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Before the NHL: Bobby Orr was born in Parry Sound in 1948. He was one of five children born from Doug and Arva Orr. Bobby started playing hockey at a very young age. He had great skating ability which impressed many of his coaches. Bucko McDonald, one of Orr’s first coaches, made him defense. At age 14 Bobby was getting scouted by many NHL scouts. One of these scouts was Wren Blair of the Boston Bruins. Blairagressevialy tried to get Bobby to sign a contract. Bobby eventually did in 8th grade. Under the contract he got 1,000 dollars, a pre-used for his dad, and a suit. Bobby didn't have a suit at the time. Orr played with the Oshawa Generals until he was old enough to join the Boston Bruins. When he made his debut for the Generals he was only 14, there were some people as old as 20 playing on his team. When he turned 18 he joined the Bruins training camp. NHL Career: Orr made the cut after training camp. He found this out when he walked in hoping to play in the season opener. He found his jersey hanging up with number 4 on it. His first season wasn’t a good season. The Bruins that year had the worst record in the 6 team league. But he did win the Calder trophy for the best rookie that season. But the Bruin’s improved the following season and made the playoffs but didn't win it all. The next season the Bruins made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final. And Then on mother’s day Bobby Orr scored the game winning goal for the whole series. After he scored he was trapped by…

“Great moments are born from great opportunities.” Bobby Orr gave himself opportunities, and from that he created great moments. He is a former hockey player who played for the Boston Bruins. He wore the number four and represented Boston as one of their great players in the team's history. Robert Gordon Orr was born on March 20, 1948, in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. He had two sisters and two brothers. Bobby Orr started playing hockey when he was five years old, as a forward. He started…

Issues with the French in Quebec, Chilean refugees, and with First Nations land claims were all problems in Canada’s society after the wars. First, the French in Quebec were worried about the survival of the French language, culture, and the separate identity of Quebec. After the wars were over, French Canadien nationalism was spreading and getting more attention. A “Quiet Revolution” was born in the 1960s, but some felt the revolution was too ‘quiet.’ In 1963 the Front de Liberation du Quebec,…

It is said that Quebec self-identifies as a distinct society and as a result, it is often referred to as a nation within a nation. As a region, it has been at the centre of political controversy long before it became an official Canadian province. This distinction stems from Quebec’s history and its roots as Canada’s French-Canadian cultural hub. Unlike most provinces that are made up of multiple regional identities, Quebec is often considered an anomaly where provincial borders align with…

in the past, can be used to remind individuals of their common ties and instigate cooperation; however, in Canada, history has the potential to both furthers and harm the separatist cause in Quebec. Originally settled in 1524 by Jacques Cartier, an explorer from France, Quebec has arguably been a cornerstone of Canadian society since then (‘Jacques’). Quebec was the first province in the modern area of Canada to be settled and one of the original provinces in the Confederation of 1867…

History- The history of the white man in the Canada actually began in 1497, when John Cabot, an Italian in the service of Henry VII (7th) of England, reached Newfoundland or Nova Scotia. The actual settlement of New France, as it was called then, began in 1604 at Port Royal in what is now Nova Scotia; in 1608, Quebec was founded. Because of the valuable fisheries and fur trade, a conflict developed between the French and English. In 1713, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, and Nova Scotia were lost to…

Our society has made it illegal to discriminate any person with a certain religion, their mother language, gender, etc. But unfortunately in the previous years, starting 1913’s Anglophone and Francophone were not great neighbours as in today. There are multiple events that have changed the two relations. At the beginning of 1830’s the employment in Quebec was not fair so the confederation was formed with John A Macdonald and George-Ethienne. The confederation was a good thing because they had…

education and culture. As the Liberal government took hold over more social services, the mentality of the citizens changed. Residents of Quebec were encouraged to think of themselves as citizens of the 20th century, their ideals began to transform and evolve, and the church’s impact declined. This movement later came to be known as the Quiet Revolution. After the election in 1962, the liberal party was chosen yet again to lead the province, this time with a different slogan, “Masters in our…

of language. However, the Quebecers thought differently, and his beliefs came into test when Rene Levesque and his Parti Quebecois earned the power in Quebec, and called a referendum hoping to gain Quebec’s sovereignty from Canada in 1980. Trudeau stood strong on the “Non” side, despite Levesque’s persuasiveness. Levesque mocked Trudeau of his English name “Elliot”, said by going against Quebec sovereignty, he was showing his “Elliot side”, showing his bias towards the English-Canadian…

In exploring such a poignant topic as exile, one must first examine the group of people most likely to be subjected to exile. Often, this group tends to be the socially observed “other.” What an other is can change drastically depending on who is defining it, and to whom they’re assigning the term. As we’ve seen in both Book of Salt by Monique Truong, and Exile According to Julia by Gisele Pineau, the characters Bihn and Man Ya represent comparable, but fundamentally different ideas of the other…