Tag: Agriculture
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City Kids to Farm Hands: The Home Children
Between 1869 and 1948, over 100,000 children were brought to Canada from Britain through a juvenile emigration program. Dr. Barnardo arranged for many children to…
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Growing Our Future: Commemorating 100 Years of the Chinese Immigration Act
From the tracks of the Canadian Pacific Railway to the farmlands of Ontario, Chinese Canadians helped build modern Canada. However, the community suffered a long…
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Garden Fresh History
The current uprise of home gardening isn’t the first time we’ve torn up lawns to grow our own produce.
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Toronto and the Milk Man
Toronto businesses have done a turn-around during the COVID-19 closures: breweries deliver and do curbside pick-ups; florists deliver plants to intense demand; grocery stores drop…
