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Book Dutch Roots   Proud Canadians

Download or read book Dutch Roots Proud Canadians written by Betty Thomson and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-23 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After WWII Canada received an influx of Dutch immigrants. Some settled in the eastern regions of Nova Scotia. There were many reasons why the Dutch left their land of birth in search of new opportunities. The trip across the turbulent Atlantic, often in converted troop ships, was for many a most memorable experience. The Dutch immigrants faced many challenges: new language, different cultures, the feeling of isolation and the harsh winters. With determination and hard work, they succeeded in becoming an integral part of the communities in which they settled. "wat hebben zij toch veel meegemaakt" Dutch Roots - Proud Canadians was written by Dutch-born children of immigrants who were able to identify with many of the experiences. The authors are passionate about having the immigration story recorded for future generations.

Book The Netherlandic Presence in Ontario

Download or read book The Netherlandic Presence in Ontario written by Frans J. Schryer and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schryer’s central argument is that ethnic groups are as much modern “myths” as they are integral components of a socially constructed reality. Focusing on the large cohort of immigrants from the Netherlands and the former Dutch East Indies who arrived in Canada between 1947 and 1960, Schryer shows how the Dutch, despite a loss of ethnic identity and a high level of linguistic assimilation, replicated many aspects of their homeland. While illustrating and illuminating the diversity among immigrants sharing a common national origin, Schryer keeps sight of what is common among them. In doing so, he shows how deeply ingrained habits were modified in a Canadian context, resulting in both continuities and discontinuities. The result is a variegated image reflecting a multidimensional reality.

Book The Last Illusion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Herman Ganzevoort
  • Publisher : University of Calgary Press
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 1552380130
  • Pages : 241 pages

Download or read book The Last Illusion written by Herman Ganzevoort and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until now, information about Dutch immigration to Canada has been scarce as much was lost during the German occupation of Holland during World War II. However, Herman Ganzevoort was able to unearth and translate rare letters and articles written by Dutch immigrants during the 1920s, which offer new insight into the struggles the Dutch faced to fit into their new country. The letters opened up the inner dimensions of the immigrants: the reasons for their emigration, their hopes, their fears, and, best of all, their experiences in Canada. These images are not reminiscences screened and filtered by the passage of time but are immediate and compelling. The writers of The Last Illusion: Letters from Dutch Immigrants in the "Land of Opportunity" 1924-1930 shared their feelings and showed an openness that was uncommon in their culture and time. Their words describe the pain caused by separation and loss, and the sense of shared joy and exhilaration when goals were reached.

Book We Became Canadians

    Book Details:
  • Author : Olga Rains
  • Publisher : Hyde Park, Ont. : Overnight Copy Service
  • Release : 1984
  • ISBN : 9789094004705
  • Pages : 148 pages

Download or read book We Became Canadians written by Olga Rains and published by Hyde Park, Ont. : Overnight Copy Service. This book was released on 1984 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dutch warbrides come to Canada and tell their stories.

Book Dutch Immigration to North America

Download or read book Dutch Immigration to North America written by Herman Ganzevoort and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Canadian Christmas Traditions

Download or read book Canadian Christmas Traditions written by Mandryk, DeeAnn and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Included in this book are 28 traditional recipes by Chef Jeff O'Neill, showcasing Canada's multicultural heritage, plus a special section of 18 Christmas recipes from across the country, highlighting Canada's regional diversity. The origin of a Canadian Christmas is a fascinating blend of different traditions and festivities. The stories behind the celebration originate from around the world, and paint a wonderful picture of a season of joy, faith, superstition, and celebration stretching back over thousands of years.

