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	J. S. Woodsworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The oldest of six children, Woodsworth was born in Etobicoke Applewood Farm, near Toronto, Ontario, to Esther Josephine Shaver and James Woodsworth.
		Woodsworth resigned from the Church in 1918 because of its support of the war.
		Woodsworth College of the University of Toronto, and a high school in Ottawa, Ontario, closed in 2005, are named after him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Shaver_Woodsworth (1734 words)

	BookRags: James Shaver Woodsworth Biography
		Woodsworth's increasing involvement in secular approaches to social reforms and the confirmation of his pacifist views during World War I deepened his longstanding doubts about the doctrines of Methodism, and he resigned from the ministry in 1918.
		Woodsworth was the key figure in securing the cooperation of urban and agrarian reformers within the new party.
		Woodsworth was neither a great orator nor an outstanding party politician, but his integrity and passionate sincerity made him a powerful figure, and even his opponents sometimes paid him tribute as "a saint in politics." The CCF won seven seats in the federal election of 1935 and eight in 1940.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/james-shaver-woodsworth (597 words)

	Woodsworth, James Shaver
		Woodsworth was a follower of Social Gospel, a social reform movement in the church.
		In 1919 Woodsworth arrived in Winnipeg at the height of the General Strike.
		In Parliament, Woodsworth joined with a small group called the Ginger Group, composed of radical farm and labour members of Parliament.
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	About J. S. Woodsworth
		James Shaver Woodsworth was born in Ontario in 1874.
		Woodsworth never readily accepted the institutional church, disappointed in the church's lack of commitment to social justice.
		Woodsworth's writings attracted the attention of social reformers across the country, and in 1913 he left Winnipeg to become Secretary of the Canadian Welfare League for all of the western provinces.
	www.ccsonline.ca /About/jswoodsworth.htm (615 words)

	Woodsworth - Sask New Democrats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		James Shaver Woodsworth's lifetime of work affected the life of every Canadian during his career as a church minister, as a social worker and as a Member of Parliament.
		Woodsworth returned to Canada in July, 1900 and went on to Brandon Manitoba where on August 26, he was ordained as a Methodist minister.
		Woodsworth was elected to Parliament in the federal election of 1921 as the member for Winnipeg North Centre.
	www.saskndp.com /history/woodsworth.html (2036 words)

	Historic Authors: James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942)
		Although his involvement in the Winnipeg General Strike was minimal, his strike work and his subsequent arrest made Woodsworth's reputation among supporters of labour, and he was elected to Parliament from Winnipeg North Centre in 1921 as an Independent Labour candidate, serving the riding until his death.
		Woodsworth was involved in the creation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and became House Leader of the seven CCF members elected to Ottawa in 1935.
		The Woodsworth Papers are in the NAC, although there are some papers at PAM.
	www.mbwriter.mb.ca /mapindex/w_profiles/hist_woodsworth.html (407 words)

	PL-1345 James Shaver Woodsworth - Province of Manitoba \| General Page
		Parliamentarian and Methodist minister, J.S. Woodsworth was born at Etobicoke, Ontario, and raised in Portage la Prairie and Brandon.
		Woodsworth was an exponent of the social gospel and pacifism, and championed trade unions and democratic socialism.
		Woodsworth lived at this location from time to time between 1909 and 1942.
	www.gov.mb.ca /chc/hrb/plaques/plaq1345.html (164 words)

	A new brand of Canadian social democracy - Tommy Douglas and the NDP - CBC Archives
		Woodsworth, an ardent pacifist and social democrat crusader, is stirring up talk with his radical political platform as Canada continues to struggle through the Depression.
		The charges against Woodsworth were dropped but he was subsequently deemed a hero of the people and began organizing the Manitoba Independent Labour Party.
		Woodsworth was elected leader of the party in 1933.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-73-851-4955/politics_economy/tommy_douglas/clip1 (473 words)

	Douglas-Coldwell Foundation Scholarships - J.S. Woodsworth - Woodsworth College
		James Shaver Woodsworth who was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, in 1874 and moved with his family in 1885 to Brandon, Manitoba, where his father was Superintendent of Methodist missions in Western Canada.
		The young Woodsworth was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1896 and spent two years as a circuit preacher in Manitoba before going to study at Victoria College in Toronto and Oxford University in England.
		Observing industrial capitalism in Canada and Britain and its failure to meet the needs of working people, Woodsworth came to the view that personal salvation did nothing to right great social and economic wrongs that were so evident in the first decades of the twentieth century.
	www.dcf.ca /en/scholarships/ontario_woodsworth.htm (273 words)

