Upper Canada

The first step of the process is to address the priority of the specific individual. There are three distinctions of priority currently in use as according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration services: priority one, “cases that are identified and referred to the program by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, a United States Embassy, or a designated non-governmental organization”; priority two, “groups of special humanitarian concern identified by the US refugee…

country. For Canada, this step was taken 34 years ago, with the introduction of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982. The Charter set forth a…

arrived in Canada they had faced racism and prejudice. As well after the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II increase the racism they faced. With fear in Canadians hearts the country placed the Japanese in internment camps, where they faced many abuses and were forced to work. With the completion of the war the racism towards the Japanese continued. Japanese internment within Canada is one of the most shameful parts of our history even with the other cultural attacks in Canada. Japanese…

that make up the country of Canada make it very difficult to define the true Canadian identity. In a way to define what it is that truly makes up the Canadian identity is to say that one must envelop what their country stands for while at the same time finding meaning in what is not Canadian.…

August,1914 was not only the start of ww1 but was also unknowingly a new beginning for Canada and would end up being big contributor as to why Canada is the way it is today. As soon as Britain declared war Canada did too, we went it in known as a loyal small former colony of Britain but came out a great nation. This new beginning would not come easy and would come at a cost of many people’s efforts as well as sacrifices. War was not something to fear at the time but was seen as a, romantic,…

Geography- Canada covers a large portion of the northern area of the North American continent, Also, Canada has an extremely varied landscape. In various locations, it has mountains, including the Rockies, with several that border the Atlantic. In contrast, flat plans make up other areas. The highest point in Canada is Mount Logan which is in the Yukon. Language- Canadians speak a multitude of languages. Canadians speak English and French as their preferred language. English and French, the…

strong-held German territory. Also, the nation earned a gratifying reputation of importance to the Allies. From the Allies’ perspective, they were seen as professional troops who could be assigned to perform almost any objective. With regards to the respect Canada had gained, they were also known to be a major contributor to the Allied victory. Meanwhile back home, the victory at Vimy won by the troops from every region of the country, helped unite Canadians in pride at the courage of their…

widely known that Canada is a peacekeeper, progressive, a safe haven to refugees, and a melting pot of culture; however even the most perfect country has it’s buried issues. As a whole, humanity has come very far in order to be an equal society, and yet as far as the year 2016 BCE, the issues are still there. In relation to its neighbour the United States of America, Canada has in no way an issue in the respect of equality, but under the peace, it is there. All minorities in Canada are facing…

In the real Treaty of Paris, Great Britain gained control of all French land West of the Mississippi as well as all of Canada, while all of French territory west of the Mississippi would be given to Spain in exchange for Florida given to Great Britain. This mass distribution of land gave all territory west of the Mississippi to the Spanish and all land East of the Mississippi…

Immigration has significantly added to Canadian identity and what it means to be Canadian because of the stages carved towards multiculturalism and a greater Canada. In fact one could argue that Canada was a multicultural place from the start. For instance the first people to live on the land were the Aboriginals from Asia, then the European Settlers, to Africans, and even Latin Americans. The Chinese Immigration act in 1923, the celebration of the two millionth immigrant since confederation in…