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Nellie McClung talks about how WWI affected women and how they aren’t allowed to give their say on it aka vote, I think that this is a decline for this time because women don’t have the right to vote. -
Francis Pegahmagabow was an excellent sniper and soldier fighting for Canada; however, he was only respected when he was in uniform since he was an Indigenous man. I believe this is a heavy decline because Indigenous people weren’t considered Canadian citizens back then. -
Jeremiah Jones was one of the lucky few black men who were allowed to fight in the war. Racism towards black people was very strong at the time which is why I see this as a decline. -
A lot of white women were hired to work in factories since most of the men had gone away to war. They were given better pay due to this. However, this was only a success for white women, black women did not gain anything from the men leaving for war. I still think this is considered progress, even if it’s small and flawed because women were seen with more respect. -
Women who were related to soldiers were allowed to vote in the election. I see this as small progress because some women were given the right to vote, even if it was only a select few. -
Once the war had ended and the remaining Canadian soldiers returned home the unemployment rates skyrocketed. Because of this and the war, working Austro-Hungarians or Germans in Canada were discriminated against and forced out of work since they were considered “enemy aliens”.
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A significant number of soldiers returned home with disabilities such as a missing arm or leg. Around 50,000 returning soldiers also ended up catching the Spanish Flu and dying, which orphaned many children and broke a lot of families. -
Around 1919, Prime Minister Robert Borden represented Canada as a separate nation from Britain, which started Canada’s journey to becoming an independent nation! -
In 1926, Chuck Lee had to leave Canada to get married marry, and when it came time to return home his new wife was not allowed into Canada because of immigration laws. Chuck Lee also faced racial discrimination when looking for a job, businesses would not hire him since he was Chinese. -
The 1920s brought lots of new technology and advancements for housewives, such as radios, fridges, and sewing machines! However, since the work was made easier housewives were expected to do more of it.
