Upper Canada

Canada has a long history. Its history is an immigration history. Since ancient times, people had been moving and migrating to Canada and living here.British had the biggest impact on Canadian history. British formed HBC and monopolized the fur trade, this made a lot of European move to Canada. Also, British built churches and schools in North America to change first nations’ way to life. With the formation of the colonies, the government introduced many policies to change the political policy…

Eric Tang’s “Unsettled”, shows that Cambodian refugees being treated unfairly and put in the hyper ghetto is an important literature that shows that the resettlement in the camps was not the solution for a better living standard. This is the denial of human rights against Cambodians in the US or is not that different from the Khmer Rouge. In this paper, I will argue about there are not that much difference in treatment inside the settlement camp and the Khmer Rouge. First, the reason that…

Vérendrye shouldn’t be inducted into the Canadian Explorer Hall of Fame because he didn’t do that much to help make Canada. He was born on November 17, 1685, Trois-Rivières and died on December 5, 1749, Montreal. He was a soldier and then became a farmer for sixteen years. In 1731 — at the age of 43, which was old in those days — he decided to become an explorer. He explored Canada and was part of the fur trade. He had promised to discover the Western Sea but he only gone forward to Lake…

relate to cultural shock due to the great depressions that development that brought similar drastic changes in the 1930s. First Nation family moved to a town after receiving voting rights in the 1960s, which led to experiencing racism from non-natives. Canada has many emotional past history stories because of new cultural and identity that causes distress among the two narrators family moving away from their original lands. As in the 1930s, the great depression destroyed many settlers’…

My Canada Canadian Currency: Undeniably, one of the most colourful currencies all over the world is Canadian currency. Although it may not be as recognizable as American currency, Canadian money is still unique and represents our history. Each Canadian bill has important pictures, with significant people like John A. Macdonald on one side and an event like the Canadarm2 and Dextre on the other. Our currency symbolizes us because it showed the dependence we tried to achieve by using our own…

What it Means to be Canadian To be Canadian means more than simply living in Canada. In Canada we stand up for what we believe in and respect others opinions. In Canada we all have to be part of a group. Canada consists of ten provinces, three territories, and five great lakes. Social Media, our Ethnic Cultures, and Economics. Social media is some websites and applications that support people to communicate or to participate in social networking. We are familiar with almost social media…

In his article “The Global Refugee Crisis Worsens,” author James Graff describes in detail the immigration crisis; there are more and more wars ravaging this Earth, and immigration has increased tenfold. Graff also explains the strain this has put on countries natural resources and economy; they don’t have enough money to support incoming immigrants, as well as the natural resources to allow both new immigrants, and an ever-growing population, to stay in the country. This has led to the mass…

This essay is about the Quiet Revolution in Quebec that occurred between 1960 and 1966 and the many changes that occurred during this time period. Throughout these six years, Quebec experienced various changes on a social, economical and political level. This crucial period consisted of Quebec emerging out of the Duplessis era, characterized by traditionalism, conservatism and, generally, a rejection of contemporary ways and values (Claude, Bélanger, 2000). With the election of the Liberal…

Over-representation of Indigenous children within the Canadian child welfare system CURRENT SITUATION: There continues to be a high over-representation of Indigenous children within the Canadian child welfare system. According to Statistics Canada, approximately 7% of the Canadian population consists of Aboriginal children. (StatCan, 2011.) However, Aboriginal children represented almost half of the population within the child welfare system at 48% (StatCan, 2011.) The population of Indigenous…

first female prime minister of Canada once said, “Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.” Canada is indeed a great representative of those qualities. However, how do these qualities apply to Canada as a country? Our political system is the foundation of Canada. It makes Canadians who they are and what they believe. It portrays equality, justice and tolerance through representative democracy, lobbying and the protection of rights and freedoms. Canada is governed by a…