erupted over ownership rights to a piece of land within the town of Oka. The 78-day standoff between the Quebec Police and the Mohawks of Kanesatake was one of the most revolutionary acts of defiance of Canadian Aboriginals in the 20th century. The crisis at Oka inspired and gained support of people worldwide. The event inspired protests as well as sudden increase in land claims from Aboriginals in New York‚ Vancouver‚ and various other parts of the world. "This is a Mohawk issue‚ it’s for all the
Premium First Nations Aboriginal peoples in Canada Burial
Obesity is a national public health concern and increasing epidemic. This crisis is the research focus and media sensation as Americans’ continue to gain weight. Obesity results from weight gain over several years. Excessive body fat leads to significant health concerns and increases the risk of death (Centers for Disease Control (CDC)‚ 2014). The epidemiological issues of obesity include prevalence‚ rising incidents‚ causal factors‚ and burden of diseases related to obesity. Substantial change
Premium Obesity Nutrition Overweight
The oil crisis of the 1970s had a tremendous political‚ social‚ and economic impact on the United States‚ and its reverberations continue to be felt to this day. This event dramatically illustrated American dependence on fossil fuels‚ and raised a lot of questions about the country’s energy policy and the security of its energy supply. Several events combined to bring about the energy crisis of the ’70s. The first was a dramatic rise in energy consumption‚ with the United States consuming a huge
Premium Petroleum 1973 oil crisis Energy development
The European sovereign debt crisis (often referred to as the Eurozone crisis) is an ongoing financial crisis that has made it difficult or impossible for some countries in the euro area to repay or re-finance their government debt without the assistance of third parties. In 1992‚ members of the European Union signed the Maastricht Treaty‚ under which they pledged to limit their deficit spending and debt levels. However‚ in the early 2000s‚ a number of EU member states were failing to stay within
Premium European Union Eurozone Germany
Global Crossing. A brief history/outline. In 2002‚ a huge corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy‚ despite announcing continual huge company growth the prior year. The company‚ who was audited by Arthur Anderson‚ is in the process of denying accounting irregularities. The company fat cats or executives have made a fortune despite the recent bankruptcy and the invested employees/shareholders have suffered major financial losses. Who is the company? You would not be alone in immediately thinking
Premium Accounting scandals Mass media
to say that‚ I certainly agree with Bourassa on this primary concern. The conscription Crisis was a main issue which occurred to the lack of the soldiers to take part in World War I. Therefore‚ Canada experienced complexity in attracting sufficient numbers of new soldiers to maintain their defense force‚ and they were coming difficult to find. Due to the prime minister Robert Borden‚ the conscription crisis of WWI was mainly stressful for the war in Europe and exposed issues in the Canadian society
Premium World War I World War II Canada
408002216 | Lessons from the Wall Street Crisis | Reasons for Risky Behavior of Financial Traders | | | 11/23/2012 | This paper seeks to assess the persistent risky behavior by financial traders and lessons from the Wall Street crisis. | Introduction The tropical storm began in 2007 when two hedge funds who invested in assets guaranteed by subprime loans needed to sell $3.8 billion of obligations. Within minutes one of the most important banks on Wall Street was forced to sell
Premium Economics Finance
Subprime crisis Introduction The subprime crisis is one of the biggest disasters of the financial system. It originated in the US subprime mortgage market in 2006 and within a year it engulfed the financial sector of USA along with numerous mature economies. The weaker income groups comprising the Afro-Americans and the Hispanics suffered home losses. It is projected that the number of subprime foreclosures will reach 2 million‚ if measures are not taken to resolve the crisis. This
Premium Subprime mortgage crisis Subprime lending Mortgage
The global banking sector: current issues The financial services sector is emerging from the worst financial crisis for 80 years. Tighter regulation‚ an overhang of debt in the west and the immense growth in the power of banks in emerging economies will transform the landscape of banking. What opportunities and threats will this create? And what are the main lessons that banks will learn from the crisis? CIMA sector report Key messages 1. 2. 3. There is growing optimism that both the world
Premium Bank
Foreclosure Crisis: What Should the Federal Government Do? The mortgage crisis we are experiencing in the United States today is already ranking as among the most serious economic events since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. Hardly a day goes by without a story in the newspaper or on the cable news stations reporting about the increase in the number of foreclosures across the United States. The effects of this crisis have spread across all financial markets‚ where in the end all of us are paying
Premium Subprime mortgage crisis Mortgage