March 31, 1959 - Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama of Tibet escapes to India. Tibet embraced Buddhism in the 7th century under head of state and spiritual leader Dalai Lama. The present and ...
Human Rights a Day
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Join me every day for Human Rights a Day. It's a journey through 365 Days of Human Rights Celebrations and Tragedies That Inspired Canada and the World. The short 2 minute readings are from my book Steps in the Rights Direction. Meet people who didn't want to be special but chose to stick their neck out and stand up for what they believed and in doing so changed our world. There's still room for you to make a difference. Start each day with something that will inspire and motivate you to take a chance - to make the world better for us all.
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March 30, 1992 - Native Women's Association
Native women’s group loses discrimination case. In 1991, when the federal government was trying to change the constitution, it gave $10 million to fou...
March 29, 1993 - Catherine Callbeck
Catherine Callbeck becomes Canada’s first woman elected premier of a province. Catherine Callbeck spent her life alternating between her love of busin...
March 28, 2002 - Arab Peace Plan
Arab countries propose peace plan to Israelis. Even before Israel became an independent country, its citizens and neighboring Arabs were prone to batt...
March 27, 1905 - Elsie MacGill
Elsie MacGill was a woman of unusual capability and resilience. Born in Vancouver on March 27, 1905, she was the first woman to graduate with an elect...
March 26, 1984 - Bora Laskin
Bora Laskin dies while Chief Justice of Canada’s Supreme Court. Born in Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario on October 5, 1912, Bora Laskin pursued ed...
March 25, 1994 - Simon Thwaites
Can’t fire HIV-positive naval seamen, federal Court of Canada warns. After enlisting with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 1980, Simon Thwaites spen...
March 24, 1853 - Mary Ann Shad
The Provincial Freeman first published by Mary Ann Shad. Mary Ann Shadd was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the oldest of 13 children to Harriet and Abr...
March 23, 1933 - Adolph Hitler
Germany grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers.
How did Adolph Hitler rise to power? For various and strange reasons, Hitler was sworn in as chancel...
March 22, 1984 - Jane Gray
Canada’s first women radio broadcaster, Jane Gray, dies. Only a few years after landing her first radio broadcasting job in London, Ontario on CJGC at...