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Timeline: 1950 - 1959
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1950
1940s - 1950s: Government begins efforts to integrate Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal education
1940s - 1950s: Government begins efforts to integrate Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal education. Inuit children begin to be transported to residential schools and hostels run by Anglican and Catholic churches with federal subsidies. Standard curricula are introduced. The half-day labour program is officially ended.
1953
1953-54 NHL Season: Fred Saskamoose is NHL's first native Canadian player
1953 - 1954: Hockey centre Fred Saskamoose, a Cree from Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan, becomes the NHL's first native Canadian player when he suits up with the Chicago Black Hawks.
1955
1955 - 1970: Residential schools for Inuit students
1955 - 1970: Residential schools and hostels for Inuit students operate in the North under federal authority.
1958
Indian Affairs recommends abolition of residential schools
1958: Indian Affairs Regional Inspectors recommend abolition of residential schools.
1958
James Gladstone, a member of the Blood Tribe in Alberta, is appointed to the Canadian Senate
1958
The Avro Arrow flies for the first time