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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Pursuit of Utopia
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Reference from the Canadian Periodical Index.Year of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1948Export options:Residents' perceptions of Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest: An inductive analysis
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2004Export options:Re-thinking ethnic boundaries: the negotiation of German-Canadian ethnic identities in Ottawa, 1945-1975
Type: ThesisAbstract: Using "ethnic identity" and "community" as socially constructed elements of historical experience, this thesis looks at how these concepts evolved among German immigrants in post-World War II Ottawa ...Keywords: OttawaEthnic identityYear of publication: 1996Export options:Separate and peculiar
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the Old Order Mennonites in Woolwich Township. Homes, clothing, customs, religious services and family events are described with simple drawings and a short glossary.Keywords: Mennonites (Old Order)Customs and traditionsMarriageFood customsEthnic identityFuneralsWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1880-1980Export options:Separation or Integration? the Russian Mennonite Immigrant Community in Ontario, 1924-45
Type: ThesisAbstract: How do ethnic groups survive and maintain their identity when transplanted into an alien cultural environment? That question is one of the major issues in the study of ethnicity. Both historians and ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesAcculturationYear of publication: 1986Export options:Soviet Jewish Emigres in Toronto: Ethnic Self-Identity and Issues of Integration
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Traces some of the difficulties recent Soviet Jewish immigrants have encountered in relating to the established Jewish community in Toronto. The tensions between the new immigrants and the ...Keywords: TorontoJewsAcculturationYear of publication: 1984Export options:Sprachkontakt in Kanada: Ethnizität und Sprachverwendung unter Kanadadeutschen in Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ThesisYear of publication: 1999Export options:Statuten und Nebengesetze des Deutschen Unterstützungs-Vereins in Toronto, Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: Statutes and by-laws of the German Aid Association in Toronto, printed in Berlin by Rittinger and Motz. Page 15 in the copy owned by the Waterloo Historical Society has been removed.Keywords: GermansEthnic groupsEthnic identityIndustriesAssociations and clubsTorontoDer Deutsche Unterstützungs-VereinYear of publication: 1871Historical Period: 1870-1871Export options:Taking root : the origins of the Canadian Jewish community
Type: BookKeywords: JewsEthnic identityYear of publication: 1992Export options:Teaching Identity: German Language Instruction in Old Order Schools
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Examines patterns of language use in Old Order church communities, specifically the use of Pennsylvania German, English, and Amish High German (AHG) in Schwartzentruber Amish and Mennonite ...Year of publication: 2006Export options: