https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy What's sticking with you about this conflict's impacts on Canada's society and politics? en-us 2016-10-19 16:44:40 UTC 2025-12-11 14:43:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148036 - How loyal Canada was to its allies and how loyal Canadians were to Canada
- That Canada held Ukrainians and treated them very badly and took away their rights, and we as Canadians didn't even learn about that until now
- How African Americans weren't allowed to help in the war until later and just got to build weapons not actually fight
- How many people died for no point other than to stay in the exact same place they were staying
- How so much happened and so many people died because of some terrorists
- How little people knew about what soldiers had gone through and how no one knew how to handle/react to that
- How we learned so much from the war which helped us improve our country as a whole and improved how we fought the future wars]]> 2016-10-20 16:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148036 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148048 WWI was so immediate in it's effects on the world and also on the global population, and the literal numbers. So many soldiers died and this affected a lot of people because most of them had families or spouses at home. Even today, you can find people who lost an old relative in WWI. It also affects the minorites of canada, i.e. Ukranians, FN, Black people, were affected by the repercussions of the war, like racism, descrimination, and the effects of internment camps. it was one of the highest ranking military/civilian death toll of all time. (11 million military, 7 million civilian).]]> 2016-10-20 16:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148048 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148064 What is sticking with me is how the government basically dropped everything the second war broke out and Britain joined. The government then treated almost every minority poorly (maybe not women its your POV) and treated them as less or took their rights away because they were frazzled by the war. 
Other:
-women got to participate in society
-treated PoC and Ukrainians very poorly and took away their rights
-forced people to join if they didn't have enough recruits
- Aboriginal people were used as snipers

-Everyone blamed Germany in the end even though it started between Austria-Hungary and Serbia/ Russia]]> 2016-10-20 16:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148064 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148085 Something that sticks with me regarding World War I is the direct exclusion of Black Canadians until the last year of the war, where they still did not acquire many opportunities to help serve the country. In a situation where an abundance of manpower was needed, Canada still decided to stick to their racially unjust values (perhaps perpetuated by the film The Birth of a Nation) and prioritized these immoral beliefs before the victory of the war. Especially considering the resources exhausted for the promotion of victory bonds and military recruitment, they continued to reject patriotic Black Canadians who were willing to serve, although Canada could barely afford to do so. Another thing that remains prominent to me which occurred within the period of World War I is the internment of Ukrainian and German Canadians. The most surprising aspect concerned with the internment is Canada's decision to continue the slave-like operations even after the war ended, in favour of the economic benefits. To me, this event goes to show how little we valued the well-being of our own people. 
After reading and discussing the articles, I was intrigued by the excessive glorification of the war. World War I was undoubtedly a bloodbath. The millions of casualties were shocking to the people at the time, considering the fact that the war was portrayed as an adventure at the start. Even throughout the war, recruitment was possible through promotions such as "Free trip to Europe. Pay begins at once." With this mindset, many were likely not aware of the absolute brutality that they were to endure within the war. However, his information seems conflicting. If the government were to be honest regarding the conditions of the war, like Arthur Currie was, soldiers would undoubtedly not be motivated to participate.]]> 2016-10-20 16:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148085 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148096 What's sticking to me about World War 1 was how many countries and people were affected. Before learning about World War 1, I never thought about how the minority groups such as women, Ukrainian Canadians, German Canadians, French Canadians, First Nations and coloured people were affected in Canada. Its so interesting how different people got affected in different ways by the war, and some of them beneficially and some of them negatively. What really surprised me, was the extreme negative treatment towards some of minority groups. For example, the Ukrainians and German Canadians were put in internment camps and used as forced labourers. I never knew that Canada had internment camps and learning about this dark history was shocking. I also thought about what countries were affected as well, particularly Germany. Learning about the Treaty of Versailles and how Germany was mostly blamed for the war was alarming. It was even more surprising to learn that Germany recently finished paying off their debt from World War 1 in 2010. The idea that so many people's lives were changed because of this war really stuck with me.

