This article examines the ethnic identity of the Polish minority group living in Canada in the last two decades, that is, after 1989 when Poland got rid of the Communist system and Poles were allowed to freely leave the country. On the basis of the survey distributed among representatives of...
We find that, after controlling for basic personal characteristics, Polish immigrants face smaller differentials in employment and income in Canada as compared to Sweden. Native-born Poles face no employment or earnings penalty in Canada, however, they do face fairly large differentials in Sweden. I...
" have retained their numerical and linguistic primacy, reflected in the official bilingualism, but the immigrants from many societies, with their cultural heritages, have contributed significantly to the present "cultural mosaic" in Canada, and the people of Polish descent are one of the larger "...
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the language of the Poles. Polish is spoken in the Polish People’s Republic, France, Great Britain, the USA, Canada, South America, and the USSR. Speakers number about 40 million (1972, estimate). Polish belongs to the West Slavic group of the Indo-European language family. Five basic ...
of Vatican City was born named Karol Józef Wojtyła in Wadowice. He was the first pope since the 16th century that did not come from Italy. This pope led the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death. In 1985 he initiated the World Youth Days an international event for young people. ...
February 1940 deportations of Polish inhabitants of the eastern borderlands of Poland began. Many of them were veterans of the Polish - Soviet War of 1920 who were granted land. 1.7 million people would be deported by the Soviets with roughly 1/3 of them dying in or on the way to ...
same time at the same place and be at the same level. All participants should be booked at the same time. Language Trainers suggest that you do not look for classes with more than 8 students at one time. However, an In-Company Taster Polish Course can contain a maximum of 12 people....
However, the ruling PiS also has its followers in Ireland. At the exit of a supermarket, an older voter, a construction worker who gives his name only as Stefan, says the country’s economy has improved since it came to power in 2015. “Two-and-a-...
million Polish speakers in other countries, including Germany (867,000), the UK (660,000), Lithuania (615,138), the USA (575,816), France (275,288), Canada (181,710), Ireland (135,895), Israel (125,000), the Russian Federation (67,400), Czechia (52,710) and Austria (30,598)...