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For a long time, men have always hold their power against women and over shadowed them. Women are forced to depend on men for everything. Luckily, since the 70's, Woman's right have significantly improved, but there still seems to be a main issue which is gender inequality. Since 1909, International Women's day has been celebrated historically all across the world on March 8 every year to appreciate women's achievement's and gives them the opportunity to express their freedom. Feminism is a…

made by the native Mi’kmaq carvers and world-famous Starr “hockey” skates. When the game was introduced to Montreal in 1875, The Starr Manufacturing Company of Halifax and Dartmouth held the 1866 American and Canadian patents on Starr Hockey Skates, and the Mi’kmaq carvers of Nova Scotia were the undisputed national masters of carving one-piece ironwood hockey sticks. Not only did the Montreal players use Nova Scotia “hockey”skates, “hockey” sticks, and Halifax “Hockey” Club Rules as they…

relations with the Vichy regime, this was not the case with Canada which continued the support until 1942. By 1967 tension within Canadians were poorer than before due to comments of President de Gaulle whom exclaimed before a crowd of 100,000 in Montreal, “Vive le Quebec Libre” (Long live free…

A reductionist view would not do justice to said change as there were a wide array of aspects that helped to improve social conditions in the country. Modernizing elites such as The Ontario Black History Society and The Coloured Women’s Club of Montreal, the steady yet captivating leadership…

laws. After the massacre, many red flags got put in front of many Canadians’ eyes. Marc Lepine was clearly not a mentally stable man and some how he was capable of legally getting his hands on a .223-calibre Ruger Mini 14 semi-automatic rifle at a Montreal sports shop (Burke, 14). This urged “more than 500 thousand Canadians [to sign] petitions urging the federal government to ban these weapons” (Burke, 14). In May of 1990, Justice Minister Kim Campbell introduced Bill C-80, which offered some…

some obvious similarities. Mr. Dunshill is the head principal who has “grey hair with a long thin nose and round glass.” He is the principal of Slava’s new school. In the same way, Mr. Patterson is the principal of Slava previous high school in Montreal. Secondly, both principal have the same gender. However, the…

Thérèse Casgrain is not exactly a household name or one that is heard on a daily basis, but it belongs to a woman who was very important and who made many advances that continue to affect Canada today. Thérèse was a Montreal born woman who was heavily involved in politics and was a renowned social activist, world peace advocate who protested against the use of nuclear weaponry. She founded the Quebec branch of the Voice of Women organization, who wanted to achieve rights for women and to achieve…

Jackie Robinson made a big impact on all sports especially baseball. He broke the sport's color barrier in 1947. He played for the dodgers for 10 years. On 1947 April ,15 Jackie made his debut for the Brooklyn dodgers. He batted 0-2 with 1 walk and 2 stolen bases. Jackie Robinson was a big impact on sports. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo Georgia. He was the youngest of all 5 of his siblings. When he was 6 months old his father left. His mom , Millie raised all her…

I would like to express my interest in the fellowship position of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Advisor, which is advertised on your website. I possess a Ph.D. in psychoeducation from the University of Montreal. As part of my doctoral training, I was responsible for a four-year process and impact evaluation of a school-based substance abuse prevention project in Quebec, Canada. This evaluation project gave me the opportunity to engage with stakeholders, design an evaluation plan, collect…

recently release census data, international migration fuelled Canada’s population growth by two-thirds of Canada’s population between 2001 – 2006 (Stats Can 2011). Almost three-fourths of newcomers arriving between 1996 and 2001 have settled in Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver. Both Canada and the United States have experienced an increase in the regional distribution of entering immigrants. American research shows that a mixture of economic push factors (away from states like California) and pull…