Canada

In Canada, there has been many reports of Indigenous women and girls going missing and found murdered. According to the RCMP, Indigenous homicide rate is roughly 4.5 times higher than the homicide rate for any other group of females in Canada. From 1980 to 2012, 1,017 women and girls were reported missing (RCMP). The RCMP database for murdered indigenous women doesn’t show the entire picture. Women shown on that list do not include indigenous women who have passed due to unexplained or suspicious

a thing but a dog" (Hughes, 1944). Comparing a human life to a mutt was the reality for many that were enslaved in Canada. In comparison to Canada's southern partner, The United States, we are seen as a community that has always contained equality; but this ideology could not be more distorted. Canadians are blindly following this misconception that racism is not prominent in Canada; although the history of the nation evidently shows that this unjust practice was inflicted upon multiple ethnic groups

Editorial Urban expansion can be a problem for Canadians everywhere, in this editorial you will read about the impacts it has on Aboriginal Peoples in Alberta. Specifically because it’s more expensive, ‘urban sprawl’ and how it is taking up Aboriginal peoples territory. First off, urban sprawl VS urban expansion. Calgary and Edmonton do this a lot. Instead of adding onto the city slowly, they build on acres of land further away from the city. Sometimes they are rather large so it doesn’t really

Although the US managed to create a name for themselves in the nineteenth century for Canada it was only the beginning. With all the actions, choices, improvements we made in the twentieth century, was it truly a shining time for us? Sir Wilfrid Laurier once said “I think we can claim that Canada will fill the twentieth century,” and in this essay, we will be looking at the different impactful events such as the social changes, our improving identity and creating distinction from the Us and Britain

Social changes were being made in Canada after the second World War suggesting that a free country was taking notice of civil rights and equality which led to improvement of living standards. During and after the war, Canada’s government took notice of women and made them feel as important as men by supplying jobs. Prior to the war, females did not work as much as men. When the war started females were being treated with respect and also had a big part in the rise of Canada’s economy. Women who were

purposefully silenced at almost every moment of interaction with Canada. Many Indigenous peoples have been strategically silenced since birth. Their names were changed for number tabulations, cultures were suppressed and languages were stolen from Indigenous children and their future generations. These actions were sanctioned by the Catholic Church, manipulated by political leaders and, ultimately, enforced by the government of Canada. The consequences of these actions rippled through the institutions

Introduction Based on the 2016 Canadian Crime Statistics it was discovered that the theory that best described Canada is the Rational Choice Theory. This theory explains that when people desire to commit a crime they have more reasons and see more positive outcomes with committing the crime and disobeying the law than not. Like most, Canadian citizens pick and choose their battles with committing crimes; they know what is legal and good, along with what is illegal and bad. The rational

There has been considerable debate recently in Canada over the issue of gun control. The Canadian parliament enacted the Firearms Act to enforce gun control by requiring gun owners to register their firearms. Just recently, the government of Alberta lead in a charge, including five other provinces and numerous pro-gun groups, complaining that the law is unconstitutional and intrudes on provincial jurisdiction. They also claim that the act infringes on property and civil rights that are guaranteed

Bank of Canada, which solidified Canada’s economy during the Great Depression ("The Bank 's History." - Bank of Canada. Web. 27 Apr. 2015); and WWII, and how it changed Canada into a key part in the future. (C.P. Stacey. "Second World War (WWII)." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Web. 27 Apr. 2015); all contributed to the changing of Canada. During the period 1930 to 1945 Canada gave and developed as an independent country due to the Statute of Westminster giving us independence; the Bank of Canada, and how

Canada was not always an independent country but through many important historical events, Canada was able to become the independent country that it is now. Canada had started off as one of the many colonies of Great Britain, and slowly proved to the world that they weren't just a colony, but much more. Overtime, canadians were gaining more and more power and were being recognized as formidable by others due to the key events that had happened throughout history. Some of the key events that I am