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... as the Great Depression, leads to major changes in Canadian immigration policy. The number of accepted immigrants is reduced by 80%. ...
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... Education Centre (Toronto, ON) Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (Halifax, NS) USC Shoah Foundation (Los ... States Holocaust Memorial Museum Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Library and Archives Canada Peel's Prairie ...
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... Learn about the major events of the Holocaust , Canada's immigration policies, as well as key initiatives by Canadian organisations that ... July 4, 1952 Canadian Immigration Act ...
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... of Canada Investment Program to present the history of the immigration of Holocaust survivors to Canada. Visitors will learn about the history of the Holocaust and Canadian immigration between 1933 and 1955 using a map and timelines. Through oral ...
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... JIAS lobbied government and tried to influence Canadian immigration policy during the war. In Montreal, the Jewish Quarter had ... meeting with officials at Parliament to discuss refugee immigration issues, 1944. (Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives) ...
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... during the Great Depression. It also lobbied for Jewish immigration prior to and during the Holocaust . In Quebec, the Catholic ... ideologies. This contributed to the hardening of federal immigration policies towards Jewish refugees in the decade leading up to the ...
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... grew quickly over the next two decades. In 1921, the Jewish Immigration Aid Society (JIAS) opened an Ottawa office to help newcomers settle ... the Canadian government introduced a regulation under the Immigration Act, known as Order-in-Council PC 695, which limited immigration to ...
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... sponsored to come to Canada as a farmer in 1948. Canadian immigration officials interviewed the family before issuing their visas. ...
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... The Canadian Government introduces the most restrictive immigration policy in the history of the country. PC 695 limits immigration to American citizens and British subjects as well as to farmers who ...
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... the Canadian government began introducing restrictions on immigration, most especially against Jews who were seen as the least desirable ... introduced an Order-in-Council, a regulation under the Immigration Act… [01:25-01:45] Camera angle changes back to ...
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