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In this comprehensive study of Belgian settlement in western Canada, Cornelius Jaenen shows that Belgian immigration was unique in its character and brought with it significant benefits out of proportion to its comparatively small numbers.
A study of the first contacts between Native and non-Native peoples in the New World through to the demise of French influence in North America. Chapter themes include French sovereignty and Native nationhood, missions, Indian reserves and schools, economic interaction, and military alliances.
Through the analysis of contemporary documents, this book provides a contribution to our knowledge of French-Indigenous relations in the 16th and 17th century.
The two volumes comprising Indian Education in Canada present the first full-length discussion of this important subject since the adoption in 1972 of a new federal policy moving toward Indian control of Indian education. Volume 1 analyzes the education of Indian children by whites since the arrival of the first Europeans in Canada. Volume 2 is concerned with the wide-ranging changes that have taken place since 1972.
Explores the historical claims of the Two by Twos, a supposedly nameless worldwide religion. A glimpse into a religious system all but unknown to outsiders, and even families and acquaintances. The group has unofficial and official names, including "The Truth," "Home Meetings," "The Testimony of Jesus," "Cooneyites," "Christian Conventions," "Assemblies of Christians," "the Workers and Friends," "Les Anonymes," "Die Namenlosen," "Gospel Meetings," etc.