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The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood, won the 1985 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Agonie, by Jacques Brault, won the 1984 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Shakespeare's Dog, by Leon Rooke, won the 1983 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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La première personne, by Pierre Turgeon, won the 1980 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Le sourd dans la ville, by Marie-Claire Blais, won the 1979 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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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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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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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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Members of the Canadian Armed Forces have served in dozens of peacekeeping efforts with the United Nations, NATO and other multinational operations. Peacekeepers are neutral international troops sent to countries in turmoil to reduce tensions and restore peace, monitoring ceasefires, patrolling buffer zones, clearing landmines and providing humanitarian aid.
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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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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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