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Title: The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1917-April 1918
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Canadian periodicals
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario publishing co
Contributing Library: Toronto Public Library: Research and Reference Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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vocational training and re-education. ^Tr. W. E. Segsworth, mining engi-neer, administers the last namedbranch, and has a highly efficientsecretarv in Mr. T. B. Kidnei-. Mr. Segsworth impresses me as a man ofexceptional energy and enthusiasm,possessed of a thorough comprehen-sion of the scope and vital importanceof the task he has undertaken, and adetermination by employing the bestmethods and enlisting the co-operationof all tlie people, to see it through, tothe credit and welfare of Canada. In October of 1915 an inter-provin-cial conference took place in Ottawaand a farseeing programme of pro-vincial organization was adopted.This entailed the appointment of pro-vincial commissions to co-operate withthe central liody in caring for return-ed men and replacing them in indus-trial life. The Ontario Soldiers Aid Commis-sion has its headquarters at 116 Col-lege Street, Toronto. Mr. W. W.Nicliol is the superintendent of re-education for the Province. In anhours conversation he reviewed the
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Pixed bicycle with adjustments difficult problems he has in hand, re-minding me that we have about 350different kinds of occupations formen in Ontario. Up to Septemberre-education has been provided for innearly fifty of these, through classesspecially formed and the technicalschools of the Province. We weremore than once interrupted by re-turned men, one reporting his timefor pay allowance in the )\Ioler Bar-ber College, a branch of which he andanother returned man are attendingin Queen Street East. He has aparalyzed third finger on his righthand, from a shrapnel wound, yet re-ported progress cheerfully. A sec-ond interruption was from a tuber-cular case, a fair English boy, resi-dent for the past year at GravenhurstSanatorium. He had been deputedto request a music teacher for theorchestra which he and his fellow pat-ients have organized. The requestv/as favourably received by Mr. Nic-hol. The lad, who had been a steno-grapher prior to enlistment, has notseen active service, never bee

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