The definition of important is “having serious meaning or worth‚” (Merriam- Webster’s Dictionary). Pierre Elliott Trudeau is the representation of this. Trudeau was born in Montreal to Joseph Charles Trudeau and Grace Elliott. Joseph was of French descent and Grace was of Scottish‚ therefore Trudeau was bilingual. He was appointed the Minister of Justice and gained national attention for his social reforms. These include divorce laws‚ abortion‚ laws on homosexual marriage and regulations on public
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Pierre Auguste Renoir Renoir has so many eye pleasing works of art!! It would definitely be considered impressionism since he was one of the leaders of the impressionism movement in 1841. Renoir uses a kind of paint that stands out and shows how the lighting is highlighting the people or the other images in the painting. I would say that his work is kind of in between. The paintings have a lot of meaning but they represent what he wanted to see not just what he saw. He used friends‚ family‚ and
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Pierre Bourdieu was an acclaimed French sociologist‚ anthropologist and philosopher‚ who is still noted today as being one of the most prominent and influential intellects in recent years. He is famous for his contributions to many subjects and areas‚ and much of his work is still considered today as being classics. His work is considered to be some of the most innovative and groundbreaking bodies of theory and research in contemporary social science. He is still prominent today for his many great
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Pierre De Fermat- Pierre De Fermat was born in France in August of 1601. His father was a leather merchant and his mother’s family was in the legal profession. children‚ and practiced law. Math was simply just a hobby for Pierre. Pierre De Fermat was a busy lawyer‚ and didn’t leave much time for his love of math. Since math was just his hobby‚ he never wanted any of his work to be published. When he did publish his work‚ it was always anonymously. Fermat would state theorems‚ but always neglected
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Throughout the world‚ Canada is known to be a domestically peaceful‚ economically thriving‚ multicultural society. Canada and the United States share a common border‚ language‚ and colonial history. Yet‚ for Quebec‚ an amount of people are displeased with the city’s relationship with other provinces of Canada and want to secede. The issue of succession is not new; in fact‚ the citizens voted on this very same controversial subject‚ began a “Quiet Revolution”‚ and had protests. Canada is bilingual
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Pierre Fermat’s father was a wealthy leather merchant and second consul of Beaumont- de- Lomagne. Pierre had a brother and two sisters and was almost certainly brought up in the town of his birth. Although there is little evidence concerning his school education it must have been at the local Franciscan monastery. He attended the University of Toulouse before moving to Bordeaux in the second half of the 1620s. In Bordeaux he began his first serious mathematical researches and in 1629 he gave a
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Over the period of this course‚ a majority of the sociologist talked about believed we lived in a modern society. However‚ sociologist Pierre Bourdieu believes we currently are living in a postmodern society that is governed by concepts which are hidden by the government. These concepts he proclaims can be found within cultural capital. Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital is the concept in which knowledge is the currency which serves purpose in altering experiences and given opportunities that
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The National Energy program was a program created under the Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The 1980 National Energy Program was an attempt by the federal government increase Canadian content in the oil industry by giving incentives to Canadian companies. Keep the price of oil below the world price to protect consumers. Tax oil exports to increase the federal share of the profits. The national energy program tried to change two different prices of oil‚ one that was inside Canada
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s War Measures Act Statement Pierre Elliott Trudeau served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada‚ from 1968–1979 and 1980–1984. His charismatic personality dominated the Canadian political scene‚ one that had never been witnessed before. On October 5th‚ 1970‚ British trade commissioner‚ James Cross was kidnapped in Montreal by members of a terrorist group called‚ the Front de Libération du Québec or FLQ (The Canadian Encyclopedia). Soon after‚ provincial cabinet minister Pierre
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Maria Sklodowska‚ also known as Marie Curie‚ was a Polish scientist who had a passion for success. Marie was raised in Poland and traveled to get the best education that was available to her.1 She soon became a very successful physicist and chemist. Marie Curie’s research and discoveries did not die along with her. It is all still here‚ helping many people. Marie Curie was born on November 7‚ 1867.1 She was raised in Poland by a family of prominent educators. Marie was the youngest of five children
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