-
Billy Bishop and the War in the Air
“The life expectancy of a new pilot could be measured in weeks.” This quote shows how dangerous and risky air warfare is. They needed the smart people to fly hoping that it would decrease causalities and create the smallest amount possible. These planes were never expected to stay more than a few weeks and was not worth it to fly them. This was a huge decline in progress because it had created so many more causalities and was human change. (-2) -
Period: to
Francis Pegahmagabow and the First Nations Soldiers
“Overall, the cost of Ypres was high. In these 48 hours, 6 035 Canadians, one man in every three, became casualties of whom more than 2 000 died.” During this event there were far too many causalities to call this progress. In the time span of 3 days almost half of Peggy’s battalion had passed away from Germany’s attack that involved the using of poison gas. This event is human change. This time period is a decline because the soldiers risked their lives and had died. (-2) -
Leo Le Boutillier, Thomas-Louis Tremblay and French Canadian Soldiers
“On the first day of battle, July 1st. Of 801 men at the beginning of the battle, only 68 were not wounded or killed.” The soldiers were risking their own lives the second they began fighting in the war, which created so many casualties. The soldiers were very unprepared and did not know exactly what they were getting themselves into when they agreed to go overseas and fight. This event is human change. Therefore, this event also was a decline for the Canadians. (-1) -
Jeremiah Jones and the Black Canadian Soldiers
“However, many black soldiers still faced discrimination. W.H. Allan had stated, “Neither my men nor myself would care to sleep alongside them, or to eat with them, especially in warm weather.” Jeremiah Jones was a man who saved his unit from a gun nest. This is progress of social change. Black people were discriminated at this time, and because of his actions it was a small step in equality, which brought us to where our country is today. (+2) -
Women on the Homefront
“Many women gained some financial independence and sense of social worth through their WWI labour force participation.” Women worked in Canada during WWI and were forced to work bad hours and not getting paid close to what they deserve. The women were receiving a lot less than what the men were getting at the time and it wasn’t fair. The women gained some independence and could realize the unfairness in the amounts of hours and money compared to men. This is a social change. (-1) -
Conscription and the Home Front
"English Canadians with relatives in the forces reserved their deepest feelings of resentment for French Canadians, who felt we're not carrying their share of the burden.”
The French Canadians felt that the government had no right to include them in the war when they had no connection to it. Borden had promised that he would get many soldiers, and nobody wanted to volunteer for it after hearing about the casualties. This was a time of decline and political change. (-1) -
Enemy Aliens and the Home Front
“How sad it makes me to see the country being cleared of our fine Anglo-Saxon stock and the alien left to fatten on a war prosperity.” The men that came from Britan to be in the war overseas were noticed by other immigrants there. This started the discrimination of Germany. The “aliens” had taking away the votes from women after they had gotten the right. Our country has learned from that and now would not accept the discrimination. This was social change and a decline. (-1) -
Mae Belle Sampson, Katherine MacDonald and Nurses Overseas
"Their role in the military was quite limited. Still, about 1000 women signed on to drive ambulances and took on other jobs with the Red Cross.”
These nurses made huge contributions to the war. At the time, women were not able to enlist in the war. 1000 women decided to drive ambulances and other jobs to help and have a bigger role in the war. Without them many of the soldiers wouldn’t have survived. This was a time of human change and more progress for Canada. (+1) -
The Consequences of WWI on Workers in Canada
“I say unhesitatingly that every enemy alien who was interned during the war is today just as much an enemy as he was during the war and I demand of this Government that each and every alien in this dominion should be deported at the earliest opportunity. Cattle ships are good enough for them.”
The workers that were enemy aliens were not liked by many others, and the government thought that they should deport them. This was a time of decline and social change for Canada. (0) -
The Consequences of WWI for Returning Soldiers
“The returned soldier, or any other white man, must be given decent working conditions, as well as decent living conditions and a decent wage. If those conditions in any occupation at present are unfitted for a white man then they must be made fit."
Soldiers were returning from overseas and the war, they came back to find Canada in an economic issue. It was hard for them to find jobs, and couldn't make money. This was a time of economic change and decline for the country. (-2)