 | Jobs and Justice: Fighting Discrimination in Wartime Canada, 1939-1945 Subjects: Discrimination in employment -- Canada -- History -- 20th century; Discrimination in employment -- Government policy -- Canada; Minorities -- Employment -- Canada -- History -- 20th century; Minorities -- Civil rights -- Canada -- History -- 20th century; ; Juxtaposing a discussion of state policy with ideas of race and citizenship in Canadian civil society, Carmela K. Patrias shows how minority activists were able to bring national attention to racist employment discrimination during the Second World War and obtain official condemnation of such discrimination. Patrias Carmela : Carmela K. Patrias is an associate professor in the Department of History at Brock University. |
