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Topic: Polish Canadians

	Polish American - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Exact immigration numbers are unknown because, due to the partitions of Poland, the Polish state did not exist at a time when the precursor to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service classified immigrants according to country of origin rather than to ethnicity.
		While the first Polish immigrants arrived in America in 1608 at Jamestown, Virginia, the largest wave of Polish immigration to America occurred in the early 20th century.
		Cultural contributions of Polish Americans extend from Polish dance classes, Polish newspapers, and culture groups like the White Eagle Lodge and Polish Falcons of America to the wider appeal of Polish foods such as kiełbasa (Polish sausage) or pierogi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polish-American (673 words)

	Poland :: Assistance to Canadians :: New Polish Visa Regulations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Canadian citizens of Polish origin should contact the nearest Polish diplomatic mission in Canada in order to verify their Polish citizenship status.
		Canadian citizens who plan to work, study, or engage in non-tourist activities should contact the nearest Polish diplomatic mission in Canada in order to obtain the appropriate Polish entry visa.
		Pursuant to Polish Law concerning foreign citizens, an alien who is planning to stay beyond the validity of the visa will be required to apply for a temporary residency permit in advance and prior to the visa expiry date.
	dfait-maeci.gc.ca /canada-europa/poland/embassy/assistCanadians2-en.asp (213 words)

	Pietno Wojny. Polonia kanadyjska wobec polskich problemow lat 1939-1945 [The Stamp of War. Polish-Canadians Facing ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Canadian historians may be particularly interested in the exchange between Polish diplomats based in Canada and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw concerning Canada and the Polish Canadian community.
		Polish Canadians' cultural and social life tended to gravitate around the numerous cultural and political institutions that were closely linked to the Catholic Church.
		Polish Canadians were also encouraged to enlist in the Canadian armed forces.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/833/pietno16.html (718 words)

	Polish Canadians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to the 2001 Canadian census, 817,000 Canadians claim full or partial Polish ancestry.
		Alexandre Edouard Kierzkowski - former Liberal MP 1867-?, First MP of Polish Decent
		Fred Rose - the Labour Progressive (Communist) MP 1943-1947, from Cartier Quebec who was caught as being a Soviet spy, that started the Cold War,
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polish_Canadians (126 words)

	Canadian Polish Congress Branches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Canadian Polish Congress (CPC) is an umbrella organization established by Polish Canadians to coordinate the activities and to articulate the concerns of the Canadian Polish community on public policy issues.
		The Canadian Polish Congress strongly supports Canada's official policy of multiculturalism as a means of fostering tolerance and understanding among Canada's vibrant and diverse mosaic.
		Until the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, the Canadian Polish Congress was a strong voice in support of the democratic opposition in Poland, and provided material and moral support for democratic initiatives.
	www.kpk.org /english/about_us.htm (252 words)

	CPC - Poles in Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The impressive contribution of Polish Canadians to Canadian society has been made by hundreds of thousands of Polish immigrants and their descendants who, according to 1996 census, number almost half a million.
		Many of the early Polish immigrants were members of the Watt and De Meuron military regiments from Saxony and Switzerland sent to Canada to help the British Army in North America, and several were émigrés who took part in the 1830 and 1863 insurrections against the Russian occupation of Poland.
		Canadians of Polish descent have a long tradition of involvement in political life in Canada.
	www.kpk.org /english/poles.htm (1877 words)

	Straight Arrow - General History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Other notable Polish Canadians include NHL hockey players, Jim Peplinski, co captain of the Calgary Flames when they won their first Stanley Cup in 1989, and Larry Trader.
		Ethnic identification of Polish immigrants is nurtured by Polish organizations and parishes.
		The Polish Canadian Research Institute, founded in 1956, is dedicated to the study of Poles in Canada.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /seeds/seeds/episodes/episode-0329/history4.html (411 words)

	Straight Arrow - General History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the Polish region of Kaszuby in Northern Ontario, an area of settlement shared with early Irish pioneers, there was antagonism and rivalry between the two ethnic groups.
		Polish Canadians also faced resentment and accusations of being "foreigners" during the 1920s labour unrest in the West.
		Polish Communists who were active in Canada similarly found themselves in a tenuous position with the outbreak of WWII.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /seeds/seeds/episodes/episode-0329/history3.html (454 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: 1944
		Minsk or Miensk (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Polish:) is the capital and a major city of Belarus with a population of 1,780,000 (2006 estimate}.
		The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was the navy of Canada from 1911 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces.
		The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1944 (8885 words)

	L062 - Wed 12 Nov 1986 / Mer 12 nov 1986 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For Polish Canadians, November 11 means freedom, the freedom they continue to hope for in their native land.
		By their observance of that day, Polish Canadians keep alive the hope and the struggle for a free and independent Poland and ensure that Canadians continue to appreciate how fortunate they are to live in a society that is based on the principles of liberty, justice and tolerance for all.
		To many communities, such as the Polish community, it was a very special day indeed, when they remembered those of their forbears who fought for the independence of their homeland in the midst of a war that was supposed to end all wars some 68 years ago.
	www.ontla.on.ca /hansard/house_debates/33_parl/session2/L062.htm (18819 words)

