ABOUT THIS EPISODE
What's up y'all ! In this episode we will be looking at the anime Michiko and Hatchin and covering one of Canada's most notorious programs the West Indian Domestic Scheme.
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Music credits
I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Tension by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
Downtown Walk by | e s c p | https://www.escp.space
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"West Indian Domestic Scheme (1955–1967)." Parks Canada. Last modified July 15, 2020. https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2020/07/west-indian-domestic-scheme-19551967.html.
Henry, Frances. "West Indian Domestic Scheme." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Last Modified December 17, 2020. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/west-indian-domestic-scheme.
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Henry, Frances. "West Indian Domestic Scheme." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Last Modified December 17, 2020. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/west-indian-domestic-scheme.
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"The Government of Canada Commemorates the West Indian Domestic Scheme (1955-1967) as an Immigration Program Through Which Around 3,000 Women From Caribbean Countries Were Recruited to Work as Domestic Servants in Canada." Parks Canada. Last modified February 13, 2025. https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2025/02/the-government-of-canada-commemorates-the-west-indian-domestic-scheme-1955-1967-as-an-immigration-program-through-which-around-3000-women-from-cari.html.
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