Manitoba

In much of education today, summative assessment is the primary focus; certainly in Texas, where I have taught for the past twelve years, schools have applied much of their efforts to the TAAS, TAKS, and now STAAR. Given, however, that these tests occur on a single day once a year per assessment, the focus placed on them is quite out of proportion; once they are done, the opportunity for students to improve has passed. Instead, assessment that takes into account a variety of performances, that…

Women Should Be Santa Too! Women should have the same rights as men, and today women still don’t get the same amount of respect. Around season shopping time Macy’s Department Store in New York City they needed people to be Santa so they hired five women who desperately needed jobs. But, the customers weren’t so pleased, “I will never shop here again.”…

several decades, the concept of the word “woman” has been altered many times to fit into the ever changing mold that is accepted by society. The status of women in Canada is yet to be defined, despite having won the right to vote in the province of Manitoba in 1916. It is important to be clear that the suffragette movement was not at the same time as the realisation of the the legal recognition of women as persons with rights. According to the Canadian Constitution, the legal term for “person”…

Cúram for Child Welfare Project Phase 1 – Strategy for Disaster Recovery Prepared By: Edwin Anzures Version: 1 1. About this Document 1.1. Document Purpose The Strategy for Disaster Recovery document for the scoping phase of the Cúram for Child Welfare project outlines the planned approaches for implementing the required resilience: • Prevention • Detection • Response • Recovery • Restoration 1.2. Audience for this Document The audience for this document includes: • Project…

Spreading negative stereotyping has been a great issue within our society. Stereotyping has been known as an act of making judgments and assigning negative qualities to individuals or groups of people. Negative stereotyping can be spread in many forms such as the media that includes the newspaper, magazines, radio, television, and the internet. Another source whom spreads negative stereotyping is the people. As humans, we intend to judge others and brainwash others vision or opinion of many…

was rationed. traveling was almost impossible, only by boat from Canada to England and the spaces were only available to the armed forces. Bruce was stationed in France at the age of twenty. He was a lieutenant in the army and was a member of the Manitoba Dragoons in Canada. Bruce Wiggins was shot in the back by a German prisoner in 1944. He was paralyzed and returned to Canada.…

About McNally Robinson History McNally Robinson was founded 1981 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, by Holly McNally and her business partner Ron Robinson, who quit a year later to pursue a career with CBC Radio. His name remained attached to the brand as, McNally didn't have the money to replace the store's signage. The company currently has two locations, one in Winnipeg and one in Saskatoon. McNally Robinson, was sold to business partners Chris Hall and Lori Baker in 2012, who stated that they planned…

The rebellion was about Britain's rule over the French in the Manitoba region. The next conflict was over the native relations. Both French and British wanted the Natives to be friends with them. The British only liked the natives because they helped them take land. The French would work with the Indians and treat…

Louis Riel. He was born on October the 22nd, 1844 in the red river settlement. He was unfortunately hanged on November 16th, 1885. I, Maria Grant speak for the members of the Metis Community when I say Riel was a true hero. For those who called this honorable man a traitor is plain foolish! Yes, he murdered Thomas Scott, rebelled against our government, and yes he was involved in fighting the English settlers. But you see? He had reasons. Let us begin with the murder of the so-called innocent…

This assignment is to introduce how a therapeutic relationship between a nurse and patient can help maximise the communication skills and behaviours of a nurse, this is to help with a patients experiences and feelings. The National Competency Standards for a registered nurse, which is under standard 9 sub-section 9.1, “demonstrate empathy, trust and respect for the dignity and potential of the individual/group” (Board, 2006) has been chosen to help with the discussion on how to establish,…