Now reading the interview and some of the articles, the idea that so many people's lives were changed continued to have a heavy emphasis on me. Reading these articles, I now gain a sense of the aftermath of the war. Knowing that even after the war the times weren't ideal with the depression and World War 2 was really interesting. I thought that after the war, the conditions would be improved greatly and then I realized it was not and that was really interesting. ]]> 2016-10-20 16:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148096 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148158 - Some women got the right to vote.
- Lots of women took the work of the men
- The internment and conscription drove the country apart.
- Lot of emigrants who was in the intern camp suffered from the physical and psychological trauma for their whole life.
- Canada showed military strength as a independent country for the first time.
- Canadian people's patriotism increased.
- Weapon of mass destruction was used which leads to the development of nuclear weapon.
- Canada suffered huge loss of soldier during the war. 
- Minority groups has been treated differently.
- Canada's economic was in shambles after the war.
- Lots of thing that was promised to the soldier before going to the battle can not be  realized.
- Canada went into war for a political reason, however, they were apparently not prepared for the consequences.
- Canada spent decades to recover form the war, a war that they didn't necessarily have to participate at first.
- Some so called "hero" may not be as glorious as what people have described.]]> 2016-10-20 16:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148158 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148211 The thing that sticks with me most about WW1 is how aboriginal and black people didn't have the right to fight in every battle that most Canadian soldiers got to fight in. I would think that when a country is in a lot of danger and needs soldiers they would want everyone to fight, but that didn't happen. Aboriginal people were even volunteering but letters had to be sent in order to get the different groups to be able to participate in only some battles. Also something that stuck with me is how they used propaganda sometimes in order to shame the people who weren't fighting, and how they used conscription. Lastly something that also stuck with me is that we had internment camps in Canada were we had enemy aliens working really hard without get paying a lot of money. I wouldn't really think that that would be happening in Canada, because I've never heard of internment camps before. Also how they made the official language to be communicated in is English, and a lot of French-Canadians were upset because of this. Now, I'm most surprised that one of the "best soldiers the country produced" wasn't very liked by others such as his soldiers and coworkers because of his morals and his physical appearance, and the fact he stole a lot of money in order to pay off all his debts. I think those characteristics would be considered as not the best soldier, but he might've been the only option for Canadians because he knew what he wanted and he knew what his key values were.


]]> 2016-10-20 16:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148211 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148289 When I think of what we have learned about world war one in this unit, the concept that sticks the most with me is how the war began and ended. At the beginning of the unit we learned that the war's initial spark was the assassination of the Arch Duke and his wife. The other causes for this was can include M.A.I.N (M= militarism, A= Alliances, I= Imperialism, N= nationalism). This was quite interesting to me as an entire war is based off of the death of two people. The way the war ended also sticks with me. This is because, as we recently read about in the Treaty of Versailles, Germany got majority of the blame for the war when they were originally just an alli of Austria-Hungary. One last thing that sticks with me is how women were treated. They were only allowed to vote if they had family fighting overseas, and they often worked in awful conditions as nurses.

World war one was also one of the largest tragedies of the world. Thousands upon thousands were either killed our wounded. ]]> 2016-10-20 16:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148289 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148468 Some things that sticks with me about WW1 
- World War 1 ending with the Treaty of Versailles being signed by Germany 
- The inequality black people had to deal with just because of their colour and not being allowed to fight in the war 
- During the war, woman were in need to take over some of the jobs the men had to do in order to help out with the war, and how they were treated with more relevance to the world when lots of men were fighting. The participation of the women helping out also shows the amount of patriotism Canada had. 
- There are a lot of different personal views on people's experience or related experience to the war

