High marks on the qualifying exam enabled Jaraslav Koren to earn $210 a week here as an electrician and he's doing well

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High marks on the qualifying exam enabled Jaraslav Koren to earn $210 a week here as an electrician and he's doing well

Date6/14/1971

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: High marks on the qualifying exam enabled Jaraslav Koren to earn $210 a week here as an electrician and he's doing well. But other immigrants to Ontario have been unable to practise here the trades they learned in their native countries and they're unhappy.

Subject

Emigration and immigration

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0023792F

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