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… a decade of military reform, and in particular the growing threat of compulsory military service. [3] In that environment, it is … agreement of the Canadian federal government to accept the Mennonite community according to these provisions, but it also was a signal of … registration, an apparent avoidance tactic. After the First World War, communal pacifist religious groups such as Mennonites were targeted by …
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… refugee claimants had the possibility of appealing a negative outcome to their refugee claims. However, Canada’s refugee determination … system . As part of the re-evaluation process, the federal government commissioned three successive reports concluding that Canada’s refugee … refugee based on the advice received from the Refugee Status Advisory Committee (RSAC) which had been created with the implementation of the …
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… research. I use “queer” occasionally as shorthand for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, very advisedly: I am reminded that many of my friends would … Fortier entitled “A Review of Immigration from the British West Indies.” The memo states that “it has long been the policy of this … trigger ostracization, and end a career . In 1964, a civil servant died of a heart attack during RCMP interrogation about his sexuality, …
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… slaves were brought to the French stronghold at Île Royale in present day Cape Breton, while additional numbers of slaves arrived between … shut down in 1816 after a significant decrease in Black migration. Today it is the site of the Armdale Yacht Club. 1815-1816 – Refugees …