British Columbia

In 1921, about 22,000 people of the Japanese decent were living in British Colombia and about 76% of them were born in Canada and the remaining were naturalized citizens (Tracey Pennell). During the world war, the Japanese were taken into internment camps. They were agonized by the pain of breakups within their families…

Although white soldiers were accepted without much exceptions lots of men from other races were denied from joining or the very least, had a lot of difficulty when enlisting. All Asians were refused to join the war in British Columbia, as a result around 200 Issei volunteers overcame B.C's racial barrier and traveled to Alberta where they were accepted.8 Similar circumstances occurred with the Black Canadians, they were initially rejected but after much persistence the Nova…

behind British colonial expansion in Africa is Cecil Rhodes. He arrives in Kimberley at the age of eighteen in 1871, the very year in which rich diamond-bearing lodes are discovered there. He makes his first successful career as an entrepreneur, buying out the claims of other prospectors in the region” (Gascoigne par. 10). His newly found Rhodesia made him more prosperous than anyone could imagine but at the consequence of the natives. “During the early 1890’s the company of Cecil Rhodes…

He received his bachelor's degree in biology from Amherst College in Massachusetts and a doctorate in zoology from the University of Chicago. Then he had an interest in genetics, which he researched and taught at the University of British Columbia until he retired in 2001. Since 2001, he has been concentrating primarily on his foundation and climate change activism. In recent years, Suzuki has more focus on climate change and global warming, and he is trying to press the Canadian Government…

It was the same old dream. She’d turn the key in the lock and open the door. To her horror, she’d see that same old monster. It was a different kind of monster although. She couldn 't see it even though she definitely tried to. She felt it move and creep around her. Looking at her every move and waiting for the right time to attack. She ran around the house trying to find something to hide under. But she never knew whether the monster was in that room or not. “Will you get up already?”…

January 28th, 1986, is one of those days in the history of the United States that will never be forgotten. That is the day that the space shuttle Challenger explode 73 seconds after it lifted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, killing the seven people on board, including a civilian school teacher. After an intensive investigation into the cause of the disaster, it was determined to have been the result of a faulty O-ring that allowed fuel to escape during the “burn” which resulted in the…

How to make your Thanksgiving more spiritual for you and your family. So you want to make this Thanksgiving better than ever! That’s great! I love it! But maybe you 're not quite sure how to get there...you 're not sure how to make it more meaningful. Well, I’m guessing that you wish the holidays would provide a deeper meaning. You want more good...no...GREAT memories. You love God and you want that love to be experienced at your dinner table with your cherished ones. So how do you make…

Do the professional duties of an engineer go beyond conscientiously and effectively carrying out the instructions of their employer? If so, why and how? If not, why not? As population and economy across the globe continues to grow, engineers have increasingly influential roles in designing and delivering the subsequent demand for new or upgraded technology and infrastructure on which the world 's future is dependent. (Polkinghorne, 2013). A common question arises, do the professional duties of…

What could have been the purpose of a Ronald W. Reagan’s speech after a catastrophic incident? On January 28, 1986, a space shuttle launched from NASA suffered a casualty when the shuttle named The Challenger was on the air, as it broke apart. This launching was showcased on national television, causing the crew’s children witness their parents’ death, and most children in the U.S. being traumatized by it. As a way of unifying the nation after a tragedy of that essence, President Ronald W.…

The legend of Alexo began when she was born in Thebes to her slave parents, Agda and Palmer. See when Alexo was just 6 years old she was abandoned by her parents. Even though she was young, she has little memory of the time she spent with her parents. After her abandonment, she was taken in custody of her aunt, Magda. Magda is married to one of the top commander and chiefs of the Greek army, Dorian. Dorian wanted Alexo to grow up to be strong and independent. Therefore, he taught her everything…