History of Canada

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…

One may be able to assume that the concept of racism in Canada, due to the multicultural nature of the nation, would be essentially non-existent or would have little significant impact on the society. The reality of the situation, however, is that racism has left significant impacts families and children across Canada over the course of the country’s history. The main issue this paper proposes to analyze is how racism has impacted immigrant families and children during the historical time frame…

memorials within "National Gazes: Witnessing Nations", whereas Adam J. Green focuses on investigating the complexities of identity within Canada and the United States through editorial cartoons in his essay "Mapping North America". In Ryan Edwardson 's essay "The Many Lives of Captain Canuck", he instead focuses solely on the struggle for a presentation of Canada that does not depend on American support. I will incorporate all three of these previously stated works into my essay as well as the…

Throughout history, the value of freedom has become more apparent and has established itself as a basic right for every individual. Society has become increasingly knowledgeable about the topic of being able to decide their own future, which has led to the many changes in the law over the past decade. Canada is an astonishing country that has been created through the unity of all individuals, and the various values that it holds to ensure equality and peace. Thus, proving John G. Diefenbaker’s…

Canada is a multicultural country. In fact it was the first country to adopt multiculturalism as an official policy in 1971 (ottawa citizen, 2015). So why is that our English curriculum doesn’t reflect this fact. One culture in particular that I feel does not get enough attention is Indigenous people of Canada. To correct this imbalance, Indigenous literature should be compulsory in high school. This exposure will help students understand the troubles that Indigenous people had to face, in the…

Canada Cultural Assessment Canada is one of the largest countries in the world and contains a population of more than 35 million people. The Atlantic, Pacific, and Artic Ocean meet three of the country’s borders. The fourth being the United States of America. The United States borders Canada on its Alaskan border in the northwestern region of the country and the southern border along the continental United States. Canada has an economic standing that is strongly influenced by its shared…

Cartier claimed the region of Canada for his country. Although we know this area as Canada today, back then, Cartier called it New France (History). The country of France colonized this area and their culture in a sense rubbed off creating almost a second France. Over the hundreds of years, some things have changed and Canada no longer completely mimics France. It has set itself apart, but has managed to maintain some of its colonizer’s great culture. Both France and Canada have both…

class is to be introduced firstly to Canada as a country. The teaching unit thereby chooses a top-down approach to the topic by looking at the overall aspects as for instance {\tql}Government{\tqr}, {\tql}Provinces and Territories{\tqr} and {\tql}People{\tqr} and then closing in on the capital city of the Province Nova Scotia, Halifax, and the poem that draws a gloomy picture of a night around the harbor of this city. During this lesson of getting introduced to Canada, the students are supposed…

shock due to the great depressions that development that brought similar drastic changes in the 1930s. First Nation family moved to a town after receiving voting rights in the 1960s, which led to experiencing racism from non-natives. Canada has many emotional past history stories because of new cultural and identity that causes distress among the two narrators family moving away from their original lands. As in the 1930s, the great depression destroyed many settlers’ lives especially…

The concept of nationhood in Canada is one that has been highly debated throughout Canada’s history from initial English-French conflict between first settlers, to the debates leading up to confederation in 1867, to the present. These struggles between English and French Canadians to have their distinct identities recognized as part of the fabric of the country remains a constant in the narrative of Canadian history and politics from 1864 onwards. As the country grew and changed throughout the…