October 8‚ 1971‚ Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau had announced that Canada will embrace a policy of multiculturalism to the House of Commons‚ known as the Canadian Multiculturalism Act. Multiculturalism was planned to keep the cultural freedom of individuals and provide acknowledgement to the diverse racial groups to Canadian society. It was a huge symbolic recognition of cultural diversity rather than a genuine change in government policy. Although most Canadian citizens supported Trudeau in
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’ALL TASTE IS ACQUIRED TASTE. ’ DISCUSS To say that all taste is acquired taste is to say that in expressing a preference for a particular food‚ style of dress or type of music we are expressing an entirely culturally learned system of values. In Western society ’good taste ’ is seen to be the domain of the upper classes. In other words the symbols appropriated by the economically and socially successful are the ones that are ascribed the most worth. Sahlins(1976) argues that the value
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smoke! They just announced that the Ministry of Education has decreed that universities will close at the end of the month!!! I wanted to be an educated‚ liberated woman and study chemistry like Marie Curie and if the pursuit of knowledge meant getting cancer‚ so be it. Now‚ at the age that Marie Curie first went to France I will probably have 10 children. This is a disaster. And that’s not it… They even insulted mom‚ telling her that women that didn’t wear the veil wouldn’t be respected so now
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What do Kingda Ka and the discoverer of radioactivity‚ Marie Curie‚ have in common? Actually‚ there is a lot more than you would think. You might say to yourself that they are completely different‚ which is correct‚ yet incorrect. One thing is a rollercoaster and the other is a famous scientist‚ but when you look past just their physical descriptions‚ you will see how much they actually are alike. They both follow similar paths and they both faced many hardships‚ but also many great things. Firstly
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radium and nuclear power plants. Would you change your mind about the importance of radium? Not many people know but‚ radium is also frequently used in the medical field specially to run tests or procedures like x-rays and radiotherapy. Marie Curie‚ an impressive female scientist‚ has benefitted the world of medicine and science by discovering a way to treat cancer with radiation‚ developing nuclear plants to produce electricity‚ and aiding in the advancements of technology used in the medical
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idea. First of all‚ success is what we have after a process we worked hard or we made an effort to achieve it. We can see that in many famous people. Behind their success‚ they spent all their time‚ strength and conscientiousness. Let take Marie Curie – the first person who won two Nobel prizes for the discover of the radioactive elements polonium and radium as an example. She spent her whole life for studying and science. To isolate a fraction of a gram of radium‚ she and her husband processed
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Topic: Letter to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to argue against implementation of War Measures Act. Word Count: 1385 Words To: Prime Minister‚ Pierre Trudeau From: Mitesh Patel‚ Cabinet Minister Date: October 12‚ 1970 Subject: Implementation of War Measures Act As informed by the party that you have asked all the cabinet ministers of your government to lay down their suggestions on whether the War Measures Act should be implemented or not and should the government send their troops
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Sociology of the Body Pierre Bourdieu coins the term ‘habitus’ to explain the role of the body in class reproductive dynamics. Summarize his position Introduction Pierre Bourdieu’s account of class reproductive dynamics stems from his belief that your “habitus” dictates how your body engages in the reproductive dynamics of class theory. This notion of “habitus” has become central to the studies on social inequality. Bourdieu and Structuralism Bourdieu is a typical example of a structuralist
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Marie Curie‚ originally Maria Sklodowska‚ is a renowned scientific figure in our world today. Born on November 7‚ 1867 in the city of Warsaw which was at the time under Russian control‚ Marie was bound to become something special from the start. Even though hardships were thrown her way at a young age‚ such as the death of her mother and one of her sisters‚ Marie pushed onward and overcame her grief. Although her family was poor‚ she was determined to persevere through the difficulty and make
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people in‚ even when they know this love will not last and is forbidden. Marie Curie was a passionate physicist and chemist who is famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity‚ as she was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her husband was also an instructor at the school of physics and chemistry; it was their mutual interest in natural sciences that drew them together. However only after eleven years of marriage‚ Pierre was killed in a road accident‚ leaving Marie devastated by his death. After
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