Aboriginal people are the natives of Canada; the people who lived here before anyone else settled. Therefore‚ when new settlers arrived they sometimes had to fight to get what belonged to them. This has not changed today. After the 1980s‚ Aboriginal people have only been somewhat successful in having their issues such as self-government‚ social conditions‚ land claims‚ and residential schools addressed. Self-government is one of the issues that the First Nations have been moderately successful
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impact on women. Women go through the transition from being equals with men and aiding in the hunting and gathering era to becoming mainly useful for childbirth to have more men brought into the world for farming and agriculture. Women were even discredited for discovering any farming techniques and taken from doing any physical labor even if they wanted to. They never had a choice to do more.
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Homelessness has been a growing problem throughout Canada. With an increasing number of homeless citizens in Canada‚ it shouldn’t be a cause for concerns when the middle and higher class population starts asking questions. Myself‚ a part of the middle class‚ see homeless individuals everywhere so it does affect me. In my opinion‚ homeless people should NOT be criminalized as this goes against the several aspects that makes Canada such a great place to reside. Classism is a very difficult problem
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person you come across is being said to be a victim of the dreadful recession. This tsunami like waves of recession have affected almost all the nations of the world from India‚ to America‚ to Australia or for the matter of fact it has even affected Canada to some extent. The worst part of recession that many may lose their jobs or need to shut down a well running business‚ it could also create a situation where people could find ii difficult to meet ends. CRA-THE SAVIOUR The worst hit here are the
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A new role was thrust on the Supreme Court of Canada after the entrenchment of the Charter Rights and Freedoms in our Constitution in 1982. In order to promote and protect human rights in Canada‚ the Supreme Court had to passed several landmark decisions. It became a requirement for the Supreme Court to resolve issues that were previously thought as matters of policy for the legislative bodies. The policy making power of the Supreme Court of Canada has carried over into non-charter fields‚ such
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warming and its effects are taking place all around the world‚ a huge part of the ramifications that we are seeing are taking part in Canada. Global warming has lead to many environmental problems including the melting of the north pole and northern areas as well as forest fires and animal extinction. All of these sub-topics‚ although speaking specifically to Canada in this research essay‚ these environmental problems will not only happen throughout the rest of the world but some will possible even
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When my father was seven years old‚ his family immigrated to Canada because they heard that it was the land of the free‚ where everyone was treated equally and with respect. Worldwide‚ that appears to be a common belief- Canada is viewed as vastly a tolerant nation‚ serving as a shining example to countries across the globe on topics such as human rights and the treatment of minority groups. However‚ behind the well-constructed façade lies a wealth of problems based on racial prejudice and stereotyping
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demand‚ paperwork‚ turnover‚ overtime and burnout (Reineck and Furino‚ 2005); The increasing exhaustion and burnout increased nurses’ frustration‚ which led many nurses to exit the profession. The problem of shortage of nurses is not only confined to Canada but also is global. World Health Organization (2006) estimates that the global shortage of health
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Society Women do not have the same position as men‚ though much progress has been made in the society to bring women to a stage where they have equal rights‚ equal pay‚ equal independence but still it is not achieved. Though it may seem that women have a great deal of freedom and independence‚ the overall condition of women in the world of today is not as it should be. Still the bird flies with only one wing as the other is hampered and not fully functional. Equality requires that those women who
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Criminal Sentencing April.30/2013 * Sentencing: a convicted person is one of the most complex parts of the legal system. * A judge must weigh several factors when deciding how to sentence an offender. * In Canada‚ a judge has numerous sentencing options‚ which range from releasing the accused to imprisonment * The sentencing process is controversial to many Canadians‚ as most convicted offenders do reintegrate back into society at some point. * There is constant debate over how
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