Book Silent Ethnicity

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  • Author : Will. C. VanDenHoonaard
  • Publisher : Fredericton, N.B. : New Ireland
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 112 pages

Download or read book Silent Ethnicity written by Will. C. VanDenHoonaard and published by Fredericton, N.B. : New Ireland. This book was released on 1991 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Highland Homecomings

Download or read book Highland Homecomings written by Paul Basu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-length ethnographic study of its kind, Highland Homecomings examines the role of place, ancestry and territorial attachment in the context of a modern age characterized by mobility and rootlessness. With an interdisciplinary approach, speaking to current themes in anthropology, archaeology, history, historical geography, cultural studies, migration studies, tourism studies, Scottish studies, Paul Basu explores the journeys made to the Scottish Highlands and Islands to undertake genealogical research and seek out ancestral sites. Using an innovative methodological approach, Basu tracks journeys between imagined homelands and physical landscapes and argues that through these genealogical journeys, individuals are able to construct meaningful self-narratives from the ambiguities of their diasporic migrant histories, and recover their sense of home and self-identity. This is a significant contribution to popular and academic Scottish studies literature, particularly appealing to popular and academic audiences in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Scotland

Book Brabanders in Canada

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  • Author : John H. Dortmans
  • Publisher : Burlington, Ont. : J.H. Dortmans
  • Release : 1994-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780969880301
  • Pages : 319 pages

Download or read book Brabanders in Canada written by John H. Dortmans and published by Burlington, Ont. : J.H. Dortmans. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Dutch Heritage

Download or read book A Dutch Heritage written by Joan Magee and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1983 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Industry in the Wilderness by Frank Rasky is an account of the overcoming of natural elements in order to harvest the resource wealth of northwestern Ontario. It is part of the Dundurn Local History series. It is an oral history of lumberjacks, gold seekers, bush pilots, and early hydro men. Herein lies the major problem with the book. Rasky attempts to cover four important aspects of northwestern Ontario in only 128 pages. This impossible task is even further complicated by the fact that more than half of the book is devoted to pictures and diagrams ... The pictures and diagrams dominate the book to such an extent that one could ignore the text and still find a wealth of information about the topic. The diagrams of a paper mill, a gold mine, and a hydro-electric power plant could be a valuable teaching aid to students interested in those areas. The pictures are exceptionally good."--Umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol12no5/industryinthewilderness.html.

Book Images of Canadianness

    Book Details:
  • Author : Leen D'Haenens
  • Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 0776604899
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Images of Canadianness written by Leen D'Haenens and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images of Canadianness offers backgrounds and explanations for a series of relevant--if relatively new--features of Canada, from political, cultural, and economic angles. Each of its four sections contains articles written by Canadian and European experts that offer original perspectives on a variety of issues: voting patterns in English-speaking Canada and Quebec; the vitality of French-language communities outside Quebec; the Belgian and Dutch immigration waves to Canada and the resulting Dutch-language immigrant press; major transitions taking place in Nunavut; the media as a tool for self-government for Canada's First Peoples; attempts by Canadian Indians to negotiate their position in society; the Canada-US relationship; Canada's trade with the EU; and Canada's cultural policy in the light of the information highway.

Book Uprooted

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anne van Arragon Hutten
  • Publisher : Kentville, N.S. : North Mountain Press
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9780968010716
  • Pages : 297 pages

Download or read book Uprooted written by Anne van Arragon Hutten and published by Kentville, N.S. : North Mountain Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Thoroughly Canadian General

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  • Author : Paul Douglas Dickson
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2007-01-01
  • ISBN : 080200802X
  • Pages : 641 pages

Download or read book A Thoroughly Canadian General written by Paul Douglas Dickson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General H.D.G. 'Harry' Crerar (1888-1965) was involved in or directly responsible for many of the defining moments of Canadian military history in the twentieth century. In the First World War, Crerar was nearly killed at the second battle of Ypres, was a gunner who helped to secure victory at Vimy Ridge, and was a senior staff officer during the pivotal battles of the last Hundred Days. During the Second World War, he occupied and often defined the Canadian army's senior staff and operational appointments, including his tenure as commander of First Canadian Army through the northwest European campaign. Despite his pivotal role in shaping the Canadian army, however, General Crerar has been long overlooked as a subject of biography. In A Thoroughly Canadian General, Paul Douglas Dickson examines the man and his controversial place in Canadian military history, arguing that Crerar was a nationalist who saw the army as an instrument to promote Canadian identity and civic responsibility. From his days as a student at the Royal Military College in Kingston, to his role as primary architect of First Canadian Army, the career of General H.D.G. Crerar is thoroughly examined with a view to considering and reinforcing his place in the history of Canada and its armed forces.

