Provinces and territories of Canada

New provisions in Criminal Code require review boards in every province and territory under section 672.38 (Criminal Code, 1992). The review board or the court determines whether the accused’s case is an absolute discharge, conditional discharge or an accused person is held in psychiatric facility under section 672.54 of the…

“One might wonder what John Cabot and Christopher Columbus have in common. Both were born in Liverpool, England. Cabot was born in 1405, but his birth certificate was lost at sea and no one knows for sure.” John Cabot was born Giovanni Caboto. He did not change his name. Giovanni Caboto is the Italian version of his name. John Cabot is the English version. He was born in Genoa, Italy around 1450. His father was a spice merchant. His fathers name was Giulio or Egidius Caboto. When Cabot was…

The decline of the Safavid was caused by the leaders not really being too capable after Abbass I,because they were unable to control internal matters and fend off foreign threats. As time went on the ottomans and mughals reduced safavid territory. The empire ended when the capital of Isfahan was taken by Afghani tribes in 1722. Mughals: The mughal empire was founded by Zahiruddin babur in 1526. He died after four years and left his son Humayun incharge. Humayun had the kingdom taken away…

In 1947, the British government was frustrated. They had spent significant time and resources trying to find an acceptable solution to their problems in Mandatory Palestine. Things were getting so bad that the British foreign secretary was quoted as saying “The Arabs, like the Jews, [had] refused to accept any of the compromise proposals which HMG had put before both parties.”1 Instead of a compromise, tensions were rising. Britain was facing an increase in Jewish terrorism, significant pressure…

Children squabbling over the last packet of Play-Doh. Presidential candidates debating over the possible ways to create jobs and a fruitful economy in the United States. Sons and daughters instigating a family feud during the loss of a parent over inheritances. What do these everyday situations have in common? Fighting. Since the dawn of recollection, humans have found confrontation to be the simplest way of solving a conflict. From cradle to the grave, contest and struggle are as integral to…

Egypt to sell out other African nations at the Berlin Conference. 5. Often colonial territory was seized without the consent of the home government by a. ex-slave traders motivated to make money on the colony. b. journalists trying to gather news information in the tropics. c. scientists doing research in remote regions of Africa and Asia. d. colonial officers deciding on their claim to a piece of territory.* e. mercenaries and escaped convicts. 6. Among the cultural motives for the New…

Throughout history, humans have constantly held the desire to achieve more, to find more, to be more. Greed sparked this desire in humans and as a result humans have achieved amazing feats. Greed contributed heavily to the idea of the caste system; greed began exploration, exchange, and encounters between societies and new land. Along those lines, greed was the catalyst that set off the rule of the British Raj, the fleet from Great Britain sent to colonize India in 1857. The greedy British Raj…

“It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals.”- Emma Watson (Ferguson, 238). In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, women did not have the right to vote. The dominion act of Canada stated that “no woman, idiot, lunatic, or criminal shall vote”. Women could not be elected into federal or provincial government. The woman was supposed to keep house for her husband and children. In the west, women could not claim homestead. Girls could rarely get a…

IKEA is one of the world’s top furniture manufacturing companies. The Swedish company has 381 stores in 47 countries, with more opening. The company designs and sells Scandinavian modern style furniture and accessories. To save money for itself and its customers, the company sells its furniture unassembled in flat packs, and has customers assemble their own furniture at home. IKEA has partnered with WWF, FSC, UNICEF ,and Save the Children, to protect the environment and help victims of poverty…

One of the honoured accomplishments of my life was earning my undergraduate degree, in spite of the struggles I faced during my early adulthood. My future seemed to point in the opposite direction of success due to the financial problems that my parents faced in sending me and my four siblings to school. I managed to get part-time jobs at local retail stores during the vacations so as to help my parents with my tuition fee. I saw a changed world opening up to me, seeing a motivating environment,…