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    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. New Canada is a shell of what it used to be before its great depression and eventually WWIII. The Canadian depression started in 2033 with what historians are now calling “The Great Sellout.” Historians have no idea what initially caused it, but

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    Martin Brian Mulroney was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada and indeed a leader full of great qualities (Sawatsky 7). Born in a small town in Quebec, Mulroney was a bilingual Anglophone who harbored a tremendous political ambition (22). He belonged to the Progressive Conservative party and came to power in 1984 (Parker 22). Mulroney significantly affected the Canadian history through his socio-political, environmental and economic reforms. He had a powerful, tremendous and symbolic impact on Canadian

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    Should the media be held responsible for the disproportionately low percentage of women, ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ people in Canadian Politics? Ehsan Rahmanian Women and Comparative Politics 442 Professor Tracey Raney April 22 2016 1 These days, sexism in the media is one of the top issues confronting women in Canada. Female political candidates often experience a toxic environment that can adversely affect their campaigns. The constantly changing media scene regularly permits harmful

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    When the Europeans visitors started coming to North America they hoped to find vast amounts of gold and silver, but they found something else, which proved to be just as valuable as furs. The ecological impact of the fur trade on the Indians of the North America demonstrates that the Indians were not the beneficiaries, but the victims in fur trade with all the other Europeans countries which affected them socially, environmentally and economically. French and the English fisherman in 1500’s were

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    Ice Storm Case Study

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    storm, 600 000 people were displaced and 1 630 000 people were out of power in Ontario and Quebec. The Ice Storm of 1998 was an estimated cost of 5.4 billion dollars due to damages involving trees falling, car crashes and other issues. Identify and Explain The ice storm was a social issue due to all the citizens affected and impacted by it. People were out of power for quite awhile in both Ontario and Quebec, many people were cut off from one another due to no phones or services. Another factor of

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    What Are Human Rights?

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    What are human rights? Human rights are the fundamental rights and freedoms that belong to all people. They belong to every single one of us and they are universal, inalienable, indivisible and interdependent. The evolution of human rights goes back to that of the Enlightenment. One of the first published and signed documentations of human rights around the world were the United States and French Declarations of Independence. Throughout history there have been many leaps in the pursuit of equal human

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    sisters in faith. Today as a human, I greet every individual in this classroom regardless of ethnicity or culture with respect. Everyone that is sitting here is a unique individual who cannot be compared or replaced by another. And while this is a fact of life, forms of media like news, entertainment, and Internet/social media are overwhelmingly biased and judge people by their race, religion, and culture. News has played a significant role in bringing a fear of Islam to the Western world. A worthwhile

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    Jewawk Culture

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    affects them. One must understand their lives and culture before they had any European contact at all. POLITICS: The Mohawk also know as the Kanien'kehá:ka people were northeastern natives that were part of a Confederacy know as the Iroquois Confederacy. The Iroquois Confederacy also known as the Haudenosaunee was a peace agreement and alliance between five different tribes (six after 1722) that spoke a similar language and had a similar culture. The date of the formation of the Iroquois/Haudenosaunee

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    experience, Canada is the most prominent selection for many reasons, but mostly because of the availability of multiple global opportunities. Understanding the culture, interactions, and they way they do business will allow us to be successful in beginning our international expansion. Introduction Like the United States, many cultures are spread throughout the

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    Collective Rights

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    group in Canadian society is different in its own unique way; having collective rights is a lot like having an outfit completely custom made to fit your type of person and style; collective rights are manufactured to uphold each groups individual culture, style, and to meet every groups needs according to the groups ' unique structure. How do collective rights, in the past and today, define who we are as Canadians? * In the past, women and First Nations Peoples had been deprived of rights and

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