First Nations

Now that a semester has passed, we should return to one of the very first questions of the course: is Québec a distinct society, and if so, how and why did it develop this difference? Several themes persisted throughout our studies that sought to answer these questions, including that of la survivance. This ideologically loaded phrase describing survival by means of French, Catholicism, and a farming vocation related back multiple times to other concepts. With regards to language, the…

Why was Britain the First Nation to Industrialise? The Industrial Revolution took place from the late 18th century onwards in Britain. It was the fundamental change which allowed society to develop into the modern economic system that is is today. The change of men to machines meant a middle class was created, and Britain flourished into a more complex, rich and successful country. It is of much historical debate as to why Britain industrialised before other countries, with many of…

imperialism and did not greatly benefit from the trading that came with globalization. Overall, the cons outweighed the pros for the globalization and imperialism from the perspective of an aboriginal. An example of how heavily imperialism over First Nations has permanently affected them is the loss of traditional Aboriginal language.…

Canada is supposed to be a country built on the idea of sovereignty, peacefulness and acceptance, but when it comes down to the way we as a country treat the First Nations Peoples, we are far from any of those things. The argument on how the Natives helped build Canada throughout history is also a large part of where the hatred and ignorance towards Indigenous Peoples come from. Some believe that the Natives were…

The United Nations defined the term genocide in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which was released in 1948. The statement said that: Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring…

1. What is the state of Canadians in terms of socioeconomic status? Describe what level of poverty exists in Canada and whether or not you think Canada is fair in terms of distribution of wealth and income. Canada is one of the few countries in the world that is richly endowed with a diversity of natural resources such as natural gas, petroleum and coal. It does have oil reserves estimated to be 183B gallons, making it to be the third largest oil reserve after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela as…

Good morning, everyone! Thank you so much for being here today. Today in government house, Xiaotong and I will talk about the issue of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child abuse. Indigenous child abuse is an issue of national concern (Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2008). Indigenous children have experienced traumatically child welfare policies historically, especially for the Stolen Generations, those who were forced removals from their…

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Why was Great Britain the first Industrial nation? Great Britain had an abundance of factors that gave it a significant advantage over other countries and Empires when it came to Industrialisation. Britain had all it needed to begin this revolution as they had large amounts of natural resources such as coal, an increasing population due to agricultural improvements, the development of new inventions and most importantly, an ever expanding Empire. All these factors contribute and provide the…

What is federation? Federation is the states joining together to become one. At first Australia was just colonies. In 1888 Australia became a nation but not everyone wanted federation. In the 1890's the Australian constition was drafted at a series of constitution conventions How did Australia become a nation? In Australia at first there was six colonies but after a while people started think about federation. Some colonies thought it was a great idea but other colonies weren't to…