	Polish Arts Club of Buffalo - Bulletin
		In 1917, this picturesque Niagara on the Lake community was the main assembly center for the volunteers and for the nucleus of Gen. Józef Haller's Blue Army.
		The Canadian training center was named the Tadeusz Kosciuszko Camp - after a US American Revolutionary War General who happened to be a young Polish engineer-soldier whose unique strategies allowed the American colonists to gain their independence.
		Polish Canadians and Polonia the world over maintain and respect this tiny cemetery plot as sovereign Polish soil..
	freenet.buffalo.edu /pacb/bulletin/macielag (952 words)

	Free Speech in Canada, 1999
		Speech is quite free in Canada — notwithstanding all the grumbling you often hear from Canadians about political correctness.
		One reason that many Canadians take their free speech rights for granted is that their point of reference is supplied by the United States, where the First Amendment to the Constitution guanatees Americans the world’s freest marketplace of ideas.
		Jonathan Kay is on the editorial board of the National Post, a Canadian newspaper.
	www.omnivore.org /jon/orwell/fsic.htm (663 words)

	Marek J. Chodakiewicz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada was founded in 1943 by Professor Oskar Halecki, a member of the Polish Academy of Knowledge (Polska Akademia Umiejetnosci--PAU) that had been banned by the Nazis and the Communists.
		It is perhaps for that reason that the Polish Institute is suspicious of various ideological “isms,” including multiculturalism, and, unabashedly, carries on in the old-fashioned way.
		Admittedly, the symposium of the Polish Institute was esoteric.
	criterion.uchicago.edu /issues/i6/chodakiewicz2.html (859 words)

	LETTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are also about a quarter of a million Polish Canadians living in all provinces of that country.
		Polish historians often call this immigration "za chlebem" or the immigration for bread.
		Polish peasants had few legal rights and they could not leave their land without permission.
	www.citinet.net /ak/polska_60_f2.html (880 words)

	Poland in the Rockies 2006 Polska w Gorach Skalistych (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is designed for students with a Polish background whether they are first or fourth generation Canadians and Americans, whether they speak Polish or not.
		It is our hope that by combining a group of enthusiastic students and an intellectually stimulating program with superb speakers (and then adding the beauty of the Canadian Rockies) we will create an experience these young people will remember for the rest of their lives.
		As a place for these young people to reflect on their Polish identity, we believe that a North American venue is better than one in Poland.
	www.polandintherockies.com /FAQ.htm (616 words)

	The Polish Canadian Association of Calgary invites
		The Polish Canadian Association of Calgary invites all Calgarians for a weekend extravaganza of Polish art, culture and history.
		A Book Fair presenting a large selection of books on Poland and Polish themes All books are in English and cover such varied topics as art, history, poetry, novels, travel and Polish cuisine.
		Polish cuisine, prepared in the kitchen of the Polish Canadian Cultural Centre and served at the Café Polonez.
	www.polishconsulate.ca /presentations2003.htm (428 words)

	Biblioteka Polska w Montrealu
		In 1943 a group of Polish academics who found refuge in Montreal, together with a number of their Canadian colleagues and with the enthusiastic support of the eminent Polish historian Professor Oskar Halecki, then at Columbia University, founded the Canadian Section of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America.
		Subsequently the Canadian Section became the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada with branches in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.
		The Institute is thus able to focus its activities on its tasks of promoting Polish culture in Canada, reinforcing Polish- Canadian friendship and serving the cultural needs of the Polish- Canadian communities.
	biblioteka.info /english.htm (178 words)

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		Most Canadians and Americans are either immigrants or descendants of immigrants.
		The immigrants, most of whom were not familiar with Canadian folklife, tried to survive in Canada by creating their own immigrant and ethnic communities where they could feel at home and practice the folklore of their homelands.
		The cultural knowledge and social skills of the immigrants were of little use in the schools and workplaces in mainstream Canada and the United States.
	www.ucs.mun.ca /~zharuna/ethnicfolklore3.wps.htm (1647 words)

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		It's important to note that a much higher proportion of Canadian Catholics are foreign-born, for example a full quarter of Italian-Canadians are.
		Polish organizations are pretty quiet, but I would imagine they're in a similar position to Italians.
		Census figures for Poles are deceiving because the Polish ancestry category includes many Jews - most Jews are of Russian or Polish origin.
	www.arthurhu.com /99/17/mattnf.txt (1039 words)

	CBC News: Polish Canadians say they've lost a family member (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Polish Canadians say they've lost a family member
		TORONTO - Canadians paid their last respects to the Pope on Friday, especially in the Toronto neighbourhood known as Little Poland, where the funeral was a significant and solemn event.
		A street in the neighbourhood was closed off for an outdoor service and hundreds paid their final respects to the first Polish pope.
	www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2005/04/08/popecanada050408.html (317 words)

	Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Hansard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This week, the Polish Canadian Congress and the Polish Combatants Association are commemorating a number of important events such as the battles of Monte Cassino, Falaise, the Warsaw uprising and Arnhem.
		As the Polish Canadian Congress and the Polish Combatants Association are celebrating their 50th founding anniversary, we wish them Godspeed and thank them for the tremendous contribution to the building of this nation, a free and prosperous Canada.
		Minister, today the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, which has a membership of some 90,000 senior citizens in Ontario, held a news conference to underline the need for change to Bill 173, which is your long-term-care bill.
	www.ontla.on.ca /french/hansard/house_debates/35_parl/session3/l154.htm (16682 words)

	kaszuby_glowna_en (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		To today's tourists it is known as 'Madawaska Valley", but the people of Polish origin call it "Kaszuby", so named after the part of northern Poland from which the first settlers arrived in mid-nineteenth century.
		In 1985 a group of Polish Canadians founded the Polish Heritage Institute Kaszuby, as a non-profit organization.
		The aim of the Institute is to support the advance of the Kaszuby region and to preserve its tradition.
	www.kpk-ottawa.org /kaszuby/index_en.html (200 words)

	Humbul Record : Canadian Polish Congress
		The site is in both English and Polish, with content varying according to the language.
		The site provides information on the state of Polish Studies at the University of Toronto, and the events organised there.
		The site acts as a hub for information about events of interest to the Polish and Polonia community, and the many organizations which serve these communities.
	www.humbul.ac.uk /output/full3.php?id=10185 (156 words)

	Polish language and culture
		Polish Art Center located in Hamtramck, Michigan, United States is an importer and distributor of items from Poland including: language books, travel guides, maps, greeting cards, flags, Christopher Radko Christmas Ornaments, folk dolls, Polish Barbie, folklore, amber jewelry, wood carvings, art posters, Boleslawiec stoneware, dance costumes, paper cut-outs, wycinanki, compact discs and...
		Polish Heraldry How Polish Surnames Originated by Lukasz Bielecki.
		The Canadian Polish Congress is an umbrella organization created and promoted by Canadians of Polish extraction to federate all voluntary associations promoting cultural values, traditions,history, knowledge, and scientific research pertaining to Poland and Polish-Canadians is one of its main activities.
	www.lonweb.org /link-polish.htm (1465 words)

	Welcome to POLTV
		PST) of news and programs targeted at the Polish community in Greater Vancouver and British Columbia, presented on Channel M, Multivan Broadcasting Corporation.
		We aim at both - old generation of Polish veterans and immigrants as well as young generation of Polish Canadians born in immigrant families.
		We’d like to take an active role in presenting issues related to Polish community events, accomplishments of Polish community members and coverage of topics important to Poles living in British Columbia.
	poltv.net (171 words)

	UTU: News
		They've all left their mark on the Mount Royal, one of seven cars that make up the Royal Canadian Pacific, a luxury vintage passenger train run by Canadian Pacific Railway, according to this report by J. Kelly Nestruck that appeared in the National Post.
		The cars were constructed in the 1920s to transport such VIPs as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (they crossed Canada in one of the cars during the 1939 Royal Visit).
		Then, four years ago, the Mount Royal and her sister cars were resurrected and painstakingly restored, right down to the intricate inlays in the walnut-wood by Polish artisans.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=8217 (352 words)

	Polish Students' Association - University of Toronto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Polish Students Association at the University of Toronto, hereinafter referred to as 'PSA at U of T' is an apolitical organization designed to:
		To provide a means for interaction among various generations of Polish-Canadians and individuals of non-Polish descent in the U of T community interested in Polish culture.
		The executive body has the right to grant membership to anyone who has an interest in the Polish language and culture, and in maintaining social contact with the PSA.
	psa.sa.utoronto.ca /constitution.html (887 words)

	Zundelsite ZGram - August 9 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Soon the Toronto Star - known as the "Red Star" in Canadian patriot circles - may be quaking in its boots and having to fight for its freedom of speech.
		OC: In 1995, the president of the Canadian Polish Congress, Hannah Sokoloski, sought to have a correction and three letters to the editor published by the Star after that newspaper ran a feature story about the Holocaust.
		Count in the US based website called the Zundelsite where no Canadian Human Right busybodies, be they provincial or federal, have any business whatsoever sticking in their noses.
	www.zundelsite.org /english/zgrams/zg1998/zg9808/980809.html (1684 words)

	Introduction
		If Polonia is to survive as an identifiable Community, it is vital to keep open the lines of communication among organizations which represent people of Polish descent in our region and groups from different geographical areas should get to know one another and support each other.
		That is the reason that I compiled this information which I realize is far from complete.
		As we enter the Third Millennium, we must work together with others in our region to exhibit our pride in ourselves and to protect the heritage and culture of Poland and peoples of Polish descent.
	home1.gte.net /vze85xxc/polegl/Pol_Conn_Intro.html (608 words)

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