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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Linguistic Ideology and State Power: German and English Education in Ontario, 1880-1912
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: This article analyzes the relationship between German and English in Ontario's educational system between 1880 and 1912. It examines textbooks, curriculum, and the linguistic ideology of the ...Keywords:Year of publication: 2013Export options:Mennonite memories of Pelee Island, Ontario, 1925–1950: Toward a framework for visual narrative inquiry
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Our research team documented the experiences of Russian Mennonite immigrants who settled on Pelee Island in the province of Ontario, Canada, between 1925 and 1950. We collected more than 200 ...
Keywords:Year of publication: 2013Historical Period: 1925-1950Export options:More than A, B, C: Old Colony Mennonites and the challenges of Ontario Public Education Policy
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:The Old Colony Mennonites' history of migration can be traced from their 1874 migration from Russia to Canada, which marked the beginning of their diaspora, followed in 1922 by a second exodus to ...
Keywords: EducationMennonites (Old Order)SchoolsYear of publication: 2013Export options:President's address: the Pennsylvania background of early Waterloo settlers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the material culture in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania, based on a survey of the "estates of representative families" such as Panabaker, Tyson, Weber, Levering, Keyser, Shuler, Johnson ...Keywords: Settlers PioneerCulture MaterialYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1701-1800Export options:The early Mennonite settlements in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of the reasons for Mennonite immigration to Ontario following the American Revolutionary War, with details about the Waterloo settlement including family names of early settlers, the ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansGenealogyWar 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryUpper CanadaWaterloo CountyPioneers' Memorial Tower DoonBlairZurichMarkhamYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1795-1828Export options:The trek of the Pennsylvanians to Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed description of the route taken by migrants from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County. The travellers, mostly Mennonite, came from the counties of Lancaster, Cumberland, York, Berks, Franklin, ...Keywords: Migration processMennonitesYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1805Export options: