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Women During the Great Depression Part 2
Women were being laid off faster than men as it was more important to the government to keep men working rather than women. -
Women During the Great Depression Continuity and Change
This was a large example of continuity because as troubles were faced, the rights of women were put under those of men as shown in the past, putting a halt to all the work women had done in the 1920s, and early 1930s. Although, there was a huge change later on when WW2 began and once again the Canadian economy boomed and even more jobs than in the first war opened, and women returned to work. -
Workers During the Great Depression
After the first world war, factories that had been open for wartime production had to be closed as they no longer had any use, causing thousands of Canadians to lose their jobs. Furthermore, Farmers in the prairies were hit with the biggest drought in centuries causing crops to fail year by year as well as a giant plague of grasshoppers that would destroy the crops. -
Workers During the Great Depression Part 2
Candians turned to the government for a solution. This is when the government of Canada came up with relief camps. These were camps in which unemployed men would go to work for very little money, a roof over their head, and warm food. During this time around 1 in 5 Canadians became dependent on relief for survival. -
Workers During the Great Depression Continuity and Change
This was a large change for Canadians, as when all the men left for the war, they left as everything was still mostly normal, and returned to little to no jobs available as well as an overwhelming amount of poverty. Although this change didn't last for very long, many Canadians became homeless and starving, and suffered for many long years. -
Women During the Great Depression
After World War 1 many women were laid off in their jobs as factory workers and other jobs that were considered to be for men, but later on women began to become reemployed at more clerical jobs. By the 1930s more women than ever before were working as well as attending universities and colleges, but the Great Depression essentially reversed this process as job opportunities ran dry and women were forced back into domestic work. -
Camp Ipperwash
Camp Ipperwash was a former military training camp that was wrongfully built on the Stoney Point Reserve which belonged to the Kettle and Stoney Point First Nation. After many requests for the land to be returned, as well as Stoney Point first nations occupying the camp to assert their ownership, the government said they would return the land in 1994. But the camp and all its equipment remained there for another year until frustrated Stoney Point First Nations forced their way into the camp. -
Camp Ipperwash Continuity and Change Part 2
The federal government was also blamed for this outcome as they wouldn't turn over the land in the first place. Huge changes occurred in the views of the government and the land was returned to the Stoney Point First Nations, as well as compensation, and a public apology from the federal government. This also created changes in education to educate on the history of indigenous people, and the creation of many committees and groups designated to land settlements, and indigenous peoples. -
Camp Ipperwash Part 2
This caused the Ipperwash Crisis on September 4, 1995 when protesters gathered at Camp Ipperwash and OPP responded, immediately things became heated. This protest went on for several days until a confrontation on September 6 resulted in the death of Ojibwa protester Dudley George. -
Camp Ipperwash Continuity and Change
After the death of Dudley George, there was no real investigation launched on the event at Camp Ipperwash. But, years later when Dalton McGuinty of the Liberal party came to power, he issued an investigation which revealed many problems with OPP officers having no regard for indigenous history, or they simply had racist views on the indigenous people. The OPP was criticized for their actions that day, as well as failing to educate their officers on the history of indigenous people. -
World War 2 Employment Part 2
Factories that had previously shut down due to lack of demand were reopened and repurposed to produce artillery and war vehicles, creating many job openings throughout Canada. The government then pushed Canada to increase production by up to 25% once again growing the economy. With all these new jobs opening up, many Canadians in the labor force were back to work and making a decent living wage. -
World War 2 Employment Continuity and Change
This was a huge change for Canadians, as many went from being cold, starving and sleeping on the streets to being able to afford housing and food on the table. After this, Canada was able to keep a steady growth in the economy and eventually many things began to return to normal after the war. -
World War 2 Employment
Before the second world war, the Great Depression was raging through Canada, leaving many people starving and homeless, but as the second war rolled along in 1939, demand overseas has increased as well as demands inside of Canada. Higher spending by the government in Canada as well as much needed demand overseas on the front lines gave Canada the boost in economy it needed to pull them out of the depression. -
World War 2 Women in the Workplace Part 2
Many women also rose to take on roles of high influence and power such as judges, lawyers and politicians. By march 1945, women were allowed to be employed in over 50 different trades, and a majority was assigned to office of kitchen duty. -
World War 2 Women in the Workplace Continuity and Change
This was a huge change for women because after momentum began to pick up in women's rights movements and women were finally allowed education and employment, the Great Depression rolled along, stripping them of their new jobs and sending them back to work domestically. But, new hope for women rises as the second world war comes around bringing and ending the Great Depression and giving women more employment opportunities than ever before. -
World War 2 Women in the Workplace Continuity and Change Part 2
This led to more women receiving high education, as well as women rising up to roles of great influence and power for the first time in Canadian History. -
Indigenous Contributions to World War 2
In the first world war, many indigenous people were not allowed into battle because of discrimination, but as the second world war came around, indigenous people volunteered for the war in the thousands and this time indigenous peoples were allowed to fight for their county. At least 3000 indigenous soldiers enlisted in the second war, and thousands more Métis, Inuit, and non-status indigenous peoples. -
Indigenous Contributions to World War 2 Part 2
Although, indigenous people were not allowed into the air force or the Navy as all volunteers must be of European descent and must be white. The indigenous people made many contributions to the national war effort, such as: communities running scrap metal drives, donating large sums to the cause, and working in war production industries. -
Indigenous Contributions to World War 2 Part 3
Although, some opposed the war effort as well as conscription, as they believed because indigenous people did not have the same citizen rights as white Canadians, that it was pointless to fight for those rights. In the end, indigenous people received national recognition for their support throughout the war. -
Indigenous Contributions to World War 2 Continuity and Change
This was a huge change for the indigenous people, because after making a strong impression with their support during the war, the indigenous people received national recognition at last and their voices began to be heard. From this time on, indigenous people have gained proper human rights under the Human Rights Act, which states that no matter the ethnicity or colour of your skin, each human has the same basic rights. Now, indigenous people live among white Canadians with equal rights. -
World War 2 Women in the Workplace
The breakout of ww2 caused the end of the Great Depression and by 1941 over 100,000 women were employed in addition to the women who had a job previously. Women contributed greatly to the war effort by joining armed forces, in the factories, and many voluntary organizations. Three armed forces services opened to women in the war as well as nursing sisters for the first time in Canadian history. More women than ever before were leaving the domestic domain and searching for jobs elsewhere. -
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