a document that was signed in 1982 by the Queen (Elizabeth) and Canada’s famous Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau‚ signed the Constitution Act‚ 1982‚ which includes the British North America Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms) and therefore lacked the power and durability of the Charter. The Bill of Rights also only applied to federal‚ rather than provincial laws. Early 1980s‚ Pierre Trudeau‚ Liberal government started to begin the process of patriating Canada’s Constitution—taking
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Some of her 3 major achievements were that she and her husband won a Nobel Prize‚ She discovered 2 new elements‚ and the first forms of cancer treatment using radiation. Marie and her husband‚ Pierre‚ won a Nobel Prize in physics in 1903. In the book it says‚”Although 1903 was only the third year the awards were made‚ they were already regarded as a great honor….With their award‚ Becquerel and the Curies were immediately identified as three of
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FLQ review and comparaison We are in the early 60`s and the province of Quebec is seeing a lot of change. The economic‚ demographic and social status of the province is tangible. The province is entering in what we call The Quiet Revolution. The French are decreased compared to the rest of the Anglophone population. A desire of protecting the French culture in the province is becoming more and more important. It was then the perfect opportunity for the FLQ‚ an independent revolutionary group
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the many challenges she faced. It wasn’t until 1895‚ when she married renowned physicist Pierre Curie that she discovered her true potential. ‘They completed each other’. Not long after‚ the discoveries were starting to come quickly with the couple discovering radium‚ which ‘was important’ as it really opened the door of the nuclear age. Marie’s persistence was in the end rewarded when her and husband Pierre were awarded with the Nobel Prize in 1903. Text Three – Poem: c) Text Three ‘Ithaka’ is
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------------------------------------------------- Antoine Henri Becquerel (15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French physicist‚ Nobel laureate‚ and the discoverer of radioactivity along with Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie‚[1] for which all three won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. Biography [edit]Early life Becquerel was born in Paris into a family which produced four generations of scientists: Becquerel ’s grandfather (Antoine César Becquerel)‚ father (Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel)
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Discuss the concept of cultural capital Pierre Bourdieu developed the concept of cultural capital in order to attempt to explain the differences in educational outcomes in France during the 1960’s. Cultural capital is theorised as the forms of knowledge‚ skill‚ education; any advantages a person has which‚ give them a higher status in society‚ including high expectations (Nick Stevenson‚ 1995.pp.46-48). This differentiates economic and social status from the class agenda which‚ is rigidly
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The political scene in Canada of the 1970s was a rather tense one. In Quebec‚ citizens felt they were not considered in federal decision-making. They had a culture influenced by the French while the majority of Canada had an English influence. This angered a group of Quebecois so it was decided they would try to be heard by the federal government in Ottawa. This did not work by peaceful means. The Front de Liberation du Quebec ‚ here on after known as the FLQ‚ followed what most terrorist organizations
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As Canadians having people like Pierre Elliot Trudeau‚ gives us a basis of what true Canadianism is. Pierre Elliot Trudeau believed that all people are equal and when he was in power during his time he raised the immigration for Canada which allowed and protected a lot more immigrants from different which included more
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I believe that Marie curie influenced the United States in a good way because she saved the lives of many WW1 soldiers‚ discovered two very important radioactive materials‚ and she paved the way for very important technological advances. Marie Curie was the first ever women professor. She made very important discoveries that influenced the entire world for the better by saving the lives of many WW1 soldiers using her x ray which she developed using one of radioactive materials that she discovered
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Bourdieu and Boal: Expanding upon Habitus‚ Practice and Field and Promoting Change INTRODUCTION French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu desired to link micro and macro theories and levels of analysis. Bourdieu sought to bridge the gap between the individual and structure‚ the subjective with the objective. Interested in the action or existence of opposing social forces between structure and how an individual constructs social reality. Bourdieu’s research reflects his desire to connect the micro
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