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In a high-level meeting on Syria, the former secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, stressed, “communities hosting refugees . . . are exhausted. Health, education, and public utilities are overstretched and under-resourced.” In this address, Ban is highlighting just one of many challenges created by the global refugee crisis. There are many people fleeing areas of war, unrest, and destruction, and those fleeing danger and disaster deserve the same rights as those who live in…

Canada is a highly stratified country that not only has to deal with the challenges of different socioeconomic strata, but also the wide cultural diversity it holds. In the 21st century Canada is known as a cultural mosaic rather than a cultural melting pot like the United States. Canada welcomes all cultures in to our society; however, what exactly is a culture? A culture is the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people or other social groups. In Canada…

Aboriginal people (Indigenous people of Australia, see Image 1) have the longest living cultural history of any single language group in the world, dating back to more than 50,000 years. It has been able to survive this long as it is a dynamic culture. A dynamic culture is a culture that is able to adapt to the time period and is able to change without losing its core paradigms. This is why Aboriginal spirituality is known as a dynamic religion as its culture which is dynamic, shaped its…

The French and Indian War, that was taking place in 1754-63, altered the political, economic, and ideological relationship between Britain and its American colonies in many ways. This war led British government to really high debt, so parliament decided put taxes on the American colonies but the colonist didn't feel fair that the mother country in which they were not represented should tax them. The colonists boycotted, that brought up feelings of resentment toward Britain.…

The Inuit are part of a wide group modernly called Eskimos. Scattered throughout the Arctic region, they occupy parts Canada, Greenland, and the Alaskan coast. They originated in in Western Alaska starting around 1000 A.D., and slowly expanded outwards. The Inuit have been around for a large span of time, and still exist today. With regards to the characteristics their society, the capacity for the presence of peace and violence is evaluated through ethnographic, archaeological, and…

As time has progressed, Canada as a whole as improved in accepting minorities. The nation is known as a melting pot and it certainly earns that name with the multiple cultures and religions that make up a large portion of the population. However, even with the large melting pot that Canada is, racial profiling is prevalent in Canada’s society as a whole. In general, it is noticeable that racial profiling has been on the decrease as time has passed and is only getting rarer, and the Canadian…

British Columbia as it is in alignment with my skills, experience and career objective and I will be working on the subject that I am truly passionate about. It would be a great honour to be part of the one of the cleanest electricity producers in Canada and North America. Definitely, BC Hydro is performing remarkable and astonishing work when it comes to designing new hydroelectric projects as the Site C Clean Energy Project on the Peace River, improving reliability of transmission systems by…

Many people identify Canadian identity as a hockey nation that enjoys maple syrup and beavers on coins, but the way I see Canada as a place where people come from different parts of the world to live together in harmony. Canada is one of the youngest countries but the oldest democracy without a civil war in 153 years of history. Canada does not have an ancient heritage compared to the United Kingdom, Japan, India, Mexico, China, etc. But it has one of the biggest multicultural societies.…

What is the environmental cost of drilling? Do we dare touch such a fragile ecosystem that could never resurrect itself just because “gas prices are too high?” Is mankind so greedy and superficial that we have to take away one the most vast and unique areas of the world just for our own benefit? These are some of the many argumentative questions rational, environmentally aware individuals are asking after a significant amount oil has been recorded under the layers of the Arctic National Wildlife…

Historical events within Canada, as well as many other countries, are frequently portrayed from a one sided perspective. We like to view ourselves and our fellow Canadians as kind and noble, when that may not always be the case. Wendy S. Hesford and Brenda Jo. Brueggemann explore this idea of seeing our country in only the positive light, stating that “the ways in which we remember major events in our history can also mask the history of racial and ethnic discrimination” (160). Canadians are…