Nova Scotia

The Growth of a Nation: One Track at a Time Victoria Borsodi December 3rd, 2014 Mr. Fasulo CHC 2D The Growth of a Nation: One Track at a Time What would Canada be like if we didn’t have railways? Railways have had and continue to have a great impact on our daily lives and we as Canadians may not always realize it. Canadian railways transport 75 million people, and more than 70 per cent of goods in Canada each year (Unknown, 2011). The first railway to be constructed which affected…

King Farms Safety and Health Policy King Farms, a dairy farm located in Sturgeon, Missouri has hired me, as a safety and health manager to develop a safety and health policy to protect all employees at King Farms and provide a culture of safety. The organization has twenty employees and as a mission to treat each employee as a member of their own family. King Farms wants to send their employees home after each day healthy and without any injuries. The overall goal of this policy is to implement…

It is no secret that the people of the Caribbean are resilient. Caribbean countries have had to deal with hurricanes, earthquakes, epidemics and scores ailments that could break any society. We have, however, persevered and often times the world questions how we are able to experience atrocities and perilous times so severe and still survive as a region. Perhaps the answer to this question can be found in the pages of our history books and the oral reports passed down from our ancestors of the…

Since European settlers came to Canada, relationship between them and the indigenous community has been extremely tense. The Canadian government tried on many occasion to eliminate aboriginal people. Some of these attempts include the Indian Residential School System, which were active between the years of 1880 and 1996. Furthermore, the Indian Act passed in 1876 gave the government control over most aspects of aboriginal life. The Act outlined who was part of the indigenous community and who…

Lawrence river as far as present-day Montreal. Jean Ribault headed an expedition that explored the St. Johns river area in Florida. France’s last explorer was Samuel de Champlain. He built a fort in Quebec and explored the area north to Port Royal, Nova Scotia, and to south Cape Cod. All the explorations France had led to the formation of New France which later became present day Quebec. Although it had freezing conditions, was sparsely populated, and had no gold or silver, it still brought…

Their attempts at establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland failed. They would not establish a permanent colony until the seventeenth century. In 1608, Samuel de Champlain, while exploring for a French fur trading company, founded Quebec. In 1673, Jacque Marquette and Louis Joliet located…

Titanic. Weather is the biggest contributor to this disaster. The Titanic was very luxurious. It was 46,000 tons and 882 feet in length. The ship was thought to be unsinkable, yet it was struck by an iceberg and sank about 375 miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia. The story is well known about the disaster. It took 1,500 passengers and crewmembers’ lives, which is about two-thirds of the total 2.200 people on board (Lipman). The weather was cold, and very calm. The north Atlantic had many icebergs as…

As humans, we are inconsiderate and greedy animals who proceed down the most corrupted path to achieve our goals. Gone are our ethical values when our hunger for success is unleashed. Unconcerned with the wellbeing of others, our lethal daggers plunge into our vulnerable prey. With so many witnesses, why does no one step forward to save the victim? The answer is rather vague, and the ambiguity of the response is meant to mask the shameful reality; we, the human race, are selfishly disgusting. We…

Grandpa Samuel and Grandma Dorothy were born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Grandpa was born in 1930, and grandma Dorothy Isabela Violet in 1926. Grandpa had no middle name and Grandma had two. I don’t know how that happened. During the days of my grandpa’s youth, World War II was being fought during the years of 1939 to 1945. Belfast, Northern Ireland was the target of many air raids. It was a mandatory requirement for parents to evacuate their young children to the country for safety…

The War of 1812 was a chance for the Americans to try to expand their territory as well as their trading systems. They faced Britain, Canada, and the Native American Tribes in the hopes of becoming a more powerful and expanded nation, however this would prove to be harder than expected. They may not have accomplished the original goal that they set but from the war they were able to gain international respect as well as improve the internal attitude of their citizens and establish a sense of…