Manitoba

The Cree is one of the largest of the largest groups in North America, with over 200,000 members and counting. Canada has over 135 registered bands. Intertribal marriage is to be blamed for such a large population. The language they speak is known as Algonquian, a subfamily of Native American languages. The Cree are tied together through their culture and that is of great significance to them and has survived through many years and hardships. At a time, the Cree were also found in the United…

This paper attempts to explore the health laws surrounding minor consent and refusal in Canada. Throughout this paper, particular attention will be given to a case AC vs. Manitoba [2009] within the Supreme Court of Canada and Van Mol vs. Ashmore [1999], within the British Columbia Court of Appeal. Many legalities and ethical issues surround this topic and concerns arise when particular decisions are made on behalf of the minor. Canadian federal legislation considers anyone under the age of…

Despite being a fairly new country, as were were officially discovered 150 years ago, we still do have our historical figures who helped shape what Canada has become today. The historical figures are being referenced are: Willam Van Horne, Clifford Soften, and Sir John A. MacDonald. While there are many notable people that contributed to Canada’s development, those three made the most impactful impression on those studying Canadian history. Without those three, Canada would not be where it is…

Interview Observation Assignment On Thursday March 30, 2017, I observed Emily Simose’s interview for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Graphic Designer position. Emily appeared confident and calm as she walked into the room to shake the interviewer’s hand. A moment after Emily sat down, the questions started. The first question asked was “Why did you decide to apply for this job?” Emily responded with “Um I applied to the job because I’ve worked with the ballet for two years now, and I feel like I…

Suffrage ~During the war women watched their husbands, sons and loved ones go off to war.They stayed behind to take care of the responsibilities of family life alone. many also suffered from loved ones dying in the war. Women played a big role in Canada’s industrial achievements. They worked in textile factories and other industries but had been kept out of jobs in heavy industries. About 30,000 stepped in to take up jobs in machine shops, metal factories, munition plants, aircraft factories,…

total population}. In our analysis, we divide the Canadian regions into three parts: Eastern or Atlantic region (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick), Central region (Quebec and Ontario), and Western region (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia). Demographic characteristics are analyzed based on age groups, educational groups, gender, Canadian background, and immigration status. Table \ref{netmigrationall} in the…

Canadian women were first given the right to vote in the year 1916. This achievement was limited to only the females of the province of Manitoba. Although the right for a woman to vote was limited to Manitoba, the suffragettes had achieved something that few females had achieved before. The achievement of these Manitoba women casting down the social norm of only men having the right to vote was just the beginning of this social movement. Two years later in 1918, the Federal authorities granted…

Helen Osborne, an Aboriginal woman from The Pas Manitoba, was brutally raped and murdered in 1971. When investigating Osborne’s murder, police were informed about suspicious activities of four while men that may have been linked to Osborne’s murder. Fully knowing this information, police still chose to…

Critical in developing the nation, the date of July 1st, 1867 has a connotation unlike any other in Canadian history. Commemorated annually with shows of patriotism, Canadian Confederation is perhaps the most public presentation of history in the country. Aiming to dilute the perception of Canada’s divide between the French and the English, the overwhelming Anglocentric bias in the presentation of Canadian Confederation homogenizes Canadian culture. Plagued by English ethnocentricity,…

In summary of part two of reading many things happened. The reading starts off with the group Doctor Schultz organized surrendering and being imprisoned. A couple of days later the English agreed to the need of their being a provisional government and Louis Riel was made president. Later in the reading it was shown that Schultz had escaped out of prison with the help of his wife. When Riel heard about the disapearence of Schultz he was furious. Around February 10, 1870 in the story the…