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federal government holds a referendum on its constitutional proposals. A majority of Canadians reject them.
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Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman to go to outer space.
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Nicole Dunsdon, a 22-year-old University of Alberta student, becomes the last Miss Canada. First held in 1946, the contest falls victim to dropping television ratings and changing attitudes toward women.
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Quebec City lawyer Paule Gauthier becomes the first female President of the Canadian Bar Association.
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Virginie Larivière, a 14-year-old from St-Polycarpe, Quebec, presents federal officials a petition signed by nearly 1.3 million Canadians calling for federal legislation to limit television violence.
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the Supreme Court of Canada rules in the case of Olive Dickason, a 72-year-old professor of native history at the University of Alberta. The Court finds that in the context of the tenure system, discrimination based on age is reasonable and justifiable. Like many women, Dickason began her academic career in later life, having taught for only ten years before hit the mandatory retirement age of 65.
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