Canada

In the article “Why Multiculturalism Can’t End Racism” (Word and World, pp.112-116) Marlene Nourbese Philip discusses multiculturalism in Canada and how in her opinion multicultural policies in Canada may promote discrimination rather than end it. Philip discusses the inequality with-in Canada between different cultures and races; one of the main points being that the Canadian government only recognizes English and French in the constitution while omitting Native culture. Philips believes…

contributions of Indigenous peoples in Canada. It enables the readers examine the history, the diversity of cultural, linguistic, racial, and religious of groups of First Nations peoples in Canada, and it exhorts the readers to prepare themselves to live harmoniously in a multicultural society in the interdependent world of the twenty-first century. Key Words: “Indians” “Aboriginal,” “Indigenous” and First Nations” are used interchangeably with “Native.” Introduction Canada is the land of…

superman? It’s Canada. As Jane Fonda said,” When I am in Canada, this is what the world should be like” and I totally agree with Jane Fonda. Today, I’ll be talking about how I feel as a Canadian Citizen, why my parents moved to Canada, and how I appreciate Canada and the fact that I am living here. I feel great to be a Canadian Citizen because we have our rights. The rights of Canada are listed on the Canadian Constitution. Some Rights we have in Canada are: to enter and leave Canada, to vote…

easy to obtain, sometimes you have to dig in the corners, persevere through the discomfort, and work for success. Text Comparison: An article written by author Jason Markussof depicts the dangers and risk that illegal refugees face in coming to Canada from the United States. To understand this article…

wasn 't always known as that. Canada was a nation just like any other building and improving itself, but it wasn’t until the First World War that people started to notice Canada as its own country. Events from the First and Second World War and the Cold War have shaped Canada into what it is today. Events such as Vimy Ridge, where Canada had to fight against the German Sixth Army in a battle that no other country could win. This is the fight that would decide if Canada is truly its own nation…

her family decided to move to Canada from Paarl, a city in the Western Cape province of South Africa where she had been raised. She was in high school when she immigrated with her mother, father, and younger brother to Dawson Creek, a small town in northern British Columbia. While the decision to move was not easy, she regards immigrating as having had a largely positive impact on her family, and herself personally as a transgender woman. Her story illustrates how Canada is often perceived as a…

The preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom states, “Canada is grounded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God” (Russell 1999). According to Russell (1999), this can also be considered the “God-clause.” The three articles discuss this notion of stating “the supremacy of God” in the preamble of the Canadian Charter. Although the articles have different views about the preamble, I highly agree with Russell’s (1999) article titled, “The Supremacy of God does not belong…

into the western Canada’s political landscape up to the 1984 federal election. Gibbins uses pass federal elections to point out there has been an ongoing pattern of regional discontent in western Canada, which has not changed since the turn of the century. Economic dependency plays a part in the western Canada regional discontent, along with the lack of western representation in the House of Commons, which is referred to as western alienation. The root cause of the western alienation comes from…

Canada receives about 250,000 immigrants and refugees per year. According to statistic Canada, the annual number of landed immigrants in Canada has fluctuated considerably over the last 150 years (statistic Canada 2017). Canada has been shaped greatly by immigration in the society and culture mostly because the country has a small population of citizens which cannot meet its labor requirement and immigration serves as a solution. There are three categories of immigrants; the…

Canada Canada consists of three territories and ten provinces. The three territories are Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The ten provinces are British Columbia, Alberta, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the Constitution Act 1867, whereas territorial governments have the powers…