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The Persons Case
In 1927, women wanted to have a seat in parliament. Five women, Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, and Irene Parlby decided they were going to talk to the Canadian government about it. The British North America Act said that anybody who is a criminal, mentally disabled, or a woman, would not be classified as a person... -
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...Therefore, the Canadian government said that they would not let women be a part of the senate. After this, the women decided to go to Britain and talk to the Privy Council. The Privy Council agreed, and decided to change the law. In 1929 women were finally considered persons and could be a part of the senate. -
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Change for Women
After women had gotten the right to be a part of the senate in 1929, winning the person's case, change came at a more rapid pace. Women had more opportunities and could be more independent. In 1941 women could be a part of the army, navy, and airforce and help serve Canada. Women were not restricted to being just nurses anymore. I believe this was a giant change. -
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...but because Canada's head of immigration and the prime minister were both anti-semitic they denied the Jew’s entry. Because of the Canadian government's decision, the rest of the Jews were sent back to Europe and split between four different countries, Britain, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The continuity for the Jews was that they were receiving racism from everyone around the world. -
When Canada wouldn’t let the Jews take refuge after they were denied entry in Cuba off the MS St. Louis
In May of 1939, some Jewish people had the opportunity to escape Germany by means of, The MS St. Louis, a cruise ship that would take them from Germany to Havana Harbor in Cuba. After the journey was over and the ship arrived in the Harbor the Cubans denied most of their visas and only 28 of 937 passengers were allowed to get off the ship. Because the Jews couldn't go to Cuba they looked to Canada to let them take refuge there... -
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...but because Canada's head of immigration and the prime minister were both anti-semitic they denied the Jew’s entry. Because of the Canadian government's decision, the rest of the Jews were sent back to Europe and split between four different countries, Britain, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The continuity for the Jews was that they were receiving racism from everyone around the world. -
When Canada wouldn’t let the Jews take refuge after they were denied entry in Cuba off the MS St. Louis
In May of 1939, some Jewish people had the opportunity to escape Germany by means of, The MS St. Louis, a cruise ship that would take them from Germany to Havana Harbor in Cuba. After the journey was over and the ship arrived in the Harbor the Cubans denied most of their visas and only 28 of 937 passengers were allowed to get off the ship. Because the Jews couldn't go to Cuba they looked to Canada to let them take refuge there... -
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Continuity for Jewish Refugees
I think that there was not a lot of change for the Jewish refugees, when they needed a place to go to from MS St. Louis and Canada was safe, our prime minister was so anti-semetic that he refused let the jews in. Even after that, when they let in some 2,300 Jewish refugees, the government put them in POW camps. So I believe that there was no change between 1939 and 1940 for jews because they still received the same racism. -
The Jews in POW camps in Canada
In 1940, 2,300 Jewish refugees were let into Canada. When they got to Canada they were placed in guarded camps and their status was ‘prisoners of war’. Some Jews even got placed in the same camps as Nazi POWs. Becuase it was so unsafe for them to be living with the Nazi’s, moved the jews to a new location (where they were separated from the Nazi’s) and got their POW status removed, and it changed to, refugees of Nazi oppression. These prison camps closed in 1943. -
Women In WWII
In 1941 Canadain Women were allowed to join the army. Women worked in the navy, airforce, and as nurses. Later in the year some women also became drivers and mechanics. This was a huge change because in WW1 women were only allowed to be nurses, So this was a huge step in women’s rights. In 1942 Women were recognized as army members and for their contribution to Canada. -
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Continuity for Japanese Canadians
I believe that throughout the period of WW2 and even after, Japanese Canadians received high amounts of racism and were treated differently. The government made Japanese Canadians seem like enemy aliens. -
Japanese-Canadians in Internment Camps
In 1941 when the Jappneseese bombed Pearl Harbour and after Canadian soldiers suffered through the brutal battle of Hong Kong a lot of Canadians became very suspicious of Japanese Canadians. Becuase Canadians were already racist towards Japanese people, the racism towards them escalated from there. Suspensions were high of a possible attack on Canada so the mounties arrested many suspects... -
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...In 1942 Mackenzie King decided that the government would detain and any people who were suspicious and put them into internment camps and because of racism most of the people were Japanese Canadians. These camps had terrible living conditions (no electricity or running water). The Japanese owned homes that had been abandoned were sold by the government to help keep the Japanese in the camps. -
Japanese Canadians In WWII
After Pearl Harbor Japanese Canadians were banned from joining the army. Many Japanese Canadians tryed to enlist. Racism and suspicion swayed the government to not allow any Japanese from joining the forces. In 1944 the British needed Japanese speaking translators for their prisoners of war, and at the time, Canada was the only British colony that had Japanese speaking people. So when Japanese Canadians were trying to enlist they enlisted as British army so they could help translate. -
Bibliography
- Neill, Elaine. "Holocaust Part One." History CHC2DI. January 2021. Bluevale Collegiate Institute. Google presentation. -“MS St. Louis.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Dec. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis. -“Canada and the Holocaust.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/holocaust. -“Canadian Women and War.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/women-and-war.
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Bibliograhpy
-Susan Yatabe, Ewan Craig / 19 Mar 2019. “Japanese Canadian Participation in World War I and World War II.” Discover Nikkei, www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2019/3/19/japanese-canadian-vets/#:~:text=From 1942 until 1945, Nisei,Many experienced combat in Europe. -
Bibliography
-Seixas, Peter. History Uncovered. 1st ed., Nelson, 2014.
-“Japanese Canadian Internment: Prisoners in Their Own Country.” Japanese Canadian Internment: Prisoners in Their Own Country | The Canadian Encyclopedia, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/japanese-internment-banished-and-beyond-tears-feature.
