https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc Photo Essay Assignment Sara-Mae Goertzen CHC2D April 16 en-us 2018-04-16 14:34:30 UTC 2024-05-26 12:58:56 UTC hello@padlet.com saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252169863 2018-04-16 14:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252169863 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252175649 This image shows Boys in the Assembly Hall of the Alberni Indian Residential School. Kids were forced out of their homes and put in residential schools mainly to "kill the Indian in the child". This shows the prejudice attitudes at the time. ]]> 2018-04-16 14:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252175649 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252178679 Under prohibition you could still drink alcoholic beverage you just couldn't buy or sell it anymore. This poster emphasizes that people should get as much alcohol as possible before its illegal to buy. Prohibition was a big issue because the government was hoping to lower the chances of people getting injured from being drunk and also child/wife abuse. However, after prohibition, things got out of hand. For example, ordinary people were becoming criminals which didn't end well.]]> 2018-04-16 14:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252178679 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252568348 This is an article from Farm and Ranch Review about the persons case in 1929. This was a famous Canadian constitutional case that decided that women were eligible to sit in the Canadian Senate. This was a significant moment in the history of women's rights because it was an important movement for the rights of women.]]> 2018-04-17 13:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252568348 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252572517 There was lots of immigration in Canada during this time but there were many laws in place. The immigration act banned entry to people coming from countries that had fought against Canada during the war and people who had "unwanted qualities". Also, Chinese-Canadians were forced to pay a head-tax in order to enter Canada. This ultimately reveals the discriminatory and racist policies that Canada had.]]> 2018-04-17 13:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252572517 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252574391 The Winnipeg General Strike was one of the most famous and influential strikes in Canadian history. Here in this image, people are demanding for higher wages. This lead to "Bloody Saturday" which ended up with two people killed. This showed the passion these people had for increase in pay even though it got very out of hand. ]]> 2018-04-17 13:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252574391 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252585519 African Americans were discriminated against mostly because of their colour. Many people felt threatened by them even though they weren't a threat at all. This poster shows the racism towards these people because it emphasizes that black men were not wanted.]]> 2018-04-17 14:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252585519 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252590142 This appeared to be an innocent truckload of lumber but it turned out to be a bootlegger's vehicle filled with alcohol. This was an issue because after prohibition was enforced, alcohol was no longer legal. It was illegal to make, distribute, or sell alcohol yet so many people did it anyways. ]]> 2018-04-17 14:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252590142 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252604941 Here a flapper hides alcohol in her dress and hangs around the bar with all the man. Flappers were considered improper due to the way they dressed and acted. Flappers wanted to change societies view on women and by doing what the men were doing helped prove that they were just as capable as the men. Even though their actions were considered "inappropriate", their intentions were good.]]> 2018-04-17 14:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/252604941 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/253852744 2018-04-20 14:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/253852744 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/253854146 The worst drought in history hit the prairies in the 1930s. High winds stirred up the dry soil which caused huge dust storms that ruined farmland. Families had to leave their farms and move to the city to find jobs to keep the family stable. This was an issue because men had to leave the only thing they knew (farming) and start a new life not knowing what would happen.]]> 2018-04-20 14:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/253854146 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/253856847 The worldwide Great Depression was a social and economic shock. In this photo, we see many men lining up for "free...coffee and doughnuts for the unemployed". Due this horrible depression it left many people homeless and hungry. This shows the outcome of this; That men were in desperate need for food. This "free food" that many men received generously mostly came from church organizations to help support the men. Which shows how the government was not very supportive to the people in need.]]> 2018-04-20 14:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/253856847 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/253858360 During the Great Depression, the government of Canada organized of a system of unemployment relief camps. These single men were given room-and-board, but in exchange, did physically demanding labour. This was a big issue because what the man really needed was a stable job and place to stay but thats the opposite of what they got. These men were treated very poorly and ended up going to Ottawa to protest to the government about their situation. ]]> 2018-04-20 14:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/253858360 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/253859665 This is a photo of strikers from unemployment relief camps climbing on boxcars in British Columbia. the on-to Ottawa trek was a long journey where a thousand unemployed men protested the dismal conditions in federal relief camps. This shows the outcome of the mistreatment that the men went through in these camps. Enough that they were willing to protest to the government for better conditions.]]> 2018-04-20 14:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/253859665 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/254399621 There was a lot of racism towards African Americans during the great depression. There was a large racial segregation. This photo shows how there was segregation for everything. Washrooms, waiting rooms, trains, etc. This was a big issue because these people were very mistreated and it reveals the discrimination at the time.]]> 2018-04-23 14:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/254399621 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/254401123 WWII started towards the end of 1939. Canada entered the war a little after it started to help supplement the British Expeditionary Forces. This is a photo of the Royal Canadian Air Force. This was an important part for Canada because many Canadians were trained in camps for the airforce.]]> 2018-04-23 14:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/254401123 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/254407097 This is an image of a ship called the SS. St. Louis. it carried 937 Jewish refugees who were trying to escape the Nazis in Europe. When they arrived to Canada, hoping to be able to stay, Canada did not allow the ship to dock. This was because Canada was strongly opposed to Jewish immigrants and they felt they were a threat to national unity. This reveals Canadas racism at the time. ]]> 2018-04-23 14:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/254407097 saramaegtzn https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/254652910 This shows an image of women demanding for higher wages. Women were expected to be house wives and mothers. When they did get the opportunity to work they didn't get equal pay. This was an issue because it shows the attitudes towards women at the time.]]> 2018-04-24 01:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/saramaegtzn/xpzlg2v6lcc/wish/254652910