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Muslims in Canada have a proud history of achievements and accomplishments, ever since their initial settlements in the nineteenth century. One such achievement and accomplishment is the establishment of one of the first ever all-purpose built mosques and community centers in North America – Al Rashid Mosque in 1938, where the faithful worshiped, the community celebrated and generations grew and prospered. That historical building now resides in an open-air museum at Fort Edmonton Park in the…

today, this was very helpful because it added much needed bodies to the war effort. Without the contributions and help of indigenous soldiers and other military divisions the wars would have been harder and canada would have lost some crucial battles. In the war of 1812 indigenous veterans in Canada had an important role of defense alongside the British Empire against the United States. Indigenous veterans fought to stop the invasion and expansion of the United States because of their common…

Since European settlers came to Canada, relationship between them and the indigenous community has been extremely tense. The Canadian government tried on many occasion to eliminate aboriginal people. Some of these attempts include the Indian Residential School System, which were active between the years of 1880 and 1996. Furthermore, the Indian Act passed in 1876 gave the government control over most aspects of aboriginal life. The Act outlined who was part of the indigenous community and who…

Canada’s determination to be internationally present as a middle power emerged following the Second World War. At this time. Canada also began develop a reputation as a peace-keeper for the international community, as policy makers felt is was integral for Canada’s reputation. During this period Canadian citizens also felt that peacekeeping was an important part of the Canadian identity. While the Canadian government was under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian foreign policy…

the fact that there is a growing gap between the rich and middle class in Canada. McQuaig also indicates Canadian politics seem to be doing nothing to mitigate this growing economic problem. 2. Do you find McQuaig's argument convincing? Why or why not? As a middle class citizen in Canada, I do have a bias towards this article. With that being said, I do find McQuaig’s argument convincing. Not only is this a fact known in Canada, but it seems to be a growing trend all across the world. Wealthy…

Another factor to consider is the boom in petroleum-based commodities of the last decade, and the role that oil companies such as Petro-Canada plays from an environmental perspective. With the rapid expansions in petroleum comes many impacts to the environment as well as to society as a whole. There has been shifting economic landscape and government regulations to control the boom in this period. The world is dependent on fossil fuels for 80 percent of its energy, but at the same time, it is…

Today marks a very special day in Canada, the 72nd anniversary of the battle that marked the end of the biggest war in history. D-Day was long, treacherous, and seemingly unbearable battle- yet our soldiers came out victorious. Here to share what it was truly like in the trenches is blank blank. Why, from your perspective, was the D-Day campaign significant? At the time the planning and strategizing that went into preparation for D-Day was far greater then any other battle before it.…

France and Canada came from centuries ago. During the European colonization both British and French were dominating different parts of Canada and battles for domination, French Revolution, American Revolution shaped the political structure of Canada and grouping of population. In the Second World War Canada and France were allies against Nazi German. Eventually, after the fall of France in 1940 most Western governments broke off relations with the Vichy regime, this was not the case with Canada…

Canada's First Nation (FN) on-reserve housing now is in crisis level due to severe shortages, lack of proper ventilation, presence of mold contamination, overcrowding and structural deficiencies (CBC, 2011; MacTavish et.al, 2012; Canadian Press, 2016). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) defined access of proper housing is the third most important basic human needs. "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family,…

Canada 's population is aging, and the demographics of Canadian population are shifting so that senior citizens will form an increasingly larger percentage of the population. With this growing senior population comes an increase in health care costs, pension costs and social services provided for seniors. The thesis is that the rapid growing of the senior population will present a strain in our health care system. The intention of this paper is to explain how this ballooning population of the…