Lester B Pearson Biography

Artifact #2 Lester Bowles Pearson was a Canadian scholar, statesman, soldier and diplomat. Lester B Pearson was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963 to April 20, 1968. Pearson was one of the most known Prime Ministers of Canada for winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957. He won the award for his organization and contribution to the United Nations Emergency Force in response to Suez Canal Crisis where Egypt was invaded by Israel in 1956, followed by France and the United Kingdom. Lester B Pearson also made humanitarian strides within Canada by introducing universal healthcare and the Canadian Pension Plan. For his contributions to the welfare of Canada and other nations, Pearson is memorable aiding Canada’s identity to be a

Point 1: In the 1960s, health care was an important necessity to have for reassurance because of the widespread of chronic diseases and injuries which led to most deaths, and the introduction to new diseases like HIV-AIDS.

Proof: This period also presented new challenges; however, as people were living longer and chronic diseases and injuries increasingly became the more common cause of disability and death.68 Other trends emerged, such as widespread smoking, increased social drinking, the recreational use of drugs, a resurgence of STIs and the introduction of new infections like HIV-AIDS. (http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cphorsphc-respcacsp/2008/fr-rc/cphorsphc-respcacsp05b-eng.php)

Analysis: By providing health care for the reassurance of newly spread diseases and illnesses, Lester B Pearson gives Canada the identity of a humanitarian nation since the definition of being a humanitarian includes the concern of human welfare, therefore introducing a system where most of a country receives health care would be considered as a humanitarian

Proof: After their first assembly, the United nations established in the 1960s and 70s “short-term missions in the Dominican Republic - Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic (DOMREP), West New Guinea (West Irian) - UN Security Force in West New Guinea( UNSF), and Yemen - UN Yemen Observation Mission (UNYOM), and started longer term deployments in Cyprus - UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) and the Middle East - UN Emergency Force II (UNEF II), UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)and UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).”