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Woman in the Great Depression
During the Great Depression many people lost their jobs but the amount of employed woman went up. Between 1930-1940 the number of employed woman went up by 24%, but most were underpaid for their work. The jobs that woman worked at were not affected by the stock market. Many men lost their jobs which resulted in lower marriage rate and more single women had to support themselves. The great depression most affected people in Canada, the United States and Europe. -
Change- Woman in the Great Depression
I think that many things changed for woman in the great depression. I think that there was lots of progress made in this time because woman were working and being valued for the people that they were. But I also think there was some decline because women were being underpaid for the work they were doing. -
Primary Source- Woman in the Great Depression
This photo is a primary source of unemployed, single women protesting the job placement of married women before themselves in the Great Depression. -
Indigenous Soldiers in WW2
The indigenous people had to overcome many challenges to fight in the war. Their courage, sacrifice, and accomplishments are a continuing source of pride to their families, and all Canadians. There were 3,000 First Nations members, Inuits, Métis, and other Indigenous people enlisted to go to war. Many indigenous people volunteered while others were conscripted. PM Mackenzie King sent conscripts into combat overseas, including Status Indians, which violated previous promises not to. -
Continuity- Indigenous Soldiers in WW2
I think the treatment of Indigenous soldiers was continuity. Many of the indigenous people were treated very poorly before the war. I don't think that was fair because they were the first people in this land. Then during the war conscription treats them poorly again. I think that they shouldn't be forcing anyone to fight including indigenous people. It is continuity because Indigenous were treated badly and continued to be treated badly. -
Primary Source- Indigenous Soldiers in WW2
This is a link to a document that was about Brant, Elmer Joseph who was a Indigenous Soldier in WW2.
-https://collectionscanada.ca/obj/001056/f2//001056-131.pdf -
Jewish Minority in Canada
Jews in Canada were very upset with the rise of Nazi Germany. When the war started one fifth of the Canadian Jewish population enlisted, much higher than any other minority group. Despite this Jews were treated poorly in Canada and faced lots of racism. Canada unfairly limited Jewish refugees but did take in 2300 of them from Germany in 1940. Those people were then put into prison camps in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. -
Change- Jewish Minority
I think that the Jewish minority was a bad change. There was lots of anti Jewish racism before the war and it continued into the war. Canada wound not let many Jews into the country but the ones that were here were treated badly. -
Primary Source- Jewish Minority
This picture is a primary source. It is a picture of children of the Jewish community on steps in St., Ottawa, Ontario. -
Woman in the Workforce
Canadian woman were not allowed to fight in the war but they did many other jobs back where they lived. During the war, hundreds of thousands of woman went into the workforce. They worked as welders, pilots, clerks and more, while keeping their families together and supporting them. They had to step into the positions of the men to keep the economy up and make all the items that were needed to be sent overseas. In 1941-42 the military was changed to create its own women's forces. -
Change- Woman in the Workforce
I think that there was a big change in the society with women during WW2. Many woman took over jobs done by men and showed that they could do things just like men. They were also still doing all the jobs that they had previously been doing such as taking care of the children and their houses. -
Primary Source- Woman in the Workforce
This a letter of resignation of a woman that is leaving her job and she is being replaced by a man.
https://www.archives.gov/files/publications/prologue/2016/fall/images/women-fullen.jpg -
Japanese-Canadian Minority
On December 7, 1941 many Japanese Canadians were stripped of their homes and sent to internment camps because of the bombing at Pearl Harbour. The internment occurred when over 22000 Japanese Canadians were forced to relocate and interned in the name of national security. Japanese-Canadians had to follow government-enforced curfews, were interrogated, and forced to move. They were told to go east of the Rocky Mountains or be repatriated to Japan following the end of the war. -
Change- Japanese-Canadian Minority
I think that the Japanese-Canadian minority was a change. I think that it was not right to force all the Japanese-Canadian into internment camps and pull families apart and away from their businesses. They deserve to be treated the same as any other person and not categorized by their race. This was a decline because they had many things taken away from them and they were not treated properly. -
Primary Source- Japanese Canadian Minority
Here is a link to a notice from 1942 to all the japanese people. Page 12.
https://ssc.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/OneWorldInDialogue/OneWorldinDialogue_2016Vol4No1/Timmons.pdf -
Indigenous Peoples in Camp Ipperwash
Camp Ipperwash was a military camp on Reserve land in Lampton County Ontario where Canadian forces trained. During WW2 the Canadian government went to the Stony Point First Nation asking for the Reserve land to be used for military training but they refused. The War Measures Act allowed them to take it anyways. They gave the Stony Point First Nations $50000 in compensation and relocated them to Kettle Point Reserve. There was a promise made to move them back but it remained a military camp. -
Change- Indigenous Peoples in Camp Ipperwash
I think that Camp Ipperwash was a change because the Canadian army took the land away from the indigenous peoples and forced them to leave. I think that this was not good because they made a promise to give back the land after the war which ended in 1945 but they did not give it back at that time. They eventually gave it back years later. -
Primary Source- Indigenous Peoples in Camp Ipperwash
This is a link to a report. It is dated may 30, 2007 because the land was not given back till many years later. to there are not many primary sources from 1942 because it didn't end till very recently.
-http://education.chiefs-of-ontario.org/upload/documents/resources/research-reports/reports-other/full-report-ipperwash-enquiry.pdf -
Bibliography
-Rotondi, Jessica Pearce. Underpaid, but Employed: How the Great Depression AFFECTED Working Women. 11 Mar. 2019, www.history.com/news/working-women-great-depression.
-Canada, Veterans Affairs. Women at War. 14 Feb. 2019, www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/historical-sheets/women.
-CBCnews. www.cbc.ca/archives/topic/on-every-front-canadian-women-in-the-second-world-war. -
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-Shapiro, Edward S. “World War 2 and American Jewish Identity .” JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1396050?seq=1. -
Bibliography
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Bibliography
-Huddleston, Amanda. “Canadian Women in WWII.” CANADIAN WOMEN IN WWII, Greenwood Military Aviation Museum, www.gmam.ca/canadian-women-in-wwii.html.
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-Ipperwash Crisis, The Canadian Encyclopedia, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ipperwash-crisis. -
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