AbstractsSociology

The interest in the problem of veteran rehabilitation was derived from the experience gained while working for the National Research Council of Canada, under the direction of Dr. D. Ewen Cameron during 1945 and 1946. The report which was written at that time was entitled Psychological Adjustment of Ex-Service Personnel. Much of the material which has been used in this thesis was gathered for the above mentioned report. However, it was not analysed in respect to the frame of reference used herein. The educational data was not included in the report. Interviews with civilians, student veterans, faculty members, labour leaders, employers, and the leaders of conimimity services were gathered. During 1945, a clipping service was subscribed to which proved to be a very valuable source of infonaation, in studying the extent, development and direction of the national crisis. [...]