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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
'If You Want Peace, Prepare for Peace': Hanna Newcombe, Peace Researcher and Peace Activist
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Portrays the dedication of peace activist Hanna Newcombe, a Jewish refugee from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Newcombe began her work in 1960 with the Voice of Women, helped to start a new chapter of ...Keywords: DundasPacifismNewcombe HannaJewsYear of publication: 1992Export options:In search of freedom: early blacks in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An analysis of black settlement with biographies of notable personalities such as the barber and politician Peter Edward Susand, teacher John Frederick Augustus Sykes Fayette, and Robert Sutherland ...Keywords: Black peopleTeachersEducationProperty rightsJubileesSchools PublicLawyersClergyPoliticiansElections MunicipalYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1834-1900Export options:Lichty - Lichti family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: GenealogyLeighty familyWaterlooYear of publication: 2013Export options: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:Louis Jacob Breithaupt
Type: ThesisYear of publication: 1992Export options:Martin family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: GenealogyMartin familyWaterlooYear 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:Monocultural Education in a Pluralist Environment: Ashkenazi Curricula in Toronto Jewish Educational Institutions
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Until the 1950's, the Toronto Jewish community was composed almost exclusively of Jews of European origin (Ashkenazim). Subsequently, many Jews from Asia and Africa (Sephardim) have emigrated to ...Keywords: TorontoReligious EducationJewsYear of publication: 1992Export options:Morand Dietrich (1618) and his descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A comprehensive genealogical account of a Catholic family from Alsace who settled in Waterloo County in the 1830s, particularly around the St Agatha area. A long introduction, family photographs and ...Keywords: Alsace-LorraineCatholicismSt AgathaGermansGenealogyBiographiesDietrich familyWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1838-1992Export 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: