German-Canadian Studies

Research and Study Links

• A Bibliography of the Cultural History of the German-Speaking Community in Alberta: 1882-2002
  This online database includes annotated references to over 6,500 primary and secondary sources in Alberta’s libraries, archives and private collections. The sources range from books and articles to newspapers, artwork, cooking recipes, church records, letters and oral histories.
  
• CCGES/CCEAE
  The Canadian Centre for German and European Studies is a Canada-wide research and teaching resource, focussing on contemporary Germany in its European context. It is allied with similar centres and institutes around the world and has a network of affiliated universities in Canada and Germany.
  
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  This site includes a number of online publications with immigration statistics and history.
  
• German-Canadian History and Culture
  Web site of the Friedrich Schiller Foundation for German-Canadian Culture, the Historical Society of Mecklenburg Upper Canada, the German-Canadian Historical Association, and the German-Canadian Heritage Museum.
  
• The Hessian Page
  Johannes H. Merz's web site on the Hessians, the loyal German auxiliary soldiers of King George III, who settled in Canada after the American Revolution (1776-1783).
  
• Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) - Osnabrück
  Migration, integration and intercultural problems are crucial issues in today's world and are concerns for a wide variety of academic disciplines and research institutions. Interdisciplinary cooperation is, therefore, of utmost importance. In line with this viewpoint, IMIS examines historical and contemporary demographic, geographic, social, economic, political and legislative, psychological and educational issues of migration and integration from an interdisciplinary perspective.
  
• Jump Stations to Resources in German
  An extensive list of German Newspapers, German Departments, German publications and much more. 
  
• Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies
  IUPUI Max Kade German-American Center in conjunction with Society for German-American Studies.
  
• Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies - Wisconsin-Madison
  The Max Kade Institute is a centre for research and documentation of German- speaking immigrants to America and their descendants, including both how they have helped shape this country and how it has shaped them.
  
• National Library of Canada
  Canadian Ethnic Newspapers Currently Received - Alphabetical List.
  
• ODESSA
  This is a prototype for a digital genealogical library of diverse documents related to the German colonies in Russia that arose in the early 1800's after the reign of Catherine the Great.
  
• Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration
  This site is the prairie centre of the The Metropolis Project, an international forum for research and policy on migration and cities. It contains information on migration - immigration and emigration, statistics and policy.
  
• Robert Shea's German Page
  Great German-American resource. Comprehensive links and information sources.
  
• Virtual Museum of German Migrations
  This site offers and overview of the major migrations of Germans to Canada. It was created through a collaboration of both German and Canadian schools and Museums. 
  
• Western Canada Pictorial Index
  Resource for photos of German-Canadians in Western Canada.
  
• Worldwide German Sites
  German site with comprehensive links to related sites around the world.
  
• The German Community of St.Patrick's Parish
  The history of St. Patrick’s Parish in historic Toronto is outlined in this article from the Ontario Multicultural History Society’s Journal.
  
• St Peter’s Colony Website
  Part of the Canada’s Digital Collections website. Interesting pages of history of the St. Peter’s Colony near Humboldt, Saskatchewan