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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Canadian Heritage German Across Three Generations: A Diary-based Study of Language Shift in Action
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The author examines the diaries from three generations of a German-Canadian family written between 1867 and 1909, covering the second to fourth generation after immigration. The paper analyzes ...Year of publication: 2019Historical Period: 1867-1909Export options:Changes in cultural symbols for Ontario Mennonite women of the Swiss tradition during the 1950s and 60s: stories we need to hear
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Personal observations and experiences of the changing role of Mennonite women. A farm accident necessitated the reversal of traditional roles in the Bergey family, leaving the author in charge of the ...Keywords: MennonitesCustoms and traditionsBiographiesWorld War IIWomenOccupationsMennonite Central CommitteeKitchener Farmers' MarketCutting Room KitchenerGalt MarketYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1935-1990Export options:Eating like a Mennonite
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:[Marlene Epp] began her third lecture, "Eating across borders: Mennonite missions and migrations," by showing several photos of "food fusion," restaurants and grocery stores in southern Ontario ...
Keywords: MennonitesMennonite cookingFoodYear of publication: 2014Export options:Liberté de religion et éducation: les procès des mennonites canadiens au 20e siècle
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Cette étude, qui explore l’articulation juridique entre la liberté de religion et l’éducation dans les communautés mennonites canadiennes au cours du 20e siècle, a pour objectif de montrer que les ...
Keywords: EducationMennonites20th centuryResearchReligionFreedom of religionLaws, regulations and rulesYear of publication: 2019Export options:More Ontario name changes
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: OntarioPlace namesGerman namesYear of publication: 2015Export options:Ontario Plain People's youth: 1969 and 2018
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Draper reflects on the changes in fashion and teaching among the youth of the 'plain people' Markum-Waterloo Mennonite community in which she grew up. She recalls the wedding of his brother in ...
Year of publication: 2019Historical Period: 1969-2018Export options:Pastoral transition in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Staff changes Renate Dau Klaassen began as associate pastor of German worship at Niagara United Mennonite Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Oct 1, 2017.
Year of publication: 2018Export options:The Pure Church Movement
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:The “Pure Church Movement” is introduced as a plain Anabaptist revival that unfolded in American, Canadian, and Latin American Swiss Mennonite, Russian Mennonite, and Amish churches over the ...
Year of publication: 2018Export options:When names become politically incorrect
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many place names in Canada were changed after Canadians fought wars against countries from which those names originated or when foreign heroes were subsequently deemed monstrous. Of the approximately ...Year of publication: 1993Export options: