First language

Identities, or neglect them completely. As a result, First Nations had to abandon their culture, language, traditions and had to face discrimination in Canadian society. Moreover, the trauma did not end there but it caused many other lingering issues such as high school dropout rates, substance abuse, health problems, and comparing to non-native population of Canada, very low employment rate (Zapotichna, 2015, p. 98, para. 3). At the advent of colonization, First Nation leaders did not ask the…

the language but at least now they have enough schools and teachers that are accessible by the majority of the population to teach Turkish to the residents of the village. It is a very drastic improvement for a third-world Middle Eastern country. We can even further enlarge the vision by looking at the cultural differences between Turkey and Canada, a developed first world country, as I immigrated here at the age of 15. It was surprising to me that a country could have two official languages,…

Harold Pinter one of the most prominent and influential British playwright of the second half of the 20th century. His plays are distinguished from all other by their sense of suspense, mystification and ambiguity. Pinter has a specific technique to explore and elicit the mystery of human relationships. Pinter plays are characteristic of minimal plots and limited characters but the dialogues filled with powerful tension. He uses pauses, three dots and silence in his plays. They are the very…

coinage, as they have passed into everyday usage in English and different languages. During the Renaissance, Shakespeare amended the two-dimensional writing style of drama. The disruption accepted in the social ranking allowed Shakespeare to research humanity of every character regardless of their social hierarchy. Shakespeare knowledge of Greek and Roman languages were used when writing his plays. Before the Renaissance, the texts had…

Popular histories often marginalize First Nations women when discussing the fur trade. However, these women were quite significant and contributed a great deal to the vast and rapid development of colonial fur trading, playing a unique but important role in fur trade. Also, the fur trade itself changed the culture of First Nations women permanently and altered their role in their society. European fur traders first came to Canada early in the 16th century, and by the 19th century their…

Look Up and Teenage Affluenza There is no doubt that social media has become a major part of the lives of billions of people across the globe. The immense power of the internet is both positive and negative; it can be used for an organization to spread awareness of a charitable cause, or it can encourage ridiculous gossip stories that internet trolls thrive off. However, there is no doubt that the internet plays a key role in today’s mass mediated communication. This is proven through Gary…

focused on discussing the disastrous effects that the Residential schools, along with the other aspects of European colonization and its impacts on the Aboriginal communities. The first and main focus of residential schools was, firstly to attempt to convert the Aboriginals into their religious ideals. However, their first attempt wasn’t successful, which leads them to target the children and this resulted in the making of the residential schools. The outcome of the school systems was to turn…

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is one of the most influential figures in the English language and all forms of art. His craft can still be seen throughout all forms of television, movies, books, video games, and plays - of course. Shakespeare was able to almost handcraft an entire language and world through his plays. A very large percentage of our modern language derives from words and phrases that Shakespeare himself created. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon,…

since it presents a complete dissolution of language. But this does not mean that Beckett wrote this piece without any sense, this piece was written with intention, with structure, but it hides between a mix of nonsensical phrases and a lot of repetition, as it will be shown below. The presence of Repetition gives a particular rhythmic sonority, with a lot of unconnected phrases that create a well-planned net to be discovered. When analyzing structure, the first thing that catches the attention…

Canada must help alleviate problems faced by First Nations Greetings, classmates, teachers, fellow Canadians, We have gathered here to discuss how our society has caused many problems that Canada’s Natives face today, such as destroyed lives, endangered cultures and languages, unforeseeable economic future on reserves, and how it silently neglects and lets them struggle in those problems. Canadian history is a great example how we grow as a nation and learn valuable lessons from our previous…