Pierre Curie

The entrenchment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and its relation to democracy in Canada has been at the core of many debates throughout the years. A democratic government is one that allows the people to have a direct hand in what goes on in their country and some believe that entrenching the charter of rights in the constitution is a violation of the principles of this democracy. Although the charter of rights is entrenched, the charter of rights is very abstract in its rules and allows for…

The film, Stardust, prove to have a great connection associated with Pierre Bourdieu’s practice theory, the concept of Habitus. In a sense, the concept of habitus is used to account for the ways in which individuals’ expectations or preferences come to reflect the conditions they were formed. (Rye, 2008, 125-6). An example of the element of habitus is embodied with Tristian Thorn, the protagonist, through his inability to interact/connect with the female counterpart due to his upbringing of not…

Jane Chretien was born in Shawinigan,Quebec on January 11,1934. Chretien was eighteen child of nineteen children of the Chretien family. The Christians supported the liberal party very strongly. Jean had interest in politics in his early life which was influenced by his parents. He went to university at St.Joseph's Seminary and earned a BA in 1995. At Laval University he got his law degree from where he was also president of a club called young liberals. He soon got married to…

For my civics paper on one good Canadian citizen, I chose Viola Desmond. She is quite a remarkable individual, she continues to inspire thousands across Canada. She is a civil rights activist and businesswoman. Also, the first Canadian women to appear on a banknote when she graced the front of the $10-dollar bill in 2018. Desmond, who launched Nova Scotia’s civil rights movement in the 1940s after refusing to leave a whites-only section in a movie theatre, was chosen from more than 460 eligible…

Philosophy 1B03 Essay #1 The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in effect since April 17, 1982 guarantees the rights of individuals by a set of laws and their limits entrenched in the Canadian Constitution. The biggest priority of the Charter is to protect Canadians from the state and minorities from parliamentary majority. Legal rights to life, liberty and security are rooted in the Canadian Charter. This includes laws guaranteeing freedom of speech, press, religious practice,…

Canada has staged itself as being a peacekeeping country since the early 1940s. Peacekeeping, meaning an active conservation of a bond between nations, "the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area" (Dictionary.com, 2015). By definition, a united nations act of force. To breakdown those four words one has realise the true meaning of such; a truce is violently acted upon, but when one steps in, it is no longer keeping the peace.…

How does one’s language shape identity or represent culture? Predictable with its perspective of language as all inclusive, theoretical frameworks, the more standard ‘phonetics connected’ way to deal with the investigation of language use seems singular language as steady, sound, inside uniform creatures in whose heads the frameworks live. As a result of their all-inclusive nature, the frameworks themselves are viewed as independent, free substances, extractable from individual personalities.…

Pierre Elliott Trudeau was born on the 18th of October 1919 in Montreal, Québec, and was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada. Before Trudeau became a politician he worked as an assistant professor until he was elected as a new Liberal to the House of Commons (Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 22 Nov 2014). Trudeau was the Prime Minister of Canada from 20th of April 1968 to 4th of June 1979, and again from March 3 1980 to June 29 1984. Even after his death in 28th of September 2000 he is still known as…

Exam 1: Bourdieu’s Theory of Capital Bourdieu’s studies resulted in three theories of capital: social, cultural, and symbolic. He also intensely discussed Habitus. Social capital is the value that comes from social networks that allow people to achieve things they couldn 't on their own. Some examples of this is sharing information and resources, providing assistance, and establishing trust. Personally, an example of this is a social group I am a part of. It is a group of about fifty moms who…

I found it intriguing in chapter four that many historians believe that race has not always been a construct of society (Allen 70). That racial awareness was introduced when the Europeans found the Indians and thought they were inferior because of their language, skin, and technology (70). Personally, I have always thought racism had been around since the time man began living on earth, but the historian’s theory makes sense as many people could not travel the world, and therefore not get to…