Nova Scotia

Running on Empty Ethan Palmer is a teenager living in Halifax, Nova Scotia with his father and sister. The death of his mother has caused Ethan’s personality to significantly change and resulted in him struggling throughout high school. To cope with his mother’s death, Ethan uses his passion for muscle cars to escape his reality and suppress his feelings of anger. Throughout the story, Ethan has several confrontations with his father regarding the direction of his life, crashes his car and…

the Pacific Ocean, bottlenose dolphins can be found from northern Japan to Australia, and from southern California to Chile. They are also found in the eastern tropical Pacific to the Hawaiian Islands. Bottlenose dolphins are also ranging from Nova Scotia to Patagonia and from Norway to the tip of South Africa in the Atlantic Ocean, as well as in the warm areas of the Mediterranean and Black Seas. The bottlenose dolphins’ conservation status is of least concern, because of their high…

1) The Valiant Five (10 marks) Provide a brief description of the importance of the legal case honoured by the “Valiant Five/Famous Five” monument in terms of the development of Canadian law. Include what the case was about, when it got resolved and what was its outcome. The Valiant Five were a group of five Alberta women: Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, and Henrietta Muir Edwards. They petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question “Does the word…

Substance use is believed to be a mechanism for coping with stressful situations and relieving the anxiety associated with stressors (Ross, 2015). According to the College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia (2008), problematic substance use, in nursing practice, has a negative impact on the ability of a registered nurse to practise nursing in a “safe, competent, and ethical nursing manner” (p. 3). Canadian Nurses Association (2009) indicates, “substance…

Declaration of Independence Assignment In its entirety, The Declaration of Independence is man’s way of ensuring its right not to be controlled by any one person, entity or unjust government. The main trepidations of the colonists during the beginning stage of the American Revolution are clearly stated within the Declaration of Independence. These concerns and fears showed the overwhelming urgency to depart from England quickly because their livelihood, liberties, and freedoms were hanging in…

converted to Christianity and was sent to Greenland by King Olaf I of of Norway to “Christianize the natives.” Of course, like all the others, he did not reach his destination and instead landed on new land which he called Vinland, now known as Nova Scotia. Abu Bakar II: Also known as the Voyager King, Abubakari II was an African explorer in the 1300s. He came across North America approximately 200 years before Columbus did. Once a Muslim emperor, he passed the throne to his brother, Mansa…

Braydon Turato-Brooks Mrs. Fung ENG 4U1-02 21 September 2017 Title of Your Report The reality of the world is always changing. Taking different perspectives, living through experiences and imagination all take a toll in how the world is visualized. In the novel The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill studies the ways that reality can be shifted through the persona of Aminata Diallo with experiences of loss along with physical pain and monumental heartbreak. Relation to the real world can be a…

My goal is to work with the Dutch East India Company to explore more efficient trade routes to North America in an effort to make trade with the Native Americans. There are a few essential skills and abilities that are needed to be qualified for this task, and I believe that I possess them. To begin, at a very young age I was well educated about navigation, which has helped me in the past to make many voyages around the world. I think that it is crucial to understand how to properly navigate in…

of the lake as a stepping-stone from which to attack Fort St. Frederic and end the Indian threat. Two previous attempts to attack Fort Carillon had failed and since the main British army was busy laying siege to the French fortress Louisbourg in Nova Scotia, the initiative had slipped to the French. The fort was eventually overwhelmed when the French dig siege lines close enough to use mortars unless the garrison is reinforced by the main army under Major General Daniel Webb at Fort Edward, a…

a) I hypothesize that the Battle of the Atlantic would become the longest and one of the most important campaigns of the Second World War, as a cause of the restricted land the allies had since much of it had been taken over by the axis, and the support they would receive from North America had been vital. Also, the campaign would have been the longest since many convoys carrying essential supplies including munition, food, and resources had been dispatched from that region in order to supply…