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TJ: Good Evening and welcome to Q&A, I'm your host Tony Jones; on the panel tonight, Uni Student, Ashleigh Dearling; recent refugee, Angelica Petro; Liberal Politician, Pauline Handson and Retired Army Vet, Emiliyah Hill. Please give an especially warm welcome to our panel. Now, Queensland Theatre Company’s revival of Patricia Cornelius’s play Boy Overboard has hit the headlines the week with it’s theme of Refugee’s coming into Australia. Our first question comes from Margot Louise and reads “…

The Quasi War was an undeclared naval war between United States and France fought during July, 1798 until September, 1800, however France had started seizing American merchant ships long before that. There were many reasons to why the war started, but it was mainly resulting from disagreements with the Jay Treaty, previous unpaid debt during the French Revolutionary War, and violations from the past 1783 Treaty of Paris. The naval battles were mostly fought in the Caribbean, the Atlantic Ocean,…

War II, many Japanese-Canadians were sent to internment camps. They were imprisoned, forced to work, and left to die with little to no food and exposed to fatal diseases. The Japanese became isolated among themselves and ripped from their homes in Canada. In the novel, Obasan, Joy Kogawa tells the story of Megumi Naomi Nakane and her family, Japanese-Canadians, experiencing exile that is both alienating and enriching. These experiences illuminate one of the many themes of the novel, which home…

Canada was not an independent sovereign country from the very beginning. Canada was one of British colonies which was self-governing but had no power over foreign policy. During WWI Canada gained itself reputation of strong enough to have sovereignty by the battle of Vimy Ridge and many other events. Before WWI Canada was under control of the Britain, the Canadian Expeditionary Force listened to the orders that came from the British generals instead Canadian ones. After the bloody victory of the…

Introduction and Final Thesis Statement and Research Question Upon encountering the recipe “Indian Bread” from the The New Cookbook published by E. W. Gillette Co., edited by Grace E. Denison in 1906 (Denison, 1906, p. 268), it is likely that this recipe was not written by a Canadian Indigenous person, as Indian is not their true identity. It makes one wonder, where the foods one eats comes from, as this is not something consumers think about when in the market. This is in addition to the acts…

Refugees are described as any person who has a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of religion, nationality, race, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, is outside of their country of nationality and is owing to such ear or unable to avail themselves of protection in that country (Genera Refugee Convention, 1951). The number of refugees is increased. During 2015, there were over 21.3 million refugees worldwide, an increase of 1.7 million from 2015 (UNHCR,…

life which were the Buffalo. So when news reached back to Louis, he had decided to take matters into his own hands and had gathered his people to discuss among them. We should make a group that will not only support this town but all Natives across Canada so that they will have a voice to represent their people. So, they made the NCFM ( National committee of Metis). This would basically tell the government he was serious about the land that the government was trying, to illegally build on…

population sharing a similar worldview and ideas about themselves make up a nation. A nation can mainly be developed through shared linguistic, ethnic, cultural, religious, spiritual, geographic and political understandings(Social Studies Textbook pg 25). Canada may provide the freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression, including the freedom of peaceful assembly and association, but I personally believe that the feeling of belonging isn’t part of this country. Being part of a…

Refugee A refugee is someone fled their country where they were born and now is too scared to go back or cannot go back because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because they are a part of a social group. There are also people who are internally displaced people (IDPs) they have been forced to leave there country because of war. All around the world there are 50 million displaced people they remain without any protection and their lives are at risk because of their…

between the reserves and the country. The White Paper provoked widespread opposition and was later retracted in 1971. The White Paper proposed by the government was not only unsuccessful, but further solidified the gap between the Native peoples of Canada and the rest of Canadian society. This is shown through the Canadian government following the example of the Americans, revoking the treaties that the Amerindians had signed previously, and there was no input from the Amerindians when the White…