The Laborer Teacher : Assimilation And The Canadianization Of The Frontiersmen

When change is thrust upon us, it can change people with it, but when it does, it’s important to remember where you’re from. The importance of this essay is it depicts a time in history when change occurred to a people who, willing or not, did not see the coming effect it would have. This will cover Al Pittman’s, The Day I Became A Canadian, and his point of view on how changing nationalities belittled his country. This will also examine how his writing, being rhetorical elements like sentence structure and diction, enhances his writing, bringing out more emotion in the reader.

In 2004, a Texas man named Cameron Todd Willingham was executed for murdering his three young daughters by setting his house on fire. This conviction was based on faulty forensic science which assumed that the fire was caused by arson. There multiple fire science experts who reviewed the case and became opposed to Willingham’s execution stating there was no evidence to prove that the fire was intentionally set. In 2010, the Texas Forensic Science Commission released a report admitting that Willingham’s conviction was based on “flawed science”. One of the witnesses during the trial who was an inmate at the same prison as Willingham testified that Willingham confessed to the killing while in jail but later on recanted his statements. Willingham’s

The author suggests that the Canadian natives are suffering in many ways in the hands of foreigners. The capitalist regime is taking everything from the natives and suffer huge monetary loss due to the high taxes. The natives cry foul of intruders who have taken control of everything including robbing the exchequer and carrying their proceeds to their home countries. Imperialism is the main argument that the author tries to bring out in this case. The foreigners exploited Canada’s natural resources at the expense of the local citizens. Local citizens provided cheap labor and products to Europeans.

Stepping out onto Canadian soil is the dream of any new immigrant coming to create a new life for a fresh start. The strong images of digging, logging, and construction are just some of the rough edged images that many do not consider when imagining the Canadian Dream. The Canadian Dream in the minds of workers in Michael Ondaatje’s, In the Skin of a Lion, is labouring to create life for themselves and working towards a steady future. Abbott describes the masterplot as “stories that we tell over and over in myriad forms and that connect vitally with our deepest values, wishes, and fears.” (Abbott 46). Ondaatje’s emphasis on labour reminds readers of the difficult work that individuals endured in the early foundational days of Toronto. The Canadian masterplot of labour in early Toronto can be initially thought of as a sparkling dream, when in reality it was harsh work that often went unrecognized. The less educated, along with immigrants were considered lower class and were placed in positions of difficult work and limited pay. Historically, it may be a preconceived notion that Canada was built with ease and peace, but in truth, weathered men and women were the backbone that built the nation. The individuals who built the infrastructure of Toronto endured the most difficult work yet were hidden in the darkness. They experienced the most dangerous labor yet they were recognized the least because of the negative connotations of the job. In this essay I will be outlining the

In the article Colonialism and First Nations Women in Canada by Winona Stevenson, the author explains the struggle First Nations women had keeping their culture alive. Upon arriving in America the Europeans suffocated the natives with their rationalisation of female subjugation. Reluctant to give up their traditions and honour the native-American women put up a fight, but their efforts would not be strong enough to triumph over the European missionaries. Stevenson chronologically explains their contact with the ‘colonial agencies'.

Many years ago, there were many people from different parts of the world immigrated into Canada. Canadian society is set up into multicultural and nowadays there are still people moving to Canada. Immigration can bring people adventures but also force them to adapt a new culture and new life styles. In the book “Squatter”, written by Rohinson Mistry, writes about a man called Nariman who tells a story about immigration. The author used the actions and dialogues from Nariman’s audience—teenage boys to make foil towards the awkward situation that character meets in his story. Furthermore, the book contains two stories and the author makes contrast to serve as a foil Sarsh, the immigrant, as well. Mistry portrays that immigrating is not giving everyone positive effect but make people undergoes a lot of pressure. The text asserts a negative portrayal of Canadian multiculturalism including limitations such as culture clash, isolation and identity problems.

