The Canadian Corps was ordered to take Vimy Ridge, located in northern France from Germany in April, 1917. The Battle of Vimy Ridge took place from April 9-12, 1917 and was a very meaningful victory for the Canadian soldiers. The success and the sacrifices made by Canada in the Battle of Vimy Ridge helped it become recognised by Britain, it was also the first time all 4 Canadian divisions fought as one and as an end result, Canada got a separate seat in the Treaty of Versailles. Due to the…
Why it is great to become a Canadian? Feb 5th, 2016 Cecilia Zhu When the word Canada is present, some of the things show up in people’s mind are the magnificent natural scenery, the famous hockey playing and the cold climate in winter. However, not only these three terms make Canada distinct from the other counties and is considered as one of the greatest countries in the world. Canada has the second largest territory in the world with a long history. The history of Canada covers the period…
Former Canadian Minister of Trade, Richard John Cartwright, once said: “every real friend of liberty, will agree with me in saying that if we must erect safeguards, they should be rather for the security of the individual than of the mass”. It was in this spirit that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms were established over a century later, entrenched in Canadian law. However, in our modern society, there still persists a struggle between two major groups: those who wish to enforce…
National Energy Program introduced (1980) In order to combat the rising gas prices and renewed oil crisis, the Liberal government created the National Energy Program or NEP in 1980. This program was aimed towards protecting Canadians against the rising oil prices, making Canada able to produce its own oil and reducing Canada’s consumption of oil. Funding was provided to Canadian petroleum companies in order for them to be able to drill for oil in sites that looked promising. These sites included…
Her logical work on radiation managed to her two Nobel Prizes: the early combined alongside her husband, the subsequent alone, afterward Pierre Curie’s death. She nearly did not become the subsequent recompense because of claims of ‘misconduct’ in her confidential life. But she valiantly went to Stockholm, even though antagonism, and said that she trusted that there was no connection amid…
London to be guests at the Royal Institution. Many heard about her achievement, such as Ernest Rutherford, who was an innovative researcher in radioactivity. He congratulated her on her achievements and thesis, as the other guests did. Secondly, after Pierre died in a fatal car accident, Marie decided to continue her research and studies of radioactivity even without her significant other who gave her the hope that she may one day be known. Pierre’s brother, Jacques, informed Marie of something…
What makes Marie Curie outstanding is the fact that she is the only person to win two nobel prizes in different fields of science and the first woman to win one too. Most of her research and discoveries were with her husband. Together they discovered the elements: Radium and Polonium. Both of those elements were found in pitchblende. Pitchblende is basically a rock but it has a bunch of elements in it including Radium and Polonium. Marie Curie was remarkable chemist and physicist who had won…
The presentation, aptly named Manya after Marie Curie Sklodowska’s childhood nickname, was an impressive story telling of the life up to the beginnings of World War I of the Nobel Prize winning Chemist and Physicist Marie Curie Sklodowska. The presentation itself took place in Boettcher lecture hall 102 but was dressed up nicely to match important periods in the life of Marie Curie. The set consisted of a small table which held several notebooks and correspondence that were of import to Curie,…
I decided to watch two commercials on Justin Trudeau and I'm actually quite impressed with the idea and message behind both of them. The first commercial I watched was “Escalator-Harder to Get Ahead”. Personally, I found that using the escalator to portray his thoughts was interesting. He stated that Harper is just causing the Canadian economy to move backwards due to the benefits he gives the wealthy and how he gives cuts to everything else. Next, he uses the escalator stopping to show that…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GEFNnNsFLc&index=20&list=PL0f074h-CFoyCiGhHGif6WV0hoOvowjaC Liberal ad: Real Leadership This advertisement is “authorized by the registered agent for the Liberal Party of Canada.” (Liberal ad: Real Leadership) The main focus of this ad is to promote the slogan for the Liberal Party, Real Change. This message is supported by the opinions of real, multicultural and a diverse range of Canadians, who believe Justin Trudeau is needed in order to bring real change to…