The Canadian Unity Council ( CUC ) was a privately owned, non-profit organization whose mission was to promote the Canadian Unity and the current federal institutions.
6-690: Encounters With Canada (EWC) was a youth program operated by the Canadian Unity Council in cooperation with numerous Canadian government departments . EWC was founded in 1982. The program was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and closure of the program by Historica Canada was announced on January 12, 2021. Taking place throughout most of each school year, participants aged 14–17 from high schools throughout Canada travelled to Ottawa , Ontario (Canada's capital city) and stayed in
12-719: The Senate of Canada ) and the Supreme Court of Canada . Some weeks included visits to cultural institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Civilization . Canadian Unity Council The CUC started as the "Canada Committee" in 1964, in the middle of Quebec's Quiet Revolution . The period corresponds to the rise of both the Quebec independence movement and the demands for reform by Quebec federalists. The election of
18-617: The Government of Stephen Harper announced the reduction of funding for the Unity Council. The Centre for Research and Information on Canada ( CRIC ) was an organization established in 1996 by the CUC to manage its research and communications activities. The organization was divided into two branches: one to research on Canada (CRIC Research) and the other to inform Canadian citizens of the research's findings (CRIC Information). The research office
24-653: The Historica Canada Centre Students were given a choice of the following sub-themed: Despite these variations, the main theme of the program was unifying Canadians and cultures within Canada and discussing Canada's identity. In addition to activities related to their week's theme, participants toured and visited Canadian political institutions such as the Parliament of Canada (including the House of Commons of Canada
30-536: The Parti Québécois in 1976 gave the impulse for a coalition strategy, which included all federalist parties. Funded by the Government of Canada, the CUC published numerous pro-Canada studies advertising the merits of Canadian federalism. In 1996, the Centre for Research and Information on Canada (CRIC) was created to assist in the CUC's mission to promote the federal government's view of what federal Canada is. In 2006,
36-667: Was located in Ottawa and is responsible for conducting studies and polls, and drafting special publications. The Communications and Citizen Participation Office oversaw the activities of three regional offices: the Ontario and Atlantic Canada Regional Office (Toronto), the Western and Northern Regional Office (Calgary) and the Quebec Regional Office (Quebec City). The CRIC published a weekly newsletter called Opinion Canada. As of August 9, 2010,
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