← → Events from the year 1948 in Canada.

"A common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations" - UN proclaims Universal Declaration of Human Rights[3] Parliamentary committee studying draft UN human rights declaration speaks to global variety of rights interpretations[4] UN convention on genocide defines it as attempt to destroy group by killing or seriously harming members, preventing births or taking group's children[5] Canadian children "had no idea what to do with us" - Holocaust orphan arrives in Canada and settles in Regina[6] "Fitting together the scattered jigsaw-puzzle pieces of their lives" - Japanese Canadians move on, and why they have to[7] CPR sleeping car porter enjoys travel but finds job "subservient" and travelling public "about 85 pleasant and the other 15 unpleasant"[8] Ottawa-Quebec politics rule out Black U.S. troops in Quebec, where their presence "might be misunderstood and misrepresented"[9] "Maximum dramatic appeal" and "simplicity" of secret U.S.A.-Canada free-trade proposal encourage optimism for success[10] Lester Pearson says "the world needs the textiles which Japan" would produce if it received Most favoured nation trade status[11] Ambassador to China keen to see Canadian presence (banks, Canadian Pacific ships and planes, TCA and Navy) in southeast Asia[12] U.S.A. to hold multi-party talks on North Atlantic security matters, including Soviet intentions and U.S. commitment[13] Canada wants North Atlantic security organization to involve foreign ministry consultation and economic and social collaboration[14] Kinks in Canada-U.S. joint defence arrangements, including roles, responsibilities and functions, need to be worked out[15] Canada seeks to know U.S. policy on partition of Palestine, especially regarding possibility of UN Security Council authorizing force[16] Cabinet decides not to support UN membership for Israel before it recognizes Israel's provisional government[17] With Nationalist forces "off balance and low in morale" in Chinese Civil War, Canada plans evacuations[18] South African ambassador seeks Canada's support for white supremacy policy to block communism and Indians "swamping" whites[19] Cabinet seeks better ways to exclude from Canada top leaders of "unions known to be communist dominated" and fellow travellers[20] Cabinet Defence Committee sees need for Arctic icebreaker to support government stations and wartime amphibious operations[21] "Frenzied," "shrill" and "a pitch of hysteria which could scarcely be raised" - anti-U.S. Soviet propaganda assessed[22] Given CBC cooperation and with policy "guidance notes," Pearson ponders propaganda broadcasts to communist controlled countries[23] Newfoundland must be independent because England couldn't help if it wanted to and confederation means federal government rule[24] "I fear the return of Responsible Government" - Newfoundlander dreads days of privation recurring if Canada is rejected[25] Refus Global calls Quebeckers to free themselves from past fears and anguish at nauseating recent evils with passion and unity[26] CBC Radio interview with figure skating champion Barbara Ann Scott after she won gold medal at Winter Olympics in St. Moritz[27] Photo: Calgary Stampeders' Norman L. Kwong runs into opposing team's defence in football game[28] Kate Aitken talks about women of the year, including Princess Elizabeth, Barbara Ann Scott and Henrietta Banting, on her radio show[29] CBC radio play from "series of dramatized programmes on human relation" involving National Committee for Mental Hygiene of Canada[30] "Absolute and undying ambition to succeed" - CBC network announcer Elwood Glover's memories of his early radio career[31] Ducks Unlimited naturalist says prairie drought can seem catastrophic, but only cover 1% of waterfowl breeding territory[32] Illustration: Promotional poster, with illustration by Peter Maxwell Ewart, invites hunters to travel on Canadian Pacific[33]