Essay On Newfoundland

Since the first Transatlantic telegraph cable was laid out in 1858, the world as we know has continued to shrink (Mercer, 2006, p.17). Suddenly people could communicate around the world almost instantly, sharing information, ideas, or just greetings. This trend continued when Alexander Graham

The Canadian North, a rugged landscape often glamorized as a land of adventure and promise, hides a dark history. From the early day’s of the gold rush, when the land was first colonised, to the attempted cultural assimilation of the indigenous peoples through residential schools, the people native to the area are still in a struggle of identity and culture, and the resulting effects such as high suicide rates, poverty and drug abuse,. It is through this lens that I will examine the work of Ted Harrison, a prolific English artist who spent the majority of his life living in the Yukon and painting the contemporary society that he saw around him. There is no doubt that his work was highly intertwined with the indigenous culture, and as such his identity brings up questions regarding the appropriation of native american culture. To that end, this essay will look at the context of his biography, the subject matter of his work, and compare it to contemporary Native American artists in order to clarify the nature of his art.

Summary of Diane Mooney’s “Newfoundlandese, If You Please” In Diane Mooney’s expository essay “Newfoundlandese, If You Please,” she discussed the relationship between the cultures and languages, and how the cultures influence the dialect in different regions in Newfoundland. She narrated her own story to explain the difficulty of understanding the dialect of French descendant in Newfoundland even she is from an Irish migration on the East Coast. She gives some example of different region of Newfoundland has its own enunciation. She cited the speech could tell who settled on this land first and in which area.

Since 1971, there has been some important and innovative changes in Atlantic Canadian historiography that has made an impact on our world. One of the greatest landmark’s in Atlantic Canadian history, in my opinion, was the resurgence of treaties rights for the Mi’gmaq and Maliseet nation. Thus, my focus for this essay will be on Mi’gmaq historiography in regards to fishing and treaty rights in the maritimes. There have been three well known fishing disputes in Atlantic Canada, ranging from the 1981 the Listuguj Raid, to the 1999 Supreme Court ruling concerning the Donald Marshall Case, and a year later with the Burnt Church Crisis. All of these historic events are steps for the Mi’gmaq Nation to reclaiming their treaty rights. After over

In chapter 12 of Atlantic Canada A History; Margaret R. Conrad and James K. Hiller are trying to show the poor economic situation that the Maritimes and Newfoundland faced in between the first and second World Wars. The rest of North America seemed to be moving on and achieving economic success, but this was not the case for the Maritimes and Newfoundland. In this chapter Conrad and Hiller try to find the factors that affected the economy in the Maritimes and Newfoundland during this time. Conrad and Hillers research show that the Maritimes often had a lot of bad luck when it came to achieving economic success. Their research shows that Cape Breton and New Brunswick had potential for economic success through coal mining and selling fox pelts

Port Royal was one of the first settlements established in British North America. Located in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, the settlement was founded by the explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1605 (Parks Canada 2011). It is obvious that the geography of the location was essential in its being chosen for the fort. The land on which the fort was built is flat, but on a peninsula, so one could see any invaders approaching by water. Port Royal is located on the Annapolis River of the Annapolis Basin in the Bay of Fundy. Because the fort was on the water, both the shipping and fishing industries were supported. The water of the nearby Allains River also both supported and powered a grain mill (Parks Canada 2011). The heavy forestation of the

New Brunswick is a province in Canada. A province is basically state located in a country, set up from Colonial times. New Brunswick is located in the Northern and the Western hemisphere, and its relative location is east of Quebec, west of Nova Scotia, and North of Massachusetts. The absolute location of New Brunswick is 46 degrees north and 66 degrees west. I have never been to New Brunswick, but I have always wanted to live in an area in which the general population speaks French and English as primary languages, because I took French for 3 years, and I would like to be able to apply my second language, while being able to fall back on English if it gets too difficult.

