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Scott Pilgrim vs. Aeneas Heroes come from many different places. On one hand, they may come from a place like ancient Rome. On the other hand, they may come from a place that is more familiar, such as present-day Toronto. Though the Aeneid and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World are two completely different stories, comparisons can be made between the two main characters, Aeneas and Scott Pilgrim. The first point of comparison is the nature of the two heroes’ quests. When Troy is getting attacked by…

CASE STUDY 13.1 : THE ROAD TO HELL SUMMARY Case "Road to Hell" is the story of two characters with different backgrounds, personalities and opinions and how these two characters interact. John Baker is the chief engineer managed Barracania west branch of a multinational company. In the case mentioned that John Baker is a British expatriate who may have been born in Canada. Analysis of case studies aimed at providing a better solution for the Caribbean Bauxite Company following the resignation…

Multiculturalism is another huge factor which changed Canada and became part of its identity. Multiculturalism can be referred to as, “ an ideological aspiration celebrating diversity”(Hyman, Meinhard & Shields, 2011, pg.3). Globalization played a huge role in establishing Canada as a sovereign multicultural state. Canada can be considered to be cultural mosaic as it is home to variety of cultures and religions from across the globe. However, colonization of Canada resulted in formation of a…

The naming of William, Zachariah 's first son is how Zachariah would honour the man who had been good to him as a slave and to the man who had set him free. Zachariah had only the best of intents and hopes in giving William the middle name Ernest. He would name the rest of his sons after himself (as a second name only as was the Watts tradition), Annabella 's father, her grandfather and John Patterson but most importantly after all (with one exception) of William Watts brothers, Zachariah 's…

His significant tombstone, in which indicates he is buried with his son Alfred claims he drowned and the body never found on October 4, 1882. However, he appears in the 1891 census! Could it be the tombstone should have 1892 instead? And then there is the other story about how he died — by being killed by a bear north of Parry Sound resulting in naming Killbear Park after the bear. (The naming of this park, from Killbear Point, is more likely named from the Objiwe Mukwa-Nayosh meaning 'Bear…

The culling of white pine on Blackstone Lake began in the late 1880s with the arrival of the Conger Lumber Company. Once the commercially viable pine had been fully exploited the process of stripping hemlock trees of their bark for the leather tanning process began on the lake in the spring of 1900. At the time the Rankin Bros., headed by James Rankin on Blackstone, were supplying the Conger Lumber Co. Another sawmill operator in the region was the Mitchell Lumber Co. set up by Thomas Mitchell…

Wendat/Ouendat, also various names Wyandot or Wyandotte people of Ontario. They lived along rivers and lakes where they would be most likely find wildlife, fresh water and good soil for crops. Lake Simcoe, Georgian Bay, Lake Ontario and rivers such as Black Creek. The Wendat lived along Black Creek, located in North York. Black Creek flows south to the The Humber River in Toronto ON, Canada. The area is just North of Toronto in the Municipality of York Region. The area development is a…

New France was the first major French settlement in what is now the country of Canada. Prior to French settlement in the early 17th century, various aboriginals tribes lived in the region for millenniums. The encounter between the French and the aboriginals during the establishment and development of New France affected the aboriginal population in several ways. In the following, the establishment, government, trade, and the following developments of New France will be described with specific…

French Language, Roman Catholicism, and the ideal of a traditional farming vocation (Lachaîne, 69). However, these ideals were not always enough to ward off attack from many areas of the outside world: first with the Riel Affair and later with the Ontario Schools Crisis. These events made clear the threat facing the survival of French outside of Quebec’s boarders and greatly encouraged solidarity among French speakers across the nation for the sake of survival. However, by the 1960s,…

On January 17th and 18th 2015, Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner sexual assaulted an unconscious woman near a fraternity house. Brock Turner was drunk from a party when he got arrested at the night of the event. During his trial, Dan A. Turner, the father of Brock Tuner, wrote a letter to the judge name Aaron Persky about his son. The letter explains how his son is handling the difficult situations at home after the event occurred. The father blames Brock’s mistake on drinking and…