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To alleviate Canada's labour shortages, the government grants entry to skilled workers in displaced persons camps. The Canadian Jewish Congress and predominantly Jewish textile industry devise a plan known as the Tailor Project, claiming an...
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Despite the evidence of the enormity of the Holocaust , Canadian public opinion remained hostile towards Jews arriving from Europe's displaced persons (DP) camps. The doors began to open only when acute labour shortages forced Mackenzie King...
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By the end of the Second World War, Winnipeg's Jewish community was well-established in the city's North End, located north of the CPR railroad tracks. The neighbourhood's bakeries, delis, and markets catered to Jews, as well as other Eastern...
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Vancouver is home to Canada's third largest Jewish community. It traces its roots back to the 1870s when a series of gold rushes drew settlers to the new province of British Columbia. In 1948, the community of 5,500 people welcomed a group of...
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