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Student Resources


REVISION

Revision for Figure 5.3, on page 150.


Election Update: 2015

Click here for information on the 2015 Canadian election.

Click here for a video interview with Dr. Emmanuelle Richez on the 2015 campaign and the results in Quebec.


Online Appendices

Appendix A: The Constitution Act, 1867

Appendix B: The Constitution Act, 1982


Student Study Guide

Revised by Kevin Ginnell, Douglas College

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17


Practice Quizzes

Test your knowledge of the concepts and theories in each chapter.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17


Interview Videos

Click here to view informative interviews by prominent Canadian politicians and political scientists:

  • Dr. Emmanuelle Richez, on the 2015 campaign and the results in Quebec
  • Hon. Howard Pawley, on Canadian politics
  • Dr. Andrea Olive, on environmental politics
  • Dr. Cheryl Collier, on federalism
  • Dr. Paul Nesbitt-Larking, on trust and public opinion
  • Dr. Livinia Tossutti, on political participation
  • Dr. Lydia Miljan, on media
  • Dr. Cristine de Clercy, on political parties
  • Dr. Jacquie Newman, on women and politics
  • Dr. Brian Tanguay, on Quebec
  • Dr. Dan Henstra, on public administration
  • Hon. Frank McKenna, on Canada–US relations

Podcasts

The Reasonable Accommodation of Cultural Differences: The Case of Quebec [May 2009]

Who Is Michael Ignatieff? What Our Leaders' Stories Say about Canadian Politics [May 2009]

Who Owns the Arctic? [May 2009]

Security and Sovereignty: Perspectives on the World's Longest Undefended Border [June 2009]

Nouveau Politics: What Does It Mean to Be a 'New' Political Party? [August 2009]

Is It Finally Time to Redraw the Regional Map of Canada? [August 2009]

Does Quebec Separatism Have a Future? [January 2010]

Who Is Canada's Head of State (and Does It Matter)? [January 2010]

Perspectives on Proroguing [February 2010]

Who Should Represent Canada and Why? [May 2010]

The 60/40 Country? [October 2011]

Political Parties and the Parliamentary System [October 2011]

Pipeline Politics [November 2011]

2012 Student Protest in Quebec [August 2012]

Taking Care of Business [December 2012]

It's Not as Bad as You Think: Political Corruption in Canada [June 2013]

The Death of Quebec Separatism? [July 2014]

Who Was Canada's Best Prime Minister? [January 2015]

Searching for Votes in the Middle Class [May 2015]

The Rise and Fall of One-Party Dominance: Alberta's 2015 Election [May 2015]

Is Canada’s Political System Broken? [September 2015]

Economic Angst and Voting for Change in 2015 [November 2015]

To Leap or Not to Leap? The 2016 NDP Convention [April 2016]

Happy Birthday Canada [July 2017]

Canada's Senate [March 2019]

Thoughts on the Future of Quebec Separatism [March 2019]

Does the Special Relationship Still Exist? [May 2019]

The Lavalin Affair [September 2019]

Populism and the 2019 Canadian Election [January 2020]