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Workers during the great depression
Many Canadians became homeless, hungry, poor, and desperate after World War II had ended. This time period is know as the great depression, and a lot of economists debate that it was the 1929 wall street stock market crash. Many people in Canada suffered and were unemployed, homeless and choosing crime and relief camps from the government. This didn't only affect Canada, it affected the whole world. Trade wars broke out, and this was thought to be another reason why Hitler came to power. -
Women during the great depression
The Great Depression had many negative affects on the population, including women. Instead of women making more steps to fully entering the work force, many of them were fired and laid off. During the war, women were needed to fill the roles of men, and were doing it for less. these were major steps to bringing women into the work force, and by the end of the war in 1945 around 33.2% of all women were employed. -
Visible Minoritys: Indigiones
in 1939 Canada found its self in a war for the second time in a generation. They had great enthusiasm for joining the war with 730,000 people in total. One group that showed enthusiasm was the Indigenous, they lined up in the thousands to fight, most of them were conscripted. Even the women played their part, serving as first aid and medics. The Indigenous at home still showed support by helping supply scrap metal and other resources. Sadly through their help, they are not remembered for the war -
Workers WWII employment
On September 10, 1939 England declared war on Germany, and Canada being part of the United Kingdom they were included. Canada had a lot of enthusiasm for fighting for king and country. Canada was a major player in the battle for the Atlantic, and the air war over Germany. We also played a big part at home, with women and farmers working overtime to help the boys in Europe. However the greatest thing we did was liberate the Netherlands. More than 43,000 Canadian lives were lost over the war. -
Japanese Canadians durring WWII
During the second world war, Japan was one of Canada's enemy. After the Pearl Harbor attacks and invasion of Hong Kong, Canada was furious with Japan, and took out their anger on Japanese Canadians. First the Canadian government impounded 1,200 Japanese owned fishing boats. On February 24, 1942 William Loyd Mackenzie King Ordered to remove mostly Japanese people and put them in camps. On March 16, the first Japanese Canadians were detained in a camp in Vancouver. -
Women in the work force
As the men went out to fight in World War 2, they needed materials and armory, but there was nobody to make those tanks. So in 1942 Ottawa registered women born in 1918 to 1922 to work in factories. 439,000 women were in service sectors for the economy, 261,000 in munitions industries, 37,000 in manufacturing, and they were doing jobs that men would be doing but for less. This was a huge step in making women equal, and was a good representation of what women can do.