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Canada’s Involvement in the Second World War – 5.3 Propaganda & Japanese Internment Propaganda • The National Film Board (NFB) turned out hundreds of documentaries and short films which were shown all over Canada • Posters and radio messages were everywhere as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4497GEGOO g Propaganda • The next slide shows some examples of Allied propaganda posters from the Second World War. Analyzing Propaganda Posters • Analyze the next four propaganda posters from WW2 and complete worksheet 5.3 Canadian History – Analyzing Propaganda Posters • Take 5 – 7 minutes to analyze each poster & complete questions • Ensure your name is written on it and submit when completed. Due TODAY!!!! Japanese Canadians • After Japan attacked Pearl harbor in 1941, Canadians feared an attack on Canada’s West Coast, either by naval shelling or an actual invasion. • Anti- Japanese feeling grew quickly. Japanese Canadians • Some people feared that Japanese Canadians would help the invaders, although there was no evidence to cast doubt upon the loyalty of Japanese Canadians • The fear of espionage (spying) within the country led to the arrest, with no legal basis, of 38 Japanese Canadians Japanese Internment • In February 1942, the government announced that people of Japanese ancestry living near to the coast of British Columbia would be moved inland. • Approximately 16,000 of the 21,000 evacuated Japanese Canadians were Canadian Japanese Internment • Japanese Canadian businesses & homes were seized with little or no restitution & people were sent to internment camps. • Japanese Canadians continued to be denied the right to vote until 1949. Japanese Internment • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljpb21QDPq c Other Minority Groups • Until 1942 the government ignored employers’ restrictions on hiring Blacks. • After protests from Black university students & a campaign by the press & the Canadian Jewish Congress, this practiced ended. • Prejudice was also evident with regard to refugees. Other Minority Groups • Canada made it difficult for Jewish refugees to enter Canada before the war. • As news of concentration & death camps began to reach Canada, there was no change in government policy or in the attitudes of the immigrant branch. • Many of the immigrants who managed to immigrate to Canada were placed in internment camps Textbook Questions • Begin working on “Treatment of Minority Groups in Canada” (use textbook pages 234-237) • Write your name on it & submit when completed. Due next class....Monday, Period 5.