“Canada is often referred to as a land of immigrants because millions of newcomers have settled here and helped to build and defend our way of life‚ starting with settlers from France and England.” ( ) When Canada became a country in 1867 Sir John Alexander McDonald‚ our first Prime Minister‚ was an immigrant from Scotland. The first legislation regarding immigration was in 1869. Canada received many immigrants from Germany‚ Hungary‚ Norway‚ Poland‚ Sweden and France
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We are asking the federal government to work with the provinces and territories on coordinating an anti-bullying strategy that includes a plan to increase awareness of cyberbullying across the country and support programs for children and parents. I want to share some of the voices we heard during the hearing. Shelby Anderson‚ a student from Springbank Middle School told the committee: Cyberbullying is everywhere‚ and it really hurts. It makes
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ECONOMICS: COUNTRY ANALYSIS SOUTH KOREA NAME : MUHAMMAD ALIF BIN HASALAN SACE ID : STUDENT ID : 2013225774 GROUP : FLYNN LECTURER : MR KESHMINDER SINGH BACKGROUND OF SOUTH KOREA South Korea over the past four decades has demonstrated incredible growth and global integration to become a high-tech industrialized economy. In the 1960s‚ GDP per capita was comparable with levels in the poorer countries of Africa and Asia. In 2004‚ South Korea joined the trillion dollar club of world economies
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wedding traditions‚ Canada has a few unique ones. Some are certainly not unique just to Canada‚ but are alive and well in the Canadian provinces and northern territories and practiced at a large number of weddings in Canada. Other wedding traditions Canada style‚ used to be popular but are slowing falling out of favour‚ perhaps due to their overly formal nature and the country’s current laidback joie de vivre. Weather and Geography Plays a Part in Canadian Weddings Like any other country around the world
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Racism in Canada Canada is a multicultural country but still there is a lot of social inequality in Canada. Social Inequality plays a major role in everyone’s life and it also shapes one’s opinions‚ character and influences what one becomes in his/her life. Racism is also a form of social inequality‚ which is kind of prevalent in almost every society of the world. But everyone is not racist; therefore‚ if we base our judgment solely on the basis of a bunch of racist people‚ then every German
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refugees who arrived in Canada annually were forced to leave their countries due to fear and persecution.1‚2 The United Nations defines a refugee as "someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group‚ or political opinion”.3 Refugees in Canada are divided into two groups: those that have obtained the refugee status within Canada (both privately-sponsored
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Gap Analysis of the Royal Bank of Canada The service I’m going to select is going to be the service that people use the most‚ which is personal banking. I personally use the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and have only used their banking services since I first opened an account when was a teenager‚ which was the same bank my parents used also. The customer gap‚ which is the gap or difference between the customer expectations and the customer perceptions‚ does exist at this bank as I am sure they
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Throughout the world‚ Canada is known as a peaceful nation. This reputation was established through our role in the creation of the United Nations and our subsequent efforts as peace keepers. Over the past century our role and the methodology used in peace keeping has changed significantly. Based on the major events that contributed to Canada’s involvement to peace keeping‚ it is the Paris Peace conference‚ the Suez Crisis and the Battle of Rwanda that are most noteworthy. Although the Paris Peace
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nations. An estimate of about 800‚000 – 1‚000‚000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus’ were killed by Hutu extremists. This resulted in the exodus of 2‚000‚000 Tutsis’ from Rwanda to countries surrounding the nation‚ this event was known as the Great Lake refugee crisis. What was Canada’s role in combating the Rwanda genocide? Canada took the role as the leader of the attempted prevention of the genocide that took place in Rwanda. The nation was the driving force in the United Nations. Although these efforts
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LeDrew 1 Sikhism in Canada: Past‚ Present and Future Sikhs Arrive to Canada In the world today there are many different religions‚ all of which have their own beliefs and traditions. Sikhism is one religion in Canada that has had many struggles to be accepted into society. In 1897 Sikhs began to arrive in Canada: “Up to 1950‚ Sikhs constituted more than 85% of all East Indian immigration to Canada.” (Brar 1) These Sikhs were not welcomed with open arms‚ however Canada was not happy with the amount
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