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1930

1930

'Indian Hospitals'

Sanatoriums created to control the spread of disease like tuberculosis in Indigenous communities

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1931

The Native Brotherhood of B.C.

The Tsimshian and Haida form Canada’s longest-running Indigenous organization

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1932

Unemployment Relief Camps

Thousands of unemployed men are sent to rural B.C. during the Great Depression

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1933

Unemployed Workers Strike

Economic straits and government inaction cause mass frustration — and a labour movement

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1933

The Native Sisterhood

Brenda Campbell and other Indigenous women establish groundbreaking advocacy group

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1935

The Flying Seven

Women pilots form Canada’s first aviatrix club

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1935

The 'On-to-Ottawa Trek'

Unemployed men protest government inaction during the Great Depression

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1938

Vancouver's 'Bloody Sunday'

Police attack unemployed protesters occupying the city's post office

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1939

The Second World War

Another cataclysmic conflict draws men overseas and industry to B.C.

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