The question of whether Quebec will secede from Canada to become an independent nation has been a hot topic in the country for several years now. It dates back to the abortive rebellions of 1837-38. In 1980, a referendum to secede was rejected by a 60-40 margin. Since then though, the numbers of Quebeckers that want to become sovereign has significantly increased. There is so many questions of what will happen if this does happen. In this paper I plan to take a deeper look at this situation and try to figure out what it would actually be like if Quebec was its own country.

This particular variety of English is spoken in Canada but shares some characteristics with British English, US English and French. However, it has a particular combination of these and other features which identify it.

In his 2012 contemporary short story, “The Provincials,” Daniel Alarcon scripts a first-person point-of-view story in the past tense of twenty-two years old Nelson and his father, Manuel, who traveled from the capitol city down south to close and turnover a house after a recent great-uncle’s death. While arriving from the substantial affluent city to the aged deprived province where Nelson 's father had been somewhat of a local icon, Manuel, instead of choosing to use his skills to improve his hometown, chose not to return, and thus resentments developed. Nelson with his father 's advocate pretends to be his older brother Francisco, which resides in Oakland, California. Because they do not remember Nelson, he was able to perform an act to the audience (provincials) using details from his brother 's letters to play out his role. A dialogue between the provincials, Nelson (the temporary resident), and his father (the ex-resident), about provincialism begins to surface. Opposing those who migrate against those who remain in the poor Latin city, the story exposes irritations rising while six men drink beer. The young man’s imperialism, as he represents America being the empire, becomes the central target of resentment; on the contrary, his father, who left for the capitol city, also opens himself for criticism from the isolationist men who both celebrate the father’s success and envy it. Manuel hopes to inspire Nelson to stop amusing his idle self, and make a promising

The rapid growth of technology in our society has become more dominant than it was in the 17th and 18th century. Today, technology is used for almost everything in our day to day lives. But the most common usage of technology is for communication and industrialization. However, every good thing has its disadvantage if it is over used, and since technology has become very dominant, it is used by both young and older people but more predominant among the youth of the today. Even more, technology has brought about social networking such as Facebook, Twitter, my space, piazza.com, instagram, tango, and last but not the least texting. According to socialnetworking.procon.org, “47% of American adults used social networking sites like

As a reminder, my senior project revolves around the career and field of engineering. I have been shadowing under a couple of engineers who work at Darex, a company based in Ashland who specialize in manufacturing sharpening equipment for blades and drill bits. Currently, I have been spending my time watching what these people do in their specific fields of engineering. These activities include: designing and drawing a new model of a sharpening mechanism, research and development of new and old sharpeners, the creation of a part for a larger mechanical function, and management of the consumer and industrial production lines (both managed separately); however this is not all I have completed. Another activity completed includes working on

Inimitability/Non-substitutability – Other firms in P.E.I. has begun to retail specialty preserves in hopes to profit from P.E.I.P.C.’s success. Competitors might be able to imitate or substitute the value and resources quickly, at a low cost.

The prevailing theory was that a signal could not travel along the curvatures of the Earth for more than a few hundred miles; instead, the signal would continue into space. July 1900, Marconi had constructed a ring of poles 200 feet in diameter to attempt to send the first Transatlantic signal. Heavy storms and high winds destroyed them. However, this did not stop him and his team. Instead, they attached an antenna to a balloon, which blew away, and then to a kite on a 500 ft. tether. Kemp and Marconi continued attempting to send messages, but they could not receive them. December 12,1901, using the fourth kite of the experiment, Marconi and Kemp at last heard a signal. This marks the day that history was made when Marconi picked up a faint, three dot sequence, the letter “S” in Morse Code. Marconi had finally sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean. His experiment disproved the belief that the Earth’s curvature affected transmission, by sending signals from Cornwall, England to a military base in

Over the past few years, technology has become a significant part of people’s every day lives. It helps people connect with those far away, but in the process, disconnects themselves from others close with them. Technology has helped improve the lives of many people through transportation and more, but overall has torn us apart. The constant usage of technology has people’s eyes glued to a small screen; they often forget to communicate with those around them.