TD Canada Trust

Canada receives about 250,000 immigrants and refugees per year. According to statistic Canada, the annual number of landed immigrants in Canada has fluctuated considerably over the last 150 years (statistic Canada 2017). Canada has been shaped greatly by immigration in the society and culture mostly because the country has a small population of citizens which cannot meet its labor requirement and immigration serves as a solution. There are three categories of immigrants; the…

In “The Three Cities Within Toronto” by J. David Hulchanski, the author asserts that incomes in Toronto’s neighbourhoods and suburbs have become increasingly polarized since 1970 and can be understood as three distinct cities: city #1 comprises the relatively stagnant high-income core, city #2 is the shrinking middle income segment, dispersed throughout Toronto, and city #3 is the growing low income segment which surrounds the core. My field work in the Yonge and Wellesley area and beyond…

contributions of Indigenous peoples in Canada. It enables the readers examine the history, the diversity of cultural, linguistic, racial, and religious of groups of First Nations peoples in Canada, and it exhorts the readers to prepare themselves to live harmoniously in a multicultural society in the interdependent world of the twenty-first century. Key Words: “Indians” “Aboriginal,” “Indigenous” and First Nations” are used interchangeably with “Native.” Introduction Canada is the land of…

Chinese immigrants had always been unwelcome to Canada for more than 150 years. The first Chinese settlers came to Canada in 1858 to pan for gold in British Columbia. In 1885, as the flow of Chinese immigrants started increasing, the Canadian government started charging them a fee to live in Canada called head tax. The first anti-Chinese rule was a fifty dollar head tax on every Chinese person entering Canada. The conditions were far worse in China so people preferred to immigrate and pay the…

came the ever-slow separation from Great Britain. So, while Canada remained under it's motherland's foreign policy for the lifespan of the war, the uniting of Canadian soldiers with mutual mindsets, the victorious battles such as Vimy Ridge, and the seat we gained at the Paris Peace Conference all pushed Canada's wavering status to the brink of sovereignty. For the entirety of Canada's existence,…

ICRC is called SPR (Suomen Punainen Risti, Finnish Red Cross) in Finland. They are doing work locally in Finland and also globally all around the world. In Finland they do a lot of prevention work with young and unemployed people. Also they are helping poor people by giving them food and clothes. In addition, they are organizing and teaching first aid skill courses and organizing blood donation in Finland. Volunteer workers of SPR in Finland work in over 500 local branches. Finnish Red Cross…

Throughout the year, women have been treated as if there are not capable to do exactly the same things that men could do. There was a global gender gap report in 2016 which showed that Canada is ranked thirty-fifth in the world. We as Canadian’s have been going down in rank every year due to allot of discrimination again women. The most popular reason and concern that we have is the violence against women. Mostly igneous women and girls…

The United States of America gained its independence on July 4th, 1776, successfully cutting its restrictive ties with Great Britain. Shortly after the end of the Revolutionary War, America and Britain made amends and resumed trade and peaceful affairs. However, all peace someday comes to an end, especially in the case of America’s unstable relationship with Britain, fueled by vengeful grudges due to past events. Only four decades after America gained its independence, tensions between America…

What does the current model of Indigenous “self-government” in Canada offer to First Nations? Using an example (such as Nunavut), examine the pros and cons of this model and how this does/does not provide an opportunity for First Nations to become healthy, sustainable, and self-sufficient. Self-government is the cornerstone of the Inuit policy goals in the Nunavut region. While self-government is an important goal, the idea is intricately linked to other goals such as land claims…

In the article “Why Multiculturalism Can’t End Racism” (Word and World, pp.112-116) Marlene Nourbese Philip discusses multiculturalism in Canada and how in her opinion multicultural policies in Canada may promote discrimination rather than end it. Philip discusses the inequality with-in Canada between different cultures and races; one of the main points being that the Canadian government only recognizes English and French in the constitution while omitting Native culture. Philips believes…