John A. Macdonald

Sir John A. MacDonald: The Greatest Canadian Sir John A. Macdonald’s strong leadership skills and accomplishments contribute to how Canada is a great nation by, becoming the first prime minister, forming Canada into one country and arguing for women’s rights. He successfully maintained the country, even though he had many hardships. Macdonald was one the most important people in Canadian politics. Firstly, Macdonald had set a precedent when he became the first prime minister of Canada (Johnson…

proactive approach, and seeks to innovate. (i.e. Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs) Part B. My first leader is someone we have touched on earlier this semester, Sir John A. MacDonald. John. A. Macdonald was born in Glasgow Scotland in 1815, He immigrated to Canada with his family. Prior to working…

John A Macdonald was a great man and a great Canadian. Mr. Macdonald helped to build Canada as he was Canadas first prime minister. Macdonald was for every language, he did not discriminate against Lower Canada like some government officials did he was very open to work with them. He is also a great Canadian because he gave others the opportunity to be really amazing he gave them the opportunity to be a Canadian. John was the first prime minister of Canada and he helped to create Canada as we…

Without Confederation Canada may have been controlled by the US or in a very fragile state. Confederation was was an act in the 1860’s to unite the British North Colonies as one strong independant nation. John A.Macdonald was credited to influence Confederation as he was an Father of Confederation. John A.Macdonald was a Scottish-born Canadian politician and lead to be the first Prime Minister Of Canada (1867–1873, 1878–1891). On July 1st 1867, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Province of…

heritage minute video, Sir John A. Macdonald outlines his vision for confederation en route to the Charlottetown Conference. On July 1st, 1867 Sir John A. Macdonald became Canada’s first prime minister, which is an significant event to certain Canadians (Historica Canada, 2014). In this video, it is evident that the heritage minute is telling the viewers that Canada was formed based on unity, courage, persistence, and strength. The video also shows that Sir John A. Macdonald used liquor to bribe…

June 7th, Charles Mackintosh studied art and design where he was interested in drawing programmes at the Glasgow School of Art as well as trained as an architecture under John Hutchinson, before transferring to the practise of Honeyman and Keppie. Meeting four artists within school: Herbert MacNair, Margaret and Frances Macdonald, they would collaborated on experimental designs together for furniture, metalwork, and illustration.…

When I first arrived at Sir John A MacDonald High in Grade 10, I applied to be a member of the school Student Council, because I was really passionate about being involved at school, and had many ideas to contribute. This must have shown in my application, as I ended up being selected. I really looked forward to participating in Council meetings and events with my fellow Grade Ten Reps, and was extremely excited to meet the rest of Student Council. I quickly learned though, that as a Grade Ten,…

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien are considered to be two of the greatest authors of the last century. Ralph C. Wood in his article “Conflict and Convergence on Fundamental Matters in C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien” analyzes the stylistic and philosophical differences between these two authors. His article focuses on the correlation between an author’s philosophy and writings. Although Wood makes valid arguments he is clearly biased towards Tolkien, therefore affecting his credibility. Wood…

Finally, Lewis uses his Biblical understanding of Heaven to signify that Heaven is immeasurably more important when in comparison to either Earth or Hell. The substance of Heaven is truer and the reality of Heaven much deeper than the temporal substance of Earth. Lewis demonstrates this through his description of Heaven and the corresponding description of Hell. He writes; I had the sense of being in a larger space, perhaps even a larger sort of space, than I had ever known before: as if the sky…

actually a strange confliction between the two leaders of the Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Both John and Paul had very different styles of playing music and even writing music. As one author puts this…