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I am going to explain to you two of the groups that involves the cultural and economic responses towards the Indians of North America before 1750. I will be explaining to you about the British and the French. Before 1750, The French helped out the Native Americans economically and culturally. Before 1750, The French helped them out economically. When the French first came to America they approached the Native Americans, in a cruel and a unjust manner. The French traded beaver fur and…

René Lévesque, politician, journalist, and author who served as Quebec Premier from 1975-1985. He was born in 24 August, 1922 in Campbellton, N.B., the eldest son of Dominique Lévesque, a prominent lawyer and of Diane Dionne-Pineault. After Levesque completed his primary education in New Carlisle, Lévesque pursued his classical education at the Jesuit College de Gaspé and the College of Saint-Charles-Garnier in Quebec City. He pursued a career in radio journalism and became a representative…

Amnesty International, or the name at least, has been known to me since I attended a concert in September, 1988 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I saw performances by a host of artists including Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, and Peter Gabriel. The concert tour was held to raise awareness of human rights and the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. At that concert, I heard Peter Gabriel sing a version of Biko written to commemorate the story of Steven Biko who was…

On June 23 1985, Air India flight 182 was operating on the Toronto-Montreal-Delhi route. As the plane was in Irish aerospace, en route to Toronto at 31,000 feet, a bomb located in the cargo hold detonated (Remembering Air India 182), and resulted in the death of 329 souls, 268 of them being Canadian citizens. (The victims) Nobody survived the crash. Five minutes prior to the attack, another bomb went off while being checked in Narita International, Japan. The bomb killed 2 baggage handlers…

could be meeting a guy for a coffee after numerous late night conversations only to find out that he is mentally deranged or I could always meet that girl from London, England who is also attending Dawson College that wants me to show her around Montreal, but she actually ends up being a forty-nine year old…

In the first half of the classic Canadian novel Lullabies for Little Criminals, author Heather O’Neill first introduces the main character, twelve-year-old Baby. The story takes place in one of the poorer parts of downtown Montreal, Quebec, where Baby lives with her young, heroin-addicted father, Jules. Baby is without a mother and is constantly relocating to shabby apartments and hotels due to Jules having trouble with his friends, jobs, or his drug dealers. O’Neill addresses the strong…

necessary in order to complete the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1871 British Columbia joined confederation, but with the promise that a transcontinental railway would be built within 10 years of them joining. On June 28, 1886, the first train left Montreal and arrived at Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4, 1886. By 1891 the CPR had secured a contract with the British government to transport mail from Hong Kong to Great Britain through Canada. It was necessary for Macdonald to use the Metis…

Elbert Frank Cox was born on December 5th 1895 to parents Eugenia D Talbot and Johnson D Cox. His father was already a principal at a high school and took classes at Evansville College and graduated at Indiana University. Elbert was no stranger to success. He was fortunate to live in mixed ethnicity group even though the schools were still segregated. In high school he showed talents mathematics but that wasn’t his first love. He actually played the violin and was offered a full scholarship to…

as full participants into the profession." The Committee's mission was reinforced by a predicted shortage of engineers in Canada by 2000, and given further impetus by the murder, in 1989, of 13 female engineering students at École Polytechnique in Montreal. The report relied heavily on the personal testimony of women already in the profession, and makes a large number of specific recommendations,…

Company Overview History Dollarama is a Canada only retail store corporation best known for having $1.00 items. With having over 900 stores, Dollarama is the leading dollar store in Canada. The head office of Dollarama is located in Montreal, Canada. The first Dollarama store opened in April, 1992, in Matane, Quebec (Dollarama Inc. 2015). In 1994, Dollarama opened their first store in Ontario. Dollarama became a public company on October 16th, 2009, trading its stocks on the TSX Stock Market…