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Minorities in WWII Canada. Women and the War Effort War Brides Japanese Internment Enemy Aliens. Women in the War Effort. Women went back to Work! Worked in war industry roles that were traditionally masculine Welders, drillers, machine operators Women in high demand! - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Minorities in WWII CanadaWomen and the War EffortWar BridesJapanese InternmentEnemy Aliens
Women in the War Effort• Women went back to
Work!- Worked in war industry
roles that were traditionally masculine
- Welders, drillers, machine operators
Women in high demand!- Some companies built
dormitories close to factories
Employment Programs for Women• National Selective
Service Program - registered women for work in
factories and established daycare centers
- Ontario and Quebec
• Canadian Women’s Army Corps
- served as clerks, drivers, and nurses
By 1945 almost 1/3 of women employed in the War Effort
Rosie the Riveter/ Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl
Enemy Aliens•Nationals living in
a country that is at war with their homeland
•The government considered them a security risk
Japanese Canadians•1941 Pearl
Harbour attacks and the Invasion of Hong Kong increased anti-Japanese sentiment in Canada
- 22 000 Japanese Canadians living in BC
Japanese Internment Camps• 1942 the War
Measures Act invoked• All Japanese
Canadians “invited” to move to the Okanogan Valley
- Settled in “temporary” relocation centers
- Soon forced to leave the coast
- Separated families- Forced to stay until the
end of the war
David SuzukiInterned with his mother when he was 6
Father forced to work in labour camp
It gets Worse!•1943 federal officials called Custodians of
Enemy Property, were given the power to confiscate and sell Japanese Canadian’s property
- People lost everything
•1945 the federal government gave a choice
- Move to war torn Japan or Move to the Rocky Mountains
- Supreme Court upheld the government - Over 2000 Japanese Canadians deported
Scar of the Great White North•1947 the
government cancels the policy
•1988 Apology to Japanese Canadians
- $21 000 each in compensation
- Restore Canadian citizenship for deported