Book And the Swamp Flourished

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  • Author : Albert VanderMey
  • Publisher : Dundurn
  • Release : 1994
  • ISBN : 9781895815016
  • Pages : 182 pages

Download or read book And the Swamp Flourished written by Albert VanderMey and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1994 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Canada

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  • Author : Lois Sakany
  • Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
  • Release : 2003-12-15
  • ISBN : 9780823939985
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Canada written by Lois Sakany and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the history and culture of Canada and its people including the geography, myths, arts, daily life, education, industry, and government, with illustrations from primary source documents.

Book Voices of the Left Behind

Download or read book Voices of the Left Behind written by Olga Rains and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2006-02-25 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voices of the Left Behind contains the personal stories of nearly 50 Canadian war children who have been helped by Project Roots. It is filled with fascinating archival images and documents as well as original wartime correspondence between the mothers, the Canadian fathers, and the Department of National Defence, Veterans Affairs, and other Canadian institutions. Letters from the war children to the Military Personnel Records Unit of the National Archives of Canada illustrate the historic pattern of denial. What these institutions all have in common is their consistent refusal to help war children find their Canadian fathers. Introductory essays frame the subject and give a historical context to the tragic situations these women and their children found themselves in.

Book The Complete Canadian Living Cookbook

Download or read book The Complete Canadian Living Cookbook written by Elizabeth Baird and published by Random House Canada. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than twenty-five years of cooking expertise perfected in the uniqueCanadian LivingTest Kitchen and printed in the food pages ofCanadian Livingmagazine are distilled in this magnificent and completely new cookbook. TheCanadian LivingTest Kitchen guarantee -- “Tested till perfect” -- has assured a loyal following among cooks who know thatCanadian LivingTest Kitchen recipes guarantee success. Beautifully produced with a 2-colour interior and 2 eight-page photo inserts, the book contains more than 350 recipes, including regional specialties, dishes from our heritage communities, and fresh takes on modern classics such as sushi, chocolate fondue and pasta. Experienced cooks will enjoy the challenge of new inspirations such as Thai curries, pot stickers, grilled quail and chocolate confections. With an emphasis on eating for health, as well as nutritional analyses and advice, tips on cookware, food shopping and storage, and much more,The Complete Canadian Living Cookbookhas everything any home cook will need. It is a guarantee of good food and an investment in good taste and good health. • Over 350Canadian Living“tested till perfect” recipes • Information on choosing and storing fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry and fish • Find how to select the right cooking equipment for your kitchen • Tips on shopping, storage and ingredient substitutions • Glossary of essential cooking and baking terms • Advice on how to use slow cookers, bread machines and food processors • Page-top symbols that pinpoint fast, make-ahead, freezable, budget-wise and Canadian Living classic recipes • Streamlined recipes for easy preparation and clean-up • Complete nutritional analysis for each recipe • Cover the basics and challenges experienced cooks • Highlights regional specialties and ingredients, dishes from our heritage communities and great cooks across the country A sampling of delicious recipes: Curried Lamb Phyllo Triangles Baked Brie with Strawberry Mint Topping Baby Spinach and Goat Cheese Salad Red Barn Corn and Bean Salad Perfect Roast Chicken Salmon Cakes Grilled Portobello Burgers Old-fashioned Beef Stew Luscious Mushroom Lasagna Lemon Sponge Pudding Chocolate Raspberry Ice-Cream Cake Saskatoon Berry Pie Apple Pie Muffins Country Seed Bread Pear and Apricot Conserve Spicy Thai Shrimp and Noodle Soup Asparagus Miso Soup Glazed Sea Bass with Red Curry Sauce Smoky Tex-Mex Rib