Australian English

Patagonia’s Pom Beanie “To do things differently, we need to perceive things differently”. In other words, to change the path that we are on, we must first understand where we are headed. For the world to live the way Canadian’s do, we would require 4.7 Earths to sustain the resources. This statistic displays the dramatic need for a shift in the thinking of the use of our resources. To accomplish this, we need to not only change our thinking, we need to change the way we design. Through…

For over a hundred years, Indigenous people have endured injustices and segregation in Canada’s Health Care system. In the book Medicine Unbundled, author Gary Geddes brings awareness to a shocking national story unfamiliar to many non Indigenous Canadians. The book includes heartbreaking interviews of Elders and their nightmares of unimaginable abuse and racism committed against Indigenous people in segregated hospitals and residential schools across Canada. In a country that prides itself on…

The Freedom Ride was a bus tour that occurred in February of 1965, visiting regional towns in New South Wales (Informit EduTV, 2015) with the intention of drawing attention to the inequalities faced by Indigenous Australians. The Freedom Ride was organised by a group of 34 students from the University of Sydney, under the name of ‘Student Action For Aborigines’ (SAFA) and was led by one of the two Indigenous students in the group; Charles Perkins (Galligan & Roberts, 2007). These students were…

life for members of the Aboriginal population remains to be a struggle in a subtle but present manner. Indigenous Australians faced difficulties from greater economic hardships caused by poverty and unemployment to social stigma and discrimination, which is a huge contrast in comparison to their Caucasian counterparts. Moreover, the story highlights the problems of many Australian War Veterans who suffer from alcoholism, depression and ailments after their time of duty which made life for them…

the integration of multiculturalism. Racism and other forms of discrimination were still lurking in the society, but today, Australia is one of the regions that has improved regarding race, cultural, background and ethnic acceptable. Today, the Australian people are treated equally regardless of their race, language, ethnicity, religion, background and many other elements. Before the integration of the multicultural ideas, immigrants and other individuals that were considered as a minority group…

“As long as the sun shines, the grass flows and the rivers flow” (jamessmithcreenation, n.d.). With over two hundred thousand members living in Canada, the Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations in Canada and in North America. The James Smith Cree Nation is a diversion of the Cree Nation; a Cree First Nation band government. An agreement between band governments of First Nations at Fort Carlton over owned territory; current provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta (Postl et al. 2010).…

I chose to base my creative piece on the Australian short story – American Dreams by Peter Carey. The purpose of my piece was to highlight central themes such as Americanisation – an idea that claims that 'America has colonised our subconscious' and the delusion of the American Dream. These thematic aspects are prevalent in 'American Dreams' by Peter Carey, in which a remote and isolated town becomes influenced by the concept of living the American Dream and as a result of trying to conform to…

History of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) was first proposed by Alan Walsh, later known as Sir Alan in 1955. Sir Alan worked in Melbourne for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (C.S.I.R.O.). This concept came to Alan Walsh in a flash of inspiration as he was gardening at his Melbourne home. This led to the invention that has since been labelled as one of the most significant achievements in chemical analysis for last…

With a very few exceptions, English curricula do not include First Nations literatures and although these works could also be part of the English courses so that students can learn about First Nations voices. Aboriginal students deserve to be taught texts they can relate to their culture and non-Aboriginal students should be educated about Aboriginal culture, history and contemporary life through the richness of Aboriginal writings with its innovative uses of the English…

The cartoon depicts a baby that is meant to be Canada standing on its own with an older woman commonly known as ‘Mother Britannia’, who is meant to represent the British Empire. There is also an older gentlemen that is commonly known as ‘Uncle Sam’, which is a common national personification of the American government or the United States in general. The text underneath the cartoon has the women saying “See, the dear child can stand alone!”, while ‘Uncle Sam’ says “Of course he can! Let go of…