“Canada is often referred to as a land of immigrants because millions of newcomers have settled here and helped to build and defend our way of life‚ starting with settlers from France and England.” ( ) When Canada became a country in 1867 Sir John Alexander McDonald‚ our first Prime Minister‚ was an immigrant from Scotland. The first legislation regarding immigration was in 1869. Canada received many immigrants from Germany‚ Hungary‚ Norway‚ Poland‚ Sweden and France
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Racism in Canada Canada is a multicultural country but still there is a lot of social inequality in Canada. Social Inequality plays a major role in everyone’s life and it also shapes one’s opinions‚ character and influences what one becomes in his/her life. Racism is also a form of social inequality‚ which is kind of prevalent in almost every society of the world. But everyone is not racist; therefore‚ if we base our judgment solely on the basis of a bunch of racist people‚ then every German
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LeDrew 1 Sikhism in Canada: Past‚ Present and Future Sikhs Arrive to Canada In the world today there are many different religions‚ all of which have their own beliefs and traditions. Sikhism is one religion in Canada that has had many struggles to be accepted into society. In 1897 Sikhs began to arrive in Canada: “Up to 1950‚ Sikhs constituted more than 85% of all East Indian immigration to Canada.” (Brar 1) These Sikhs were not welcomed with open arms‚ however Canada was not happy with the amount
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nations. An estimate of about 800‚000 – 1‚000‚000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus’ were killed by Hutu extremists. This resulted in the exodus of 2‚000‚000 Tutsis’ from Rwanda to countries surrounding the nation‚ this event was known as the Great Lake refugee crisis. What was Canada’s role in combating the Rwanda genocide? Canada took the role as the leader of the attempted prevention of the genocide that took place in Rwanda. The nation was the driving force in the United Nations. Although these efforts
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Question 1 – a) Putting Canada on a continuum between fully converging or partially converging with the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) with their “Made in Canada” (Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants [CICA]‚ 2006) generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP)‚ Canada would lie very close‚ if not on the line of convergence. Over the past few years‚ before the consideration of IFRS and leading up to the full convergence of it‚ Canada’s GAAP has been a ‘no mans land’
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http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/m9/3 This article explains how the Canadian Identity was shaped after the end of World War II and from how the idea of “anglo-conformity” came into place to the acceptance of refugees into the country. As seen in this article‚ Canadian culture has been shaped by diverse cultures. Duncan‚ James S; Ley‚ David. Place/culture/representation. Routledge. 1983‚ pp. 205–206. Retrieved 2010-09-12 http://books.google.ca/books?id=XsINAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA
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supposed to help develop and shape one future and is a recognized as a crucial contributing factor to building a stable and economically functioning country. Education is supposed to provide people with financially efficient jobs‚ and individual education is learned throughout the country which helps make a nation smarter and more educated resulting in Canada having the knowledge that other country’s will want to gain from us. Without a proper education people will work in low-paying jobs that can be
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RAJ GARHA PROFESSOR GERRITSMA DATE @ "MMMM D‚ Y" OCTOBER 16‚ 2014 TRUE NORTH STRONG‚ BUT NOT PERFECT Canada is known around the world as an international peacekeeper‚ a place of liberty‚ and a loving country that accepts everyone. This reputation is part of our image‚ and is honoured by many nations. But Canada is not perfect. Racism still exists‚ sometimes it maybe in the shadows‚ it does not take a investigative detective to notice the visible racism all around us. In some cases it is social
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Canada has long been called "The Mosaic"‚ due to the fact that it is made up of a varied mix of races‚ cultures and ethnicities. As more and more immigrants come to Canada searching for a better life‚ the population naturally becomes more diverse. This has‚ in turn‚ spun a great debate over multiculturalism. Some of the issues under fire are the political state ’s policies concerning multiculturalism‚ the attitudes of Canadians around these policies‚ immigration‚ the global market‚ and a central
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As you browse through the internet‚ watch television‚ listen to the radio or even walk down the street‚ there is something occurring that we take for granted; speech. We take speech for granted because of its freedom in this country and the lack of censorship we have on our words. Censorship is the suppression of speech‚ public communication‚ or other information that is considered by some as objectionable‚ harmful‚ sensitive‚ politically incorrect or inconvenient. Censorship is most often imposed
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