Peacekeeping in Canada The Canadian military as peacekeepers is a very prominent notion of the majority of Canadians. It is what distinguishes Canada most strongly from the United States‚ and what has become an important aspect of their foreign policy. Peacekeeping‚ since the conclusion of the Cold War‚ however‚ is a myth. This essay will explore the history of peacekeeping‚ its use as a tool during the Cold War‚ and Canada’s very prominent role in its development and use. Peacekeeping‚ in
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Every summer for the past 8 years‚ I travel to rural Michigan and enter the microcosm of Habonim Dror Camp Tavor. Camp Tavor describes itself as a Jewish overnight camp that creates an inclusive community that emphasises the learning and discussion of Jewish values and social justice. I describe Habonim Dror Camp Tavor as the community that provided me with my most important‚ lifelong friends and taught me valuable skills of critical thinking‚ social awareness and interpersonal community building
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The Aboriginal peoples were the first people on this land‚ and yet they have always been treated as second-class citizens. The Canadian government forced Aboriginal Peoples onto reserves and trying to convert them to a more European lifestyle‚ thus destroying their way of life. Although Aboriginal Canadians made significant contributions during the First World War‚ they were often discriminated against and did not receive fair or equal treatment. Firstly Aboriginal men and women made important contributions
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new English settlers felt the French still had too much power. Different Ethnic groups commonly saw themselves respectively as superior. French Canadians commonly believed that the blending of their Catholic faith and rural way of life made them superior to the materialistic English Canadians they were in constant competition with. French-Canadian nationalists sought to isolate themselves from both Europe and English Canada by building
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there have been two major theories of language learning by children. But there are two major schools of thought known as‚ ’Behaviorists’ and ’Mentalists’. One school is of the view that language learning is entirely the product of experience and that our environment affects all of us. Others have suggested that everybody has an innate language learning mechanism. Let us discovery with the help of these two schools of thought that how do children acquire their mother tongue. How do they grow up linguistically
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Buchenwald Concentration Camp was one of the many concentration camps‚ Just because it wasn’t well-known doesn’t mean it isn’t important to know about and how they dehumanized many Jews. Life for the Jews was difficult not just because of the labor‚ Starvation and having bad hygiene was one of the many ways that Jews had to live threw while in Buchenwald. They were used as test subjects by the doctors that were there and were also starved‚ the guard made them go as long as 8 days without food and
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When we arrived at Camp CIMI‚ my roommates and I headed off to our assigned dorms. We were in Owl and our room was 120 B; thankfully it was near the bathrooms. After choosing our bunks‚ and setting all of our stuff down‚ everyone started to pull out their defenses in case someone attempted to prank us. When everybody became tired of playing cards‚ we unpacked‚ once we were finished‚ our room looked like a town that had been hit by a tsunami. However‚ it was during the night when the fun started
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PARTY DISCIPLINE IN THE CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS Most democratic countries around the world today can fall under two main types of political systems: the parliamentary system and the presidential system. Even though many similarities exist among the two systems and they function well for their respective countries‚ they also have many differences‚ with the level of party discipline being one of the most important differences. In North America‚ with Canada having a parliamentary system and the United
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Famous Canadian Entrepreneurs James Hillier and Albert Prebus (Electron Microscope) James Hillier‚ one of the entrepreneurs of the electron microscope‚ was born on August 22nd‚ 1915 in Brantford‚ Ontario. He attended the University of Toronto‚ where he received a PhD in 1941. After graduating‚ Hillier spent most of his career at the Radio Corporation of America (or RCA)‚ discovering the principle of stigmator‚ which is used to correct astigmatism in a microanalyser‚ while being the first person
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Definition: Being Canadian Being a dual citizen is a blessing. For those of you who don’t know‚ I am a dual citizen of the United States‚ and of Canada‚ due to my father being born there. Growing up‚ I always loved everything about my northernmost citizenship. Every time I went to visit‚ I fell in love with the country more and more. The scenery‚ the people‚ the history. It all is so welcoming in the North. Being born in America‚ I am thankful for the “American Dream”‚ but being Canadian means so much
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