Eight-Nation Alliance

I most certainly do not agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position on whaling. Their position on the issue is the very definition of ridiculous. They want to argue that their culture is being violated by the ban, that they have a cultural right to kill creatures that occupy a crucial part at the top of our global aquatic ecosystem. They argue that their villages that still whale have a cultural right to exist. The IMF and the world bank make much larger demands on developing economies,…

What was the most challenging thing you have ever done in your life? For some people it’s moving to the new place, for others to go to school. My journey started from the most important test for international students – TOEFL test. If you want to study at a university or find a job abroad, you need to pass the TOEFL test (Test of English as a Foreign Language). This test measures the ability of non-native English speakers to use and understand the English language as it is heard, spoken, read,…

talk about how we can all be a part of reconciliation and why is it important for all Canadians to have a role. My thesis is that First Nations residential schools touched so many First Nations people in such a negative way and which continues to harm generations that have followed the residential school survivors, that to get reconciliation correct gives First Nations…

The purpose of this report is to give an overview of what the Human Resource (HR) department does for Pratt and Whitney (PW). The Human Resource department is in charge of all hiring at PW. HR department is involved in recruitment, career and development, and also diversity, inclusion, and ethics. The HR department plays an important role at PW which is to hire the brightest talent to the company. The Human Resource Talent Center controls the external hiring process. The Talent Center has a…

Among the solutions was the United Nations recommendation that there be an alternative to detention centers established for this population, and only as a last resort should a child be held there. Due to a lack of protection for children, it was also proposed that children be placed with a guardian. The guardian would be appointed by an independent organization created for that purpose. One of the reasons this was stipulated was that children without a familial unit, are increasingly vulnerable…

level. First, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris. The Article 16(2) of the UDHR states that ‘Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses’, and the persons involved must be at ‘full age’(Assembly, 1948). Second, the United Nations declared Convention on Rights of the Child is an international treaty to protect the civil,…

order to encourage rotation. Furthermore, the members of the council are also elected by the 192 member states of the General Assembly. Ravin (2008), also mentions that due to the Human Rights Council’s rules, each of the member states of the United Nations is to have their human rights records examined as part of the Universal Periodic Review. The Universal Periodic Review’s purpose is to create guidelines that are used make sure that each candidate is considered suitable for having a seat in…

borders. Within transnational organizations falls issue networks who have four main actors that are trying to work for something that they all morally believe in; states, international NGOs, domestic NGOs, and international organizations. The United Nations gives these a starting point that they share and discuss to get stuff done. There is a…

I first saw Emily Carr’s paintings in a book of great Canadian artists within the library of my Ontario public school. In this book was the painting created in 1935 called Scorned as Timber, Beloved as the Sky. This painting depicts a tall tree rejected as being too spindly for good lumber that is left standing in clearcut forest against the feathered shimmering sky. The painting had a unusually quality that depicts a place that was impossible to go, yet to surrounds Canadian’s everyday the…

In the case of the Concert of Europe, the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte resulted to the first unified alliance in Europe wherein the rest of the superpowers allied together to defeat one enemy. After Napoleonic War’s instead of taking all of France’s territory and divide it amongst the winning countries, they decided to forgive France for its aggression because this period, the winning countries are led by monarchy and the French monarchs also suffered from the French revolution. In addition,…