Immigration in 1890-1914. “In what ways is the life of a new immigrant to Canada today different...
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- Immigration in 1890-1914
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- In what ways is the life of a new immigrant to Canada today
different from that of an immigrant around 1900? In what ways is it
similar?
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- Population Growth 1861-1911
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- Population Growth 1901-1911 In 1911, Canada had a population
of: 7 206 642 Of these, 1 681 041 were immigrants coming in a span
of 10 years.
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- Where and How Many?
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- Clifford Sifton Minister of the Interior from 1896 to 1905
Responsible for finding new immigrants to fill the West. Believed
in Europeans as the best settlers because of familiar landscapes at
home
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- Clifford Sifton Many Canadians not happy about Cliftons Open
door policy. Only wanted new English speaking immigrants In 1910,
immigration tightened up who they allowed in The following peoples
were often rejected: Chinese Italian American Jews Greek
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- Sifton: Heres a fine lot of immigrants that I got for
practically nothing. Miss Canada: My God! How much will it cost me
to send them back?
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- Challenges for New Comers Disliked by English Canadians Were
not given the land and promises they were told Homes and Working
conditions were terrible
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- Head Tax Laws were passed to keep Chinese out of Canada In
1903, it cost $500 dollars for one Chinese immigrant to enter
Canada No other nationality faced this tax. Why??
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- Thunder Bay Ontario Thunder Bay is home to the largest
population of Finnish descendants per capita, outside of Finland.
Also have a strong Ukrainian Population Why Thunder Bay?
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- Becoming a Canadian Citizen Today
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/beco me.asp
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/beco me.asp
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- Education and Child Labour
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- Elementary and Child Labour Law In 1871, Ontario Made it
mandatory for children aged 7-12 to get at least an elementary
education In 1908, this was followed by the Child Labour Law which
prohibited children under 12 from working in stores and children
under 14 from factories.
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- The Manitoba School Question
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwIfDJjYk d8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwIfDJjYk d8
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- Working Conditions early 1900s Scenario: All companies,
organizations, and businesses in todays world provide goods or
services of some kind to society. In return, they are compensated
and this is how everyone makes money. Problem: Almost all of these
companies face themselves with this goal to run their companies:
How do we run our business and produce goods and/or services to the
public in the most cost efficient manner to save money?
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- As a table group, take 3 minutes and 45 seconds to discuss
strategies to this problem given the new role of as a CEO or your
company/business.
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- Pros and Cons of your Plan? ProsCons
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- Workers Demand Change
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- The Need for Change Unions The Formation of Unions Organization
of workers who join together to improve working conditions. The
Winnipeg General Strike The Factory Act of 1884