Welcome good friend to the brand new state of New Canada! What once was a corrupt country north of the center of the world (U.S.) is now the 55th state to the American Empire. The year is 2050, and almost five years since the ending of the Third World War. Five years post war and civilization is still in a state of recovery, which is why we bring Americans a piece of the past and a bit of familiarity with the grand opening of New Canada’s capitol building. We do this to honor the fallen and help Canadians assimilate into American Culture.

Throughout this course, the focus has been on how Immigrants have been treated over the history of Canada and the phases in which events and settlements began. Abu-Laban states

According to the frontier thesis, all the resources on the frontier as well as its lack of an established socio-political structure provided opportunities for the settlers. They could now pursue their dreams “of limitless wealth and self-betterment.”[6] Cheap or free land meant more opportunities for the self-made man, and provided a ‘safety valve’ for the ‘newcomers’:

There is a growing of ethnic groups from non-European societies, who can meet Canadian economic development in term of their level of education, occupational skills and languages. Those ethnic groups are called immigrants because they are neither indigenous nor colonist settlers but are accepted through Canada’s immigration policy (Banting 2010). Even though diverse cultures and differences of minorities were recognized and celebrated within the bilingual framework during the multiculturalism policy of the 1970s, their full equal participations are still excluded from the mainstream society (Leung 2012).

There are various issues that revolve around Canadian politics. These issues can include various subjects, such as economics, multiculturalism, health care, immigration, and foreign policy. An important issue in Canada that is discussed in this essay is Canada’s constant changes to its immigration policy in order to improve its economic goals and the labour market. These issues are changing by different policies that the Canadian government are putting into place, which creates a more strict system in choosing who can immigrate into the country. Three articles that thoroughly analyze Canada’s immigration policy in order to implement these changes are the following. The first article is named: “New Directions in Immigration Policy: Canada’s

“An immigrant who can bring with him work for twelve people is to be welcomed with open arms even in a industrial colossus like the United States - welcomed anywhere it would seem but in Canada...Not only have the refugees brought work, but they have brought new customers”, (Document, 9).

In April 1986, only 130 km north of the largest city in Ukraine, Chernobyl unit 4 reactor exploded spreading at least 5% of its radioactive core into the atmosphere and further downwind. 24 years later a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Japan causing a series of tsunamis that took out and ultimately caused the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors 1-3. Both of these nuclear disasters released large amounts of radiation and causing evacuation of nearby towns and cities. Between these two nuclear disasters, Chernobyl has been found to be the worse because of its “flawed reactor design that was operated with inadequately trained personnel” compared to the quick reaction towards the Fukushima Daiichi accident that ultimately decreased the negative effects greatly.

Immigrants today now have the privilege of entering and residing in Canada but along with this privilege, there are also barriers that impede their integration and deprive them of equal opportunity in the society. The undervaluing of foreign education and credentials has emerged over the years as a huge obstacle faced by recent immigrants who seek employment in the areas that they have been trained, and worked in for decades in their respective home countries. For years, newcomers in Canada have been denied inclusion into the Canadian labour market simply because of policies that were

My experience on eyewitness to history day was very fun. I was a guide to Barry Sweeney, who was in the 24th division of helicopter pilots; he also participated in the desert sheild/storm operations. In the beginning of the day I sat down with him and we talked for a bit while we waited for the opening ceremony. He showed us a lot of things he used to help him pilot's helicopter. One story we were told was that he was driving a military jeep type vehicle, and there were Iraqis walking by. So he said “How are you?” and the Iraqi responded “How you do?” So he asked them “What the f*** are you doing?” (He actually didn’t curse in the story) So the Iraqi said “Busch said drop weapons, take off shoes, go home. f*** Suddain, we go home. He told us other stories like how somebody set up a latrine next to the spot where he was supposed to land his helicopter, and so the person in there; so the person came out of the latrine covered in ‘Doody’. There was another time where one person had made a model of the battle field to present to the general, to show what he thought should be the next course of action for the military; complete with sand hills, and detailed little figures. When Mr. Sweeney flew the general into the camp, he was landing, the downdraft from the helicopter was blowing away the sand and the figures, so the person who made it was laying on top of the model, desperately trying to stop the sand from blowing away. There was another time that he was flying with the