British Columbia History First Contact

In 1947, the Canadian government lifted the voting restrictions on Asian-Canadians in British Columbia. Prior to this,

W.A.C. Bennett was the Premier of British Columbia, Canada from 1952 to 1972. He led the Social Credit Party and is credited with

The 1952 British Columbia provincial election was held on June 12, 1952, and resulted in a landslide victory for the British Columbia

BUT-TV was started by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a means of providing television service to the people of Vancouver

The colony of British Columbia was established on August 2, 1858 by James Douglas, who was appointed as the Governor of the colony

There were a number of issues that prevented Indigenous people from being able to vote in federal elections in Canada prior to 1960

The Columbia River Treaty is a water treaty signed in 1961 between the United States and Canada. It governs the regulation and management

The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) was formed in 1962 by the British Columbia government as a Crown

Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university located in British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1965, it is named after

Greenpeace was started in Vancouver, Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, Ben Metcalfe, Marie Bohlen, Jim Bohlen,