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Who Do You Think You Are?, by Alice Munro, won the 1978 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Don l'Orignal, by Antonine Maillet, won the 1972 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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The Manticore, by Robertson Davies, won the 1972 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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La femme de Loth, by Monique Bosco, won the 1970 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Manuscrits de Pauline Archange, by Marie-Claire Blais, won the 1968 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Trou de mémoire, by Hubert Aquin, was selected for the 1968 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction, but the author declined the award.
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Dance of the Happy Shades, by Alice Munro, won the 1968 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Salut Galarneau, by Jacques Godbout, won the 1967 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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La joue droite, by Claire Martin, won the 1966 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Contes du pays incertain, by Jacques Ferron, won the 1962 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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The Outlander, by Germaine Guèvremont (in English translation), won the 1950 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Photo: Zarov[Basil Zarov (1913-1998) and Annette Parent (1906-1956)] · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek, by Thomas H. Raddall, won the 1943 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Thirty Acres, by Ringuet (in English translation), won the 1940 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Photo: Pierre-Fortunat Pinsonneault · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
The Dark Weaver, by Laura G. Salverson, won the 1937 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Canada has kept a peacekeeping presence in the Golan Heights of Syria since 1974, when it joined the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force after the Yom Kippur War. It is one of Canada’s longest-running international commitments, and more than 12,000 Canadians have served there.
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During the Suez Crisis of 1956, Canadian diplomat Lester B. Pearson proposed a peacekeeping force, and the United Nations launched its first large-scale peacekeeping mission, the United Nations Emergency Force, commanded by Canada’s Major-General E.L.M. “Tommy” Burns. Canadians served with UN troops in Egypt from 1956 to 1967 and again from 1973 to 1979; Pearson received the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Photo: Indonesian Ministry of Information and the Information Department of the Indonesian Army · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
Operation IMPACT began as the Canadian Armed Forces’ support to the Global Coalition formed in 2014 to degrade and defeat Daesh in Iraq and Syria. Canadian CF-18 Hornets flew 1,378 sorties between October 30, 2014, and February 15, 2016. The mission then focused on training and building the military capabilities of Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.
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Photo: Staff Sgt. Perry Aston · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
In 2011 Canada took part in the NATO-led Operation Unified Protector in Libya through Operation Mobile. It began in February with the evacuation of Canadians and other foreign nationals, then, after the UN Security Council imposed a no-fly zone on 17 March, became a combat operation involving naval ships and fighter, transport, patrol, helicopter and refuelling aircraft. It ended on October 31, 2011, after Gadhafi’s death.
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Photo: SAC Sally Raimondo / MOD · Photo licence: OGL v1.0 · Credit & context
After the attacks of 11 September 2001, Canada joined the international coalition against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, which had sheltered Al-Qaeda. More than 40,000 Canadians served there, the largest deployment of Canadian troops since the Second World War, in a conflict that lasted more than 12 years, the longest in Canada’s history. Canada led Operation MEDUSA, its largest combat operation since the Korean War.
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Photo: ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force TSgt Laura K. Smith · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
In 1999 Canadian CF-18 pilots flew combat missions in NATO’s 79-day air campaign over Kosovo, Operation ALLIED FORCE, which ran from March to June 1999 to end violence and repression in Kosovo. Canada’s part, Operation Echo, had begun in June 1998 when CF-18 Hornets deployed to Aviano, Italy.
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Photo: Staff Sgt. Jennifer C. Wallis, U.S. Air Force · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
After Iraq invaded Kuwait on 2 August 1990, more than 4,000 Canadians served in the Persian Gulf with a coalition formed to drive Iraqi forces out. Canada’s part, Operation Friction, was mainly warships and aircraft. It was the first conflict in which Canadian women played an active combat role.
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Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939 began more than six years of fighting on land, at sea and in the air that ended in 1945. More than one million Canadians and Newfoundlanders served in uniform at home and around the world; over 45,000 gave their lives and another 55,000 were wounded.
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When Britain declared war in August 1914, Canada, whose external affairs were still governed by the United Kingdom, was automatically at war. More than 650,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders served in what was then called the Great War; more than 66,000 died and more than 172,000 were wounded. Canada signed the Treaty of Versailles separately from Britain.
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Photo: Castle, W.I. (William Ivor), official Canadian War photographer · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
The South African War, also known as the Boer War, was fought in southern Africa from 1899 to 1902 between the British Empire and the Boers. More than 7,000 Canadians volunteered to serve alongside British forces, and five earned the Victoria Cross. In February 1900 Canadians played an important role at Paardeberg, the first major British victory of the war.
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Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Credit & context