	Applewood Shaver House - History
		In 1882, the Rev. James Woodsworth would move this part of the family to Winnipeg, where he became Methodism’s chief missionary to the prairie people.
		Woodsworth would go on to study at Oxford, in England where he became familiar with the slums and he discovered his special vocation — socialism.
		In 1974 James Shaver Woodsworth’s name was chosen to commemorate Woodsworth College at the University of Toronto and this facility is devoted to part-time students.
	www.applewoodshaverhouse.org /history.html (541 words)

	Glossary of People: Wo
		Woodsworth briefly edited the "Strike Bulletin" of the "Western Labour News," was arrested and charged with seditious libel.
		Woodsworth’s role in the strike had been minor but established a firm reputation for him among supporters of labour.
		Woodsworth resigned from the leadership of the party and in spite of his position on the War was reelected to Parliament in 1940.
	www.marxists.org /glossary/people/w/o.htm (1492 words)

	Civilization.ca - The History of Canada's Public Pensions
		James S. Woodsworth (1874-1942) and Abraham A. Heaps (1885-1954), both from Winnipeg, were strong advocates of unemployment insurance and old age pensions.
		Woodsworth was also a Methodist Church minister committed to social reform and was involved in the Social Gospel movement.
		As representatives of Labour in the House of Commons, may we ask whether it is your intention to introduce at this session legislation with regard to (a) Provision for the unemployed; (b) Old Age Pensions.
	www.civilization.ca /hist/pensions/cpp-a15-ip_e.html (409 words)

	J.S Woodsworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Although he worked as a minister for several years, Woodsworth, never readily accepted the institutional church, and in 1907 he resigned his comission to pursue a more radical version of the Social Gospel.
		In the end he was persuaded to remain with the church, but returned to work with the poor as superintendent of the All Peoples Mission on Stella Avenue in Winnipeg's North End.
		Frustrated by what he perceived to be the inadequacy of the Methodist church's position on social issues, he left it altogether in 1918 and began to tour as a speaker and advocate for working people.
	timelinks.merlin.mb.ca /referenc/db0031.htm (537 words)

	J.S. Woodsworth
		Born in Etobicoke, Ontario in 1874, J.S. Woodsworth was educated at Victoria College and Oxford University.
		Woodsworth maintained his controversial views at great personal expense.
		In 1926, Woodsworth realized his lifelong ambition when he and fellow Labour Party MP A.A. Heaps guaranteed Prime Minister Mackenzie King a coalition government in return for Mackenzie King's creation of Canada's Old-Age Pension plan.
	www.histori.ca /minutes/minute.do?id=10201 (323 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Woodsworth, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Woodsworth, James Shaver WOODSWORTH, JAMES SHAVER [Woodsworth, James Shaver] 1874-1942, Canadian politician.
		Having done social welfare work while serving as a Methodist minister, he later gave up the ministry to devote himself wholly to labor and welfare causes.
		It achieved university status in 1849 and is governed under the Univ. of Toronto Act (1971).
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Woodsworth, (239 words)

	James Woodsworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Woodsworth, D.D. was, in the late 1800s, Superintendent of Methodist Missions in the North-West of Canada, which then included all four of today's western provences.
		He fathered James Shaver Woodsworth, who was the first leader of the CCF (which became the NDP).
		Thirty Years in the Canadian North-West James Woodsworth (1917) McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart, Limited, Toronto, Ontario
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Woodsworth (91 words)

	Manitoba History: Ambiguous Heritage: Wesley College and the Social Gospel Re-considered
		Indeed Bland expressed his regret at Woodsworth’s decision believing that the “practical Christians” would soon capture the church from the “sentimental and dogmatic Christians and bring about regeneration.” [6] Finally, there is the issue of Bland’s dismissal from Wesley College in 1917.
		Woodsworth, then, strikes me as an example of some-thing Richard Allen refers to, but does not explore: the suggestion that the social gospel movement might beviewed “as an escape from theological perplexities.” [18] That J. Woodsworth was a man of courage, integrity and conscience I would not question.
		That the Woodsworth case was not unique by any means is illustrated by that of another prominent and, at least for a time notorious, Methodist social gospeller, this time the son of a Wesley College graduate.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/mb_history/19/wesleycollege.shtml (7026 words)

