhibit?
EXHIBIT_ID=303&LANG=EN

Images Canada
www.imagescanada.ca
Keyword search: Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Tsimshian

McCord Museum Image Collection
www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/search_results.php?
keywords=grand+trunk&Lang=1

Key Figures

"The Board of Railway Commissioners"
www.cta-otc.gc.ca/about-nous/centennial/rpt/1_e.html

The Canadian Encyclopedia: "Sir Wilfrid Laurier"
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?
PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005635

Charles Melville Hays
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/trains/021006-2030-e.html#b
(Scroll to "Grand Trunk Pacific")

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online: "Charles Melville Hays"
www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41552

Encyclopedia Titanica: "Charles Melville Hays" (English only)
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/item/3858/

First Among Equals: "Sir Wilfrid Laurier"
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/primeministers/h4-3175-e.html

Wikipedia: "Charles Melville Hays"(English only)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Melville_Hays

Newspaper Making

"Analytical Writing"
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/008-3090-e.html

"Decoding Political Cartoons"
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/008-3050-e.html

"Internet Research Skills"
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/008-3040-e.html

"Inverted Pyramid Checklist" (English only)
www.jprof.com/writing/invertedpyramidchecklist.html

"News Reporting"
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/008-3100-e.html

"Newspapers"
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/8/16/index-e.html

"Obituary Stories" (English only)
www.jprof.com/reporting/obitstories.html

"Opinion: Inside a Cartoonist's Mind" (English only)
www.jprof.com/opinion/opinion.html

"Oral Interviews: Preparing, Conducting and Reporting"
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/008-3130-e.html

"Picture Perfect: Examining Visual Storytelling" (English only)
www.jprof.com/instructors/vis-storytelling-activity.html

"Preview Stories" (English only)
www.jprof.com/reporting/previewstories.html

"Principles of Clear, Effective Writing" (English only)
www.jprof.com/writing/writingprinciples.html

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