https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva en-us 2022-11-01 19:52:01 UTC 2022-11-07 07:11:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1ee-1f1f9.png zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2365543596 Since Italian unification began, the Italian government often neglected Southern Italy, the origin of most Italian Canadians. For instance, most Southern Italians were peasants, illiterate, uneducated, with low life expectancy, and living under mafia influence. ]]> 2022-11-01 19:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2365543596 zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2365614439 Southern Italy is in a subordinate geographic location for trade. First, Southern Italy is relatively distant from other European countries, restricting trade. Second, topography and underdevelopment historically meant most people were dependent on agriculture occupations.]]> 2022-11-01 20:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2365614439 zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2365624453 As Southern Italy became more dilapidated, it further diminished the probability of investment from Northerners, magnified the harms of the preceding push factors, and made Northerners view Southerners as leeches of their wealth. Therefore Southern Italy's economy became more derelict, and so on.]]> 2022-11-01 21:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2365624453 garidbold1_1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2365654877 Over 75% of Italian immigrants to Canada have been from the South. Because of how far the South has lagged behind the North, many see Canada as a land of opportunity, where many can live lives they could never imagine. 

And what forces many to leave is overpopulation, lower industrialization, smaller opportunities, cheap cost of ocean travel, an existing family who can sponsor them, and a lack of interest in developing the South from the echelons of Rome.]]> 2022-11-01 21:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2365654877 zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2369240198 World War II wreaked havoc on Italy. For a specific instance, Axis Powers set up numerous military bases in Southern Italy because of its geographic centrality in the Mediterranean. Consequently, the Allies made the region a primary target, bombing the area repeatedly.]]> 2022-11-03 23:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2369240198 zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2369252686 Countless Italian Canadians became unjust victims of discrimination and prejudice during World War II. This is because Italy was against Canada in World War II, being members of the Axis and Allied Powers, respectively. Some Italian Canadians were also Mussolini sympathisers, but even those that were not were harmed. Italian Canadians had businesses vandalised, jobs lost, and civil liberties suspended due to the War Measures Act. Further, many Italian Canadians anglicised their name, erasing their heritage, to evade this oppression.]]> 2022-11-03 23:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2369252686 zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2369266434 Hundreds of Italians were interned in camps or obliged to report to local registrars monthly in Canada during World War II. The War Measures Act and Defense of Canada Regulations permitted this atrocity, which authorised the government to disregard civil liberties with ambiguous restrictions if deemed necessary to maintain security.]]> 2022-11-04 00:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2369266434 zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2369284672 Due to a post-World War II economic expansion, demand for labour workers increased in Canada. Simultaneously, Southern Italy, ravaged by World War II, had a surplus of labour workers yearning for a new home. Therefore, the Canadian Government and private firms like the Welch Construction Company eagerly welcomed Italian workers postwar.]]> 2022-11-04 00:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2369284672 zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2369327005 The foundation of Italian-Canadian ethnic enclaves mitigated immigration-correlated risks. A non-exhaustive list of the benefits Little Italy neighbourhoods had to Italian-Canadians includes less isolation from heritage, the ability to operate businesses that sell traditional Italian goods, and less discrimination.]]> 2022-11-04 00:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2369327005 zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2370738341 Benito Mussolini wanted authority over Southern Italy. Hence, he appointed Cesare Mori as a Prefect in Palermo to re-establish state trust in Southern Italy, specifically Sicily. This entailed eradicating the Sicilian Mafia, and efforts to do so prompted tremendous political instability in the region.]]> 2022-11-04 23:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2370738341 zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2370749504 Italy's various city-states may have unified in the Risorgimento movement, but its people did not. Numerous Italian people objected to collaborating with civilisations that had been solely detrimental to their security and prosperity. As well, insurrections that transpired in the unification process furthered this animosity.]]> 2022-11-05 00:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2370749504 zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2370803525 The agriculture industry that Southern Italy's economy depended on was defiled by a series of natural disasters, including volcanic eruptions of Mount Vesuvius and Mount Etna, an earthquake, and a subsequent tidal wave responsible for deaths and destroyed land.]]> 2022-11-05 02:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2370803525 zacharyweinberg1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2370806460 First, cholera and malaria outbreaks engendered death and a largely incapacitated workforce. Second, Southern Italy's crops were afflicted with drought and an unknown parasite that killed grapevines. These occurrences strained agriculture, the primary source of income in Southern Italy.]]> 2022-11-05 02:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2370806460 garidbold1_1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2371400217 Throughout Italian history, the North has always been more developed; the magnanimous cities of Florence, Rome, Ravenna, Urbino, Genoa, Venice, and many more. The cities of the North became centres of trade and the foundations for the Renaissance. 

Meanwhile, the South continued to suffer and struggle behind. And many today see the South as leeches of the North's achievements, with a few calling for a separate Northern Italian state. This shows how many from the North dehumanized the people of the South and ensured that political power remained in the hands of Rome.]]> 2022-11-06 01:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2371400217 garidbold1_1 https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2371401643 Many Italians had already moved from Italy to Canada or the United States. And many of those people had established their careers and lives in their new homes and would be able to sponsor their spouses or children to travel abroad. And this, in turn, would create a snowball effect, and entice more people to move. 

With all of these Italian moving, there would be small communities; known as Little Italies, which would provide a place for a sense of community and familiarity for many who had to travel across an ocean. These familial connections and kin groups would later prove useful in helping many Italians weather The Great Depression, ensuring the future of Little Italys across Canada.]]> 2022-11-06 01:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyweinberg1/z46zjmlc5fo3rnva/wish/2371401643