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Women- The Great Depression
During the great depression, women in Canada faced sexist discrimination and were discouraged from working to allow men to have more jobs. Many women also had frequent run-ins with Domestic violence. Husbands would take their anger out on their wives and children because of how difficult it was to secure employment during this time. -
Farmers- The Great Depression
from 1929-1939, farmers' land on the prairies was suffering due to the lack of rain and high temperatures that had caused a decade-long drought. Plagues of grasshoppers and over-farming had made the land inhospitable to crops which led to 250,000 farmers abandon their farms and become unemployed. -
Farmers- The Great Depression (Cont'd)
This was a similarity to the situation farmers had experienced during WWI because in WWI farmers and the government were encouraging citizens to ration their food because of little supply and many mouths to feed. the difference was that even though farmers were still greatly needed, their land had been destroyed by various elements and had caused a disease of unemployment. -
Women- The Great Depression (Cont'd)
During WWI women were left at home alone with their children, most women were independent and were making large efforts to contribute somehow on the homefront ( whether that be helping with manufacturing or other jobs to support their families), this had changed because now that more people needed jobs, women were again put under the radar, and had now been more likely to be victims of domestic violence from their husbands who were financially struggling. -
Minorities- German-Canadians
During WWII, German-Canadians (along with other minorities in Canada) faced a lot of criticism and prejudice from Canadians and the government. In 1942, the Alberta government made it quite difficult for German-Canadians to buy property until the war ended and placed many restrictions on German-Canadians so that they would have trouble living comfortably in Canada. -
Minorities- German-Canadians (Cont'd)
This was a continued behaviour from WWI, the discrimination and grouping of German(/European)-Canadians and the government making survival in Canada difficult. for example, during the first world war, German-Canadians was given the nickname "Enemy Aliens", and were fired from their jobs and shunned in their neighbourhoods. -
Women-WWII
Canadian women were first allowed to work alongside the military in 1941, as nurses, and then eventually, about 50,000 Canadian women enlisted in the air force, army, and navy. The government and the Allies needed women to pitch in and support the war effort from home, working jobs, and also in the military. -
Women- WWII (Cont'd)
this was a change in the female community because, from the last war, women's efforts were more overlooked and Females were prohibited to join the army and were mainly allowed to help with the manufacturing of weapons, but now women were allowed to contribute frontline, in more predominately male positions judging from WWI. This revolution was a step in the right direction for the strive for gender equality. -
Minorities- Japanese-Canadians (Cont'd)
the Japanese-Canadians experienced a constant in their treatment from Canadians, especially in BC because of the events that took place in Pearl Harbour. This led to the government ordering all Japanese to evacuate the Pacific coast area. In 1947 the deporting stopped and in 1949 they were allowed to return. -
Minorities- Japanese-Canadians
before WWII Japanese-Canadians were not allowed to vote, join the military, or Identify as Canadians. During WWII Japanese-Canadians were heavily discriminated against, mainly because of the attack on Pearl Harbour. Japenese-Canadians were sent to Internment camps where they were imprisoned. In 1945, after the war, the government started deporting Japanese-Canadians back to Japan. -
Farmers- WWII
WWII had caused an increase in crop productions because the dustbowl drought had finished and western farmers had depended on their businesses and crops to make money, so this allowed for more jobs (farmers and farmhands)and a rise in the economy in the western provinces. -
Farmers- WWII (Cont'd)
This was a large change, mainly for all the men who did not have a job during the great depression. an increase in production this large had not happened before especially since it had lagged so much in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
