Spirit of '56: Evaluating Canada's Peacekeeping

November 2nd, 2016, will mark the 60th anniversary of Lester B. Pearson’s speech to the United Nations Assembly during the Suez Crisis, in which he proposed the creation of “a truly international peace and police force” to stabilize conflict in the region and enable parties to reach a peaceful resolution. This event – and Pearson’s innovative and transformative idea – set in motion a new global approach to calming international tensions and heralded a new era in Canada’s role in international relations. The Spirit of ’56 project is designed to enable students to explore Canada’s role as a global intermediary throughout the 20th century and to analyze Canada’s impact on world events, all the while building historical inquiry skills. With more than thirty significant missions to account for, students must define and qualify what a ‘successful’ UN peacekeeping mission entails, and then use their established criteria to assess Canada’s success in its peacekeeping role in the 20th century.
Spirit of '56: Evaluating Canada's Peacekeeping

Carrie Ann Taylor, Ted Meldrum, Adrian French

10-12

Victoria, British Columbia

Spirit of '56 enables students to explore Canada's role as a global intermediary in the 20th century and assess our 'success' in this role.

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