Nova Scotia

father. Few reasons would have given Jessie reason to leave Heart’s Content, much less Newfoundland, while she was still unmarried. For this reason, I believe she probably met John locally. They may have been married and residing in Hazel Hill, Nova Scotia by 1902. It is certain that they were married by 1906. Following their marriage, John…

Ta 'n Teli-ktlamsitasit- Ways of believing is a book in the Canadian Ethnography Series and it 's written by Angela Robinson. The book takes place predominately in Eskasoni, Nova Scotia between 1997 and 2001 while according to the book Angela was doing her field research there. “ Between July 1997 and April 2000, I conducted three separate periods of participant-observation research in Cape Breton. My first two visits were spent mostly on the island of Potolek, where I attended the annual…

Nova Scotia is a province in Canada that is found in the South eastern part. It is a very densely populated province with a population of about a million people and yet it is among the smallest provinces in Canada. Its capital is known as Halifax. Nova Scotia is very close to the Atlantic Ocean. This Ocean also helps control the weather in the province. The province experiences cold winters and warm summers. It has got several islands among them Sable Island, and a very big island known as Cape…

When is it a good time to become an independent nation? In 1607, the first colony was founded and settled by Englishmen. Since then, the colonists have been under the rule of the British king, receiving help and following the laws that are enforced. After years of being an English colony, people started disagreeing with how they were being treated. These people, also known as the patriots, started to rebel and try to get their king to notice what they wanted to get across. In the meantime,…

One major cause for the French and Indian War was the creation of the Albany Congress. The Iroquois Confederacy was a strong coalition of several Indian tribes. This made them a valuable asset towards the British as having them as an ally could result in an easier victory over the inevitable war against the French. This coupled along with issues over governance produced the assembly. Overall this assembly was a complete bust as Britain was scared the committee would overpower the royal…

In the early 1800s, the British tolerated everyone who was not part of the British Empire. It did not matter to them whether someone was European or carried different beliefs; they simply wanted bodies to populate the large country. They encouraged colonization to keep more for themselves rather than giving it away to the Americans to the south. The British believed that anyone could have been a threat at the time, and so they settled with keeping everyone separated. They built a colony based on…

eyes jumped to was probably the stunning, jaw-dropping view of the beach I was on. I want to say I took the picture, but I obviously didn’t because- well, I’m in it. So here I am, reappearing once again in Nova Scotia, but this time at a beach by Pleasant Bay, right at the tippity top of Nova Scotia. There was no mud on this beach, unlike Fundy Bay. Instead, there was sand all over the beach. But I’m not struggling to hold sand in my arms here. In my arms, I was clutching a rock that was bigger…

Joseph Howe: A Compelling Choice for Nova Scotia Heritage Day! The Nova Scotian patriot could use his public speaking skills to impact his compatriots as no other man has ever done (Library and Archives of Canada/C-22002). Joseph Howe is a prominent figure in Nova Scotia's history, born in 1804 in Halifax, His life journey was marked by his political career and efforts as a member of the Assembly and later Premier of the Province. Joseph Howe was born to Loyalist parents, John Howe and Mary…

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Bossa Nova was a Brazilian musical movement started in 1958 with the song “Desafinado” by Tom Jobim and Newton Mendonça. This movement claims to the Brazilian Elites the art of music composition, which, since the beginning of the 20th century, had a very popular characteristic. Until then, the Samba dominated the musical scenario, and it was produced by the low class population in the rodas de samba, which were groups of musicians who would informally gather in bars to play and compose. Bossa…