Birds of North America

relationship is too superior Have you recognized that our Canadian culture is slipping away? Is Canada too close with America for comfort? As an immigrant, it is obvious that Canadian culture is very similar to American culture. The influences from the United States are incredible; Canadians watch American TV programs, listen to American pop music and buy American products. Being close with America, not only occur cultural influences, but also need to face a sometimes unfriendly neighbor. The…

The North American Police State Hidden Beneath our Noses For us North Americans, it is difficult to understand the life in a police state. Why? It’s because we have rights and freedoms and privacy that are all taken very seriously by the law as well; we even have our own privacy commissioners to monitor the protection of our privacy. Everyone in North America, even criminals, is treated lawfully so it’s hard to believe that these are all lies that we were told. We North Americans are…

Analysis Essay: "A Model of Christian Charity" In 1630, Puritan layman and leader John Winthrop delivered a sermon to the Puritan people on board the ship Arbella while en route to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Unbeknownst to him or those in attenedence, his sermon would go down in history and serve as a defining literary example of American colonization. The main purpose of his speech can be linked to preparing the puritans on how to develop a new society in a dangerous environment. During the…

the Bering Land Bridge hypothesis provided Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples with an explanation for how the peopling of North America came to occur that is separate from traditional Indigenous origin stories. However, it is key to note that, as with any hypothesis, there are academics who agree and disagree with the idea that people migrated from Asia to North America along the Bering land bridge (McIlwraith, 2016). The book by Dan O’Neill entitled The Last Giant of Bering (2004) claims to…

pressures? What does each film seem to prescribe as acceptable behaviors and outcomes for the girls? Both cultures are really different. Japanese people have a more defined culture than North Americans. The mixed of many other cultures and different political views have created a complex and not very well defined North American culture. Ghost World and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time are two very different movies. It’s true that both tell the story of a girl that is going through the…

United States). Another reason is that if you look like you are from America and the last one is that if you have the freedom that Americans have. The definition of being American differs from each person that you talk to about. My dad has been and lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina which is South America. He tells me lots of stories about the time he was living down there and last year I asked him a question about being America and he gave me an answer that was not what I expected to be the…

explorer by the name of Christopher Columbus landed on the Canary Islands off the coast of the North American continent, and ran into the indigenous people, the “Indians”, who lived there. His discoveries of this new continent, and the lust for natural resources such as gold that were spotted on the people that lived there led to an abundance of European conquistadors, Spanish for conquerors, coming to the Americas in order to pillage the land for its exquisite and valuable commodities. With…

Canada’s and the United States’ security was reinforced by the World War 2 agreements, the North American Air Defense Command and the Can-US Civil Assistance Plan. World War 2 was an important part of the developing relationship between Canada and the United States because the two allies cooperated closely to defeat the Axis powers once the United…

Little Big Man challenges typical American narratives of history through the inclusion of numerous Natives American characters with multidimensional roles in order to help promote the idea that they were merely the victims by European settlers during the colonial days, the real “savages.” The film’s main character, a white man who plays plays the role of both a European settler and a disguised Native, helps expose the brutal realities of the frontier, by his own people against the Natives who…

an extended period of time are the most effective forms of treatment. On the other hand, Sam Timimi and Nick Radcliffe, two UK authors, present their arguments for why ADHD is not a real disorder. These two authors analyze the Western culture, North America, and how it ties in with the big question, “Is ADHD a real disorder?”. ADHD was voted as a disorder in 1980 when the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual was being reviewed. Children as young as two are being treated with medicine that,…