]]> 2016-10-20 16:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148468 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148569 -The treatment of various minorities throughout world war one (Ukrainians, women, black soldiers etc.)
-How patriotic Canadians were to Canada and Britain
-The way the blame shifted completely to Germany after they surrendered
-The development of weapons and war tactics  throughout the war (gas, trenches etc.)
-The shift of attitude towards the war when people at home realized how traumatic it really was
-PTSD of young soldiers and survivors]]> 2016-10-20 16:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148569 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148823 Something that sticks with me about WW1 is how the aboriginal and black Canadians weren't allowed to fight in the battles if they were physically able to. Another thing that sticks with me is how this was the first opportunity for women to vote. 
What is now sticking with me about WW1 are the different perspectives from different people who played different roles in the war. I learned a lot about how Canada wanted to portray itself well and aswell how the soliders looked up to Arthur Currie who was described as a bad leader in which the soliders and people of high command coudn't connect to. ]]> 2016-10-20 16:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148823 ttian https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148866 What's sticking with you about this conflict's impacts on Canada's society and politics?
- "heroes" were made to bring people spirits
- the world map changes significantly after WWI. Lots of new countries were founded while there were fewer and fewer empires.  The USA became the superpower in the world.
- psychological factors also influenced the life in Canada. People lived in terror about the future. 
- loss of soldiers and decrease of population
- Women realized their abilities and rights. They started to fight for the equality.
- It took Canada a long time to take the Canadian soldiers back to Canada from France camp.
- Canadians felt proud of their own country. WWI gave Canada spirits as a country.
- The black got a chance to show their ability.
- The First Nation tried to get into part of the Canadian society.
- The French Canadians and British Canadians had lots of conflicts during the WWI and the country became more divided after WWI.
- Lots of soldiers died in WWI. It took some time for Canada to recover]]> 2016-10-20 16:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132148866 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132149054 What sticks with me about WW1:
- the first opportunity for women to vote
- how one action escalated overtime
- the difference in treatments between women, black soldiers, white men etc.
- how Germany was put to blame for the war once they surrendered
- the difference between the 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
- the map of the world and the borders of many countries changed after the war
- Arthur Currie, thought as one of the best soldiers stole a quarter of a million dollars and got away with it
- the annoyance from the soldiers that while they were fighting, farmers and other jobs were getting very good prices]]> 2016-10-20 16:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132149054 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132149213 Something that sticks with me about WW1 is all the different points of view (even from people fighting on the same sides) on if all the killing was 'just' or worth the outcomes. Also the unfair treatment of minorities such as blacks and how unfairly discriminated against they were.]]> 2016-10-20 16:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132149213 apounder https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132149847 Some things that are sticking with me are that more Canadians fought in WWI than WWII, that this might be a more important conflict for Canada. I wonder about how Canada's suffering in WWI affects its behaviour in WWII. I'm also struck by how pointless the war was militarily (i.e. trench warfare basically meant that offensives were extremely difficult and a ridiculous number of people were killed.) At home, I'm struck by the divisions it creates between those living in Canada: between the British-born and French Canadians. Between those from allied countries and those from 'enemy' countries. I wonder if it made divisions greater between Black Canadians/Aboriginal Canadians and 'white' Canadians or if their participation was a reflection of views that existed before WWI as well. Perhaps, even, these groups gained a measure of respect in the war, as women appeared to as well have gained respect (as evidenced by women winning the vote.)

After the discussion:
I read about Borden and it made me more sympathetic with his decision to impose conscription (which I have tended to see as a mistake considering its consequences.) His visiting the soldiers' hospitals in France makes me think he may have imposed conscription for good reasons.
Some of the figures also stuck with me about who enlisted: 2% of Francophones, just under 50% of the Canadian core were British born, but the officers were Canadian born.]]> 2016-10-20 16:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132149847 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132175906 - felt by the aftermath, war heroes
- by phycological effects
- Arthur currie]]> 2016-10-20 18:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132175906 https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132176049 Som things that stuck with me from the article and discussion was how the government used the propaganda to get people to enlist. They would describe the war as an overseas adventure for free and you would get paid. I think this tricked a lot of people into enlisting when they had every right not to but the government deceived them into a different reality. Also, it really stuck with me how Arthur Currie was portrayed as a war hero when he stole from the government for his own good. ]]> 2016-10-20 18:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/apounder/x37rgbrrt5qy/wish/132176049