• The Barr/Britannia Colony, Part I
    … by Daniel Meister, PhD Introduction: The Context of Colonialism “Let us take … That same year, Charles II granted a Royal Charter to the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), declaring them “the true and absolute Lords and … of Trafalgar. Baird must have appreciated the company for, when he died, he left Barr with an inheritance. He also instilled in him “the …
  • Starting Points: Researching Canadian Immigration and Ethnic History
    … post will give you an overview of the field and suggest some starting points to help get your research underway. Early Scholarship: … their own community halls, parishes, businesses and banks maintain a high rate of “institutional completeness.” Breton asserts that smaller … Commission on Biculturalism and Bilingualism, the introduction of the points system in 1967, and an official multiculturalism policy in 1971, …
  • Points of Departure: Indigenous military service, Trooper Jesse Moses, and Pier 21
    … History Departures During parts of its history, Pier 21 was as much a point of departure as it was a destination . As a member of the … Jesse’s wartime service on the occasion of Remembrance Week 2022. My point in so doing is to encourage readers to consider Indigenous … this sense to begin viewing Pier 21, at least symbolically, as much a point of departure for a discussion of Indigenous military service as …
  • The Action Test of 1920: Literacy and Selection in Canadian Immigration
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian For over a century, Canadian immigration authorities have used language proficiency as a point of consideration in deciding whether a migrant is admissible to … on similar attitudes in the United States . Historian Patricia Roy, in pointing out the transnational nature of the Asiatic Exclusion League …
  • Who Is Admissible? Immigrant Desirability and Immigration Acts since Confederation
    … [1] Two years later in 1869, Canada passed its first Immigration Act. Compared with later immigration legislation, the 1869 act set few … Policy Officially known as Order-in-Council P.C. 1967-1616 , the “points system” implemented new standards for the evaluation of … Canada / C-009798 Government of Canada (hereafter GOC), Justice Laws Website, “VI. Distribution of Legislative Powers,” accessed 23 April …
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  • The Colour Bar at the Canadian Border: Black American Farmers
    … difficult. For example, British subjects from India or the West Indies could claim privileged legal status in Canada, despite being … twentieth century. Settlers from Oklahoma arriving in Canada in 1911 complained of disenfranchisement, theft of property, and refusal of … included remarkable efforts to discourage Black Americans at their points of origin, even before they undertook a journey to the border. …
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  • General WC Langfitt
    … be sure to include the ship name and accession number (i.e. DI2012.1.1). … General WC Langfitt …
  • “The existing Immigration regulations will not offer any solution”: MS St. Louis in Canadian Context
    … anti-Semitism . Despite some successful cooperation between community organizations and immigration authorities to admit and settle … journey, money, and passport requirements. Historian Gerald Tulchinsky points out the barrier any single one of these measures might present … of the passengers were murdered in the Holocaust; one passenger also died in later German air attacks on Britain. [58] Historian Adara …