Canada – United States border

immigration from a specific nation because of religion or ethnic background. As a society we retain these bias because of historical circumstances or ignorance. In Canada this is relevant due to historical circumstances as well as ignorance. From 1962 to 1885, Canada’s immigration law was cited to be extremely racist and blatant. In 1885 Canada imposed a Chinese Immigration Act. This Act was “referred to as a “head tax” on Chinese immigrants”(Taylor, K.W, 1991). This would mean that each…

damaged the ecology and agriculture of the United States and Canadian Prairies during 1930 through 1940. Severe drought and a failure to apply dryland to prevent wind erosion caused the phenomenon. This event occurred in parts of Canada and the lower parts of the U.S . The farmers of the southern states of America were mostly affected. Due to the hot summers and dry weather…

change in Canada’s direction with international actions. In 1956, Lester B. Pearson, the Canadian secretary of state for external affairs, created the idea of a United Nations peacekeeping force in order to solve the Suez Crisis. (Bolotta) This was a major success and has carried on until today, where many countries are providing contributions to help keep peace around the world. Canada had a reputation of being one of most well-known countries for peacekeeping and this country kept that title…

Before the September 11th, 2001 attacks, many in the United States underestimated the threat terrorism posed to the country. Now, 13 years later, we find ourselves in the middle of the War on Terror, fighting groups that don’t approve of the free, western way of life we live. We live every day with fear, waiting for the next plane to crash into the next building, the next car bomb to go off, or for the next US citizen to be beheaded. The United States is sitting quietly in the palm of Al-Qaeda…

In our society, it is difficult to live our lives without encountering some form of a social gap. These include the wealth and the gender gaps, among some of the less noticeable ones. Perhaps the one that receives the least attention in the United States is the food gap. No, I’m not talking about how bananas are more favored than brussel sprouts. Rather, I am referring to the availability of nutritional foods and how that is limited by one’s economic bracket and geographic location. Many…

INTRODUCTION The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into force on New Year’s Day 1994. The signatory members are the United States, Mexico, and Canada. While the purpose of NAFTA is to promote investment in those regions, the treaty does not confirm if water is a saleable good. The text fails to mention the word “water,” but nor does it expressly prohibit transactions involving the natural resource. This terse dichotomy leads to the following issue. The issue is whether…

1. Cultural boundaries- boundaries between states that coincide with differences in ethnicity, especially language and religion; another cultural boundary is drawn according to geometry. Example: Based on language, Quebec, and a can be considered a cultural boundary. In Quebec, french is their official language, but the rest of the country predominantly speaks English. Chinatown, which exists in New York City, is another example. Asian’s predominantly inhabit this area, and languages such as…

Geography of Alaska, Alaska became the forty-ninth state in 1959. Alaska is the biggest state in the United States combined by California, Montana, and Texas. It has more ocean coastal then all of United States combined. Alaska extends from Eastern Hemisphere and both the westernmost and easternmost state in united state. The land area is 570,380 square miles (1477,300 km2). In 1967 United States bought Alaska. Frozen water, in the form of glacier ice, covers some 16,000 square miles (41,000…

migrations to the United States. People in the millions left their homes voluntarily to cross international borders in search of economic and social opportunity in an industrialized America, where the minorities were gradually becoming represented in politics and gaining benefits and jobs that these poor agriculturally-based labourers would have not received in their home countries. The Irish and Hispanic migrants similarly received anti-immigrant sentiments from the native born United States…

Border v. Legalization Introduction to the Research Question / Statement of the Research Question Immigration is a progressing issue in America with over 42.4 million immigrants in the United States out of a population of 318.9 million people, according to the ACS, and still growing as years pass by. In order, to come to the U.S. legally by applying for citizenship, it roughly costs $680, which goes to citizenship application fees and a background check; however, this does not guarantee a…