	W (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The strike became a political issue and one of its leaders was elected in the provincial elections of 1920 and the following year, J.S. Woodsworth became the first socialist member of the federal House of Commons representing Winnipeg.
		James Wolfe was born in Westerham, Kent, England in 1727.
		Seen as a man with a conscience, Woodsworth was the only MP to vote against Canada’s involvement in World War II.
	www.edunetconnect.com /cat/candict/w.html (770 words)

	James Shaver Woodsworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		One of Canada's outstanding reformers and parliamentarians, Woodsworth was born here on "Applewood" farm.
		He was actively involved in the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and two years later was elected to Parliament for Winnipeg North-Centre, which he represented until his death.
		Passionately earnest in his quest for social justice, Woodsworth worked unceasingly for the establishment of old-age pensions, unemployment insurance and other social security measures.
	ontarioplaques.com /Plaque_Toronto56.html (140 words)

	SFU News - New Woodsworth chair appointed - May 12, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The late member of Parliament and the clergy was known as much for his involvement in social reform leading to many of Canada’s public benefits as he was for his speeches and sermons.
		As Woodsworth did, Stebner applies her academic and religious schooling to fostering social betterment and resolving ethical issues that are at the juncture of social, political and religious beliefs.
		She relishes filling the Woodsworth chair at a time when debate over high profile issues such as same sex marriage, euthanasia and terrorism, underscore the combustibility of religion, sociology and politics when they interact.
	www.sfu.ca /mediapr/print/sfu_news/archives/sfunews05120512.htm (454 words)

	MHS Transactions: Church History Resources of Manitoba
		Evans opened up work among the Cree Indians, but is especially known as the inventor of the syllabic system of writing the Indian sounds, which has given a literature and a means of communication to these first Canadians.
		James Woodsworth, superintendent of missions in the West of the then Methodist Church, and father of the late James Woodsworth, former leader of the C.C.F. party.
		One thing only, reminiscent of James Evans, is in the archives of the United Church in Manitoba, and that is a piece of one of the beams which he worked into the first church built at Norway House.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/transactions/3/churchhistory.shtml (3385 words)

	People - Canadian Heritage Gallery
		James P. Whitney Sir James Pliny Whitney (1843-1914), Eastern Ontario lawyer, Conservative member for Dundas in 1888, and Ontario Premier, 1905-1914.
		James Wolfe A young General James Wolfe, a brigadier general during the successful onslaught on Louisbourg in 1758 and later in command of the assault on Quebec.
		James Shaver Woodsworth James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942), a Methodist minister and a city-mission leader in the Winnipeg slums, became a supporter of trade-union collectivism and was a member of parliament, 1921-1933.
	www.canadianheritage.org /galleries/people4700.htm (221 words)

	Exceptional anti-racist fighters honoured
		Howard Hampton presented the J.S. Woodsworth award to Sri-Guggan Sri-Skanda-Rajah and Dr. Ruth Morris at a reception held last Tuesday at Queen’s Park to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
		James Shaver Woodsworth was the first leader of the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation, the forerunner to the NDP.
		Born in Sri Lanka, Sri-Skanda-Rajah’s social conscience was awakened by the caste system’s inequality and gender disparity which limited employment and education opportunities for women.
	www.geocities.com /obarri.geo/ohrc/jswoodworthaward.html (409 words)

	James S. Coleman - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		James S. Coleman - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Woodsworth, James S. 1919 Winnipeg general strike, picture of J. Woodsworth, quotation
		Children : children’s literature – pictures: James and the Giant Peach
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=James+S.+Coleman (136 words)

	Find in a Library: A prophet in politics; a biography of J.S. Woodsworth.
		Find in a Library: A prophet in politics; a biography of J.S. Woodsworth.
		A prophet in politics; a biography of J.S. Woodsworth.
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/oclc/480186 (74 words)

	Toronto Plus.ca - Home - Woodsworth James Shaver Foundation
		The homestead itself was constructed on nearby Burnhamthorpe Road in 1850 — some 130 years later, the land it sat on was sold to a developer, and a campaign to save it from demolition resulted in the house being moved to its present location.
		The preservationists, however, were insistent that the clay-bricked house where the legendary Canadian social reformist parliamentarian James Shaver Woodsworth was born not be simply transformed into a museum, but serve as an active community center for the residents of Etobicoke and beyond.
		He grew to become the founder of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation party, and was instrumental in bringing old age pensions, unemployment insurance and family allowance to all Canadians.
	www.torontoplus.ca /portal/profile.do?profileID=1036683 (311 words)

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