2022 ~ a year to celebrate Canadian achievement

J.D.M. Stewart
TheHub.ca

Leading through the New Year, Canadian historian J.D.M. Stewart selects some of the many important anniversaries from Canada’s past.

• 30th anniversary of Dr. Roberta Bondar’s flight
• 40th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• 80th anniversary of Canadians in Raid of Dieppe in the Second World War
• 50th anniversary of Paul Henderson’s winning Game 8 goal in Summit Series vs USSR
• 25th anniversary of publication of Mordecai Richler’s greatest novel, the 1997 Giller Prize-winning Barney’s Version