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Ukrainian woman raking hay
1905
Poley, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
Manitoba Archives
Kobzar Publishing

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Immigrant women, wheather their husbands were at home or at work hundreds of miles away, worked hard clearing and farming the land. Ukrainian women were the mainstay of agricultural development. Their toil made it possible for the men to take paying jobs in other industries.

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A homestead of a Ukrainian immigrant family
Early 1900s
Stewartburn, Manitoba

Credits:
National Archives of Canada

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Many early Ukrainian settlers emigrated to Canada with their whole families, seeking a better life for themselves and their children.

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A group of Ukrainian lumber workers
1900-1914
Northern Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Ontario Archives

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Even in those first years of immigration a considerable number of immigrants remained in the cities, many working in the forests and lumber mills of Northern Ontario.

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Students and a teacher of a Ukrainian school
1910
Inter-Lake District in Manitoba, Canada

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Many of the early schools in the western provinces taught Ukrainian.

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Plastered house belonging to Ukrainian immigrant Rodowsky
1903
Poley, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
Manitoba Archives

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Plastered house belonging to Ukrainian immigrant Rodowsky

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Ivan Nehrych, editor of the first Ukrainian newspaper in Canada
1903
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Credits:
Kobzar Publishing

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Ivan Nehrych, editor of the first Ukrainian newspaper in Canada, "Kanadiysky Farmar" (Canadian Farmer). The first issue of "Kanadiysky Farmar" came out November 3, 1903, in Winnipeg. It was a big event in the life of the Ukrainian community. The paper carried articles discussing the vital problems of farmers and workers and defended their interests.

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Josef Oleskiw
1895

Credits:
Kobzar Publishing

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Dr. Oleskiw played a very important role in directing the flow of Ukrainian emigration from Halychyna and Bukovina to Canada, rather than to Brazil. He visited Canada, surveyed the situation, discussed the matter with members of the Canadian government, and went back to inform and advise those of his countrymen planning to emigrate.