Homestead Hardship: Canada Leaders and Saskatchewan Ukrainians

homestead hardship: Sask. homesteaders had difficult road to success Province proclaims 2016 the year of Saskatchewan Ukrainians As the federal government sought to promote agricultural development in the prairies about 100 years ago, it did so with a focus on fulfilling an Anglo-Canadian ideal, according to CBC. Immigrants wanted, with conditions According to Saskatoon historian Bill Waiser, Canada leaders were looking for a certain type of immigrant. "They wanted people that would settle the land, that had some agricultural experience, that would persevere and last and stick it out during those years of homestead hardship, for one or two generations," said Waiser. In the early 20th century, certain ethnic groups were shunned, banned and arranged into an order of preference for immigration. But their search was guided by stereotypes about ethnicities. Jews were not considered good farmers. British labourers were not welcomed because it was believed they would move into cities and take jobs from Canadians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.