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Arthur Ross
Room 40 Class of 1965
Biography:
Arthur Ross is a Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, and member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, at Ryerson University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts-Honours (BA-Hons) from the University of Winnipeg, a Master of Science (M.Sc.) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto .
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Arthur Ross to launch Communal Solidarity
Wednesday, April 17th 2019
The Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada and the Manitoba Historical Society present the launch of Communal Solidarity: Immigration, Settlement, and Social Welfare in Winnipeg’s Jewish Community, 1882–1930.
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 7:00 pm
Location: Multipurpose Room, Asper Jewish Community Campus (123 Doncaster Street), Winnipeg.
Cost: FREE
About the Book
Between 1882 and 1930 approximately 9,800 Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe settled in Winnipeg. Newly arrived Jewish immigrants began to establish secular mutual aid societies, organizations based on egalitarian principles of communal solidarity that dealt with the pervasive problem of economic insecurity by providing financial relief to their members. The organization of mutual aid societies accelerated the development of a vibrant secular public sphere in Winnipeg’s Jewish community in which decisions about the provision of social welfare were decided democratically based on the authority and participation of the people.
Communal Solidarity: Immigration, Settlement, and Social Welfare in Winnipeg’s Jewish Community, 1882–1930 looks at the development of Winnipeg’s Jewish community and the network of institutions and organizations they established to provide income assistance, health care, institutional care for children and the elderly, and immigrant aid to reunite families. Communal solidarity enabled the Jewish community to establish and sustain a system of social welfare that assisted thousands of immigrants to adjust to an often inhospitable city and build new lives in Canada.
Arthur Ross’s study of the formation of Winnipeg’s Jewish community is not only the first history of the societies, institutions, and organizations Jewish immigrants created, it reveals how communal solidarity shaped their understanding of community life and the way decisions should be made about their collective future.
About the Author
Arthur Ross was born and raised in Winnipeg’s North End, the historic centre of Jewish, communal solidarity. He is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Ryerson University.
About The Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada
The JHC is an incorporated non-profit multi-faceted organization involved in preserving, documenting, interpreting and sharing Jewish heritage. Headquartered at the Asper Jewish Community Campus, the JHCincludes a research library, an extensive archive collection,exhibitions of our history through artifacts and displays as well as visiting and seasonal exhibits, and a Holocaust resource and education centre.
About the Manitoba Historical Society
The MHS, founded in 1879, is the oldest organization in Western Canada dedicated to preserving our past for future generations.