Canada, the UN, NATO and NORAD
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The study guide distinguishes the United Nations, NATO and NORAD. They are not interchangeable: the UN is a global organization, NATO a collective-defence alliance, and NORAD a Canada–United States defence command.
Scope & context
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More context
The postwar guide describes Canadian participation in the UN, the Korean War, peacekeeping and other security operations. It connects NATO with the Cold War and NORAD with defence cooperation with the United States.
Canada’s involvement in peacekeeping is important, but it does not mean every Canadian overseas military operation was a UN peacekeeping mission. The Korean War and combat operations in Afghanistan have different mandates and histories. Pearson’s role in the 1956 Suez Crisis and his 1957 Nobel Peace Prize are useful related knowledge.
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association that developed from the British Empire; it is not the same institution as the United Nations or NATO. The guide presents Canada’s autonomy as developing gradually, rather than beginning and ending in a single constitutional event.
Sources behind this record
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Modern Canada; sections and tables identified in the research record
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Between the Wars; evolution of the Commonwealth