more than the name of our province. The word means ‘our land’ in Inuktitut‚ and it is a reflection of Canada‚ from its distinctive culture and way of life‚ to its vast and beautiful expansiveness. Its greatest assets are the welcoming communities that have banded together to conquer the simultaneously awe-inspiring and often harsh northern landscape. Nunavut is the youngest territory in Canada‚ becoming recognized through the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act in 1999‚ yet its
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“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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recent immigrants to Canada. However‚ upon further review its effects can be seen in isolated groups through how increasingly connected tribes became‚ and in recent persons that have recently come to live in Canada through looking at ethnic violence. Before Canada became a European colony‚ it had many different groups of Natives that all lived in different parts of Canada and each group had a number of tribes and communities. To see how globalization affected Natives in Canada‚ one group to look at
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Being a descendent of immigrants to canada‚ I have a pretty weird cultural background‚ as it really is a mashup of 3 different cultures. My mother is a Taiwanese‚ my grandmother and grandfather both ran from communist China. My father is Vietnamese‚ he ran from the communist as well. Being born in Canada my biggest influence would be canada. In my collage‚ the middle cluster of pictures is all about my experience as being a canadian‚ it shows my favourite fast food restaurant‚ the sports i watch‚
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lost her brother to alcohol consumption and to a life on the streets in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. This paper is limited to Canada and its provinces and territories and discusses homelessness‚ offering a demographic profile‚ needs‚ legal jurisdictions and key policies and programs that address the principal needs of the homeless. Defining "Homelessness" in Canada The way a problem is defined has important policy implications: not only can the definition influence the perceived extent of the
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help form a cultural identity that has helped define Canada. The first argument is Canada’s past treatment of immigrants compared to now such as the treatment of workers on the CPR construction and the Chinese head tax. Between 1881 and 1884‚ as many as 17 000 Chinese men came to B.C. to work as labourers on the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Chinese workers worked for $1.00 a day‚ and from this $1.00 the workers had to still pay for their food and their camping and cooking gear. White workers did
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Poverty in Canada Sociology 1000: Writing Assignment 11/26/2012 Cassandra Vincent How can there be so many people in poverty? It is all around us even though Canada has made the G20 Richest Nations; they still have one of the highest poverty rates for in the industrialized world. Through reading many articles such as Ann Duffy and Nancy Mandell’s “Poverty in Canada”‚ others that I have found online‚ and my own personal experience I have learned the numerous reasons why so many people in
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FESTIVALS Canada is a vast and diverse country‚ and its many festivals illustrate the many exciting cultural events that Canada has to offer. Canadian festivals and events attract visitors worldwide.This are some of them. The Calgary stampede The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo‚ exhibition and festival held every July in Calgary‚ Alberta‚ Canada. The ten-day event‚ which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth"‚ attracts over one million visitors per year and features one of
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Why are Indigenous people in Australia still disadvantaged with regard to health care and services? For the last 200 years Indigenous people have been victims of discrimination‚ prejudice and disadvantage. Poor education‚ poor living conditions and general poverty are still overwhelming issues for a large percentage of our people and we remain ‘as a group‚ the most poverty stricken sector of the working class’ in Australia (Cuthoys 1983). As
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US History Essay: Underground to Canada Though most people might not expect it‚ minor changes in America are the important things that helped launch the war and the controversy between the slave and free state. The Underground Railroad had many connections to the Civil War especially since slavery was the main problem during this era. The Underground Railroad had a huge significance on the issue of slavery and affected the cause of the Civil War by influencing the North to strengthen their resistance
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