Finish Juno Clip
 Review of WWII until this point
 War Measures Act and Internment
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Oct. 13th
1.
War Measures Act (against enemies)
a.
b.
c.
2.
Military Voters Act
a)
3.
Internment
Censorship
Register with police
Armed forces men and women can vote,
conscientious objectors can not.
Wartime Elections Act
a)
Women/Mothers/Widows etc. of servicemen
can vote
Review WWI
War Measures
Act
First World War
Second World
War
Date
Aug. 22, 1914
Sept. 3, 1939
Key Points
• Full Support of Parl. • Same +
• “Enemies” register
Revoking
with police/curfew.
Citizenship.
• Banned publications
in “enemy
languages”
• Internment camps.
Germans, AustroGerman, Japanese,
Hungarians (Ukranian) Italian, Jewish
(enemy country),
Mennonites (CO),
Women
Groups
Targeted
Note side summaries
Section 3 “war, invasion, insurrection
– real or apprehended”
Section 6
Section 13

War Measures Act- Full Text
Read top of p.68
(two quotes).
Do you agree or disagree
with internment? Write
your answer on a piece of
loose-leaf.
1942, 22 000 Japanese Canadians displaced
 Camps in B.C. or labour camps in prairies
 One suitcase per person – everything else seized
and sold by government.
 Profits paid for camps.
 Fear of North American invasion.
 Pre-existing discrimination against Canadians of
Asian descent.
American – Japanese internment

Internment
•
•
•
•
“Uninsulated shacks” – no water/electricity.
Abuse
Separation of families.
“Concentration camp in Ontario” with uniforms
(p.67)
• End of war -4000 Japanese Canadians are deported.
• Apology from PM Mulroney in 1988 - $21 000 to each
surviving victim.
Internment
Has your position on internment
camps changed?
Think again.
American-Japanese
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUTnBKd
HDWU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC1H1yZ
H-lU
Oct. 14th
In the Military
Home front
45 000 enlisted
No direct combat
1 million workers in
manufacturing:
shipyards, airplane
factories
Secretaries, nurses, cooks,
drivers
Parachute riggers,
mechanics, wireless
operators, photographers
Paid less than men
Mona Parsons – Local Hero
Earned double than women
in traditional jobs
Paid less than men
Post =war – return to the
household, reduction in
incentives (child care
facilities and tax breaks).
Women – read pg.65

African-Canadians (not segregated) –
integrated and active. Discrimination
persisted.

French Canadians- more than WWI
(Why?). Made up 19% of Canadian
Military
African Canadians and
French Canadians
Indian Act 1876 – Not Canadian Citizens
(Wards of the State)
 Permission of Dept. of Indian Affairs
 Give up status as registered “Indian”
 3000 Aboriginal soldiers fought in active
combat

Aboriginal Peoples in
Canada
1.
2.
3.
Read Handout
Give three ways that Canadian
Youth contributed to the war
effort.
Do you support or condemn
those who lied about their age to
enlist? Why or why not?
Comics
Young Canadians
Sorting Activity
Pre-War marriages
 War Brides
 Post-War Economic Stability and
Prosperity
 Largest birth rate in Canadian history

Baby Boomers
PM King promised no conscription
 National Resources Mobilization Act (single men
over 18, served on homefront)
 NRMA nicknamed “zombies”
 1942 public referendum – release PM King from
promise

French Canadians 73% No
 English Canadians 80% Yes

Conscription introduced in 1944. Protests in Montreal.
13 000 sent overseas – 2500 reached battlefields.
Conscription
Research a Canadian involved directly in
the war effort.
 Choose from the list provided or research
one of your own.
 Find + list sources for:

date of birth
 photo
 hometown or home province
 contribution to the war
 post-war life (or death)

Assignment – Due Monday
Note: If you can’t find a
section, that’s fine. If you
want to print a photo, email it to me before Friday!
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Liberation of the Netherlands
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http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/history/highlanders/193945/scheldtbattle.gif
Tulip festival and Princess
Julianna

http://www.warmus
eum.ca/cwm/exhibiti
ons/newspapers/ope
rations/netherlands_
e.shtml

Read description
and Open Letter

Canadian army
moved into
Germany, Feb. 8,
1945

May 8th, 1945 (VE
Day)
End of War
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