CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND 1. The forerunner of the United Nations (UN) was the League of Nations‚ an organization conceived in similar circumstances during World War 1‚ and established in 1919 under the treaty of Versailles “ to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security”. The League of Nations seized its activities after failing to prevent the Second World War. The advance of science and economic activity also brought in their wake‚ increased military capability
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specific person that comes to mind is Lester Bowles Pearson. He did not shape the world’s history but he did shape Canada’s history; he made Canada to what it is today‚ he introduced Universal Medicare to all Canadians‚ and he created the United Nations peacekeeping force. To begin‚ Lester B. Pearson helped make Canada. He made it to what it is to this day‚ he is the Prime Minister “who gave Canada the identity that we have today” (thegauntlet.ca). One of the things he did was give Canada its
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First Nations- European Contact From the moment the Europeans arrived on the coast of Northern America; the Indigenous people have felt the influence of their presence. From the start‚ this contact was beneficial to some of the Indigenous people‚ as they gained an ally in warfare and received many modern metal goods in trade. However‚ it did not take long for the negative effects of this contact to affect the Indigenous people. The contact affected and changed the Indigenous people of Canada socially
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purpose of the residential school is to civilize the Indian and to make them good‚ useful and law abiding members of society with strict punishments for any wrong doings. 1 Richard Pratt‚ who founded the Carlisle Indian Industrial School‚ one of the first of the reservation schools in the United States‚ preached “you must kill the Indian in him; to save the man”. These ideals were later adopted by the Canadian government. 2 The goal of residential schools was to assimilate Aboriginals into white society
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This book was a really interesting it was all about politics. I tell you a story about Louis Riel. The man who harangued the crowd was the same man has urged them‚ the Sunday before to make this trip across the river. His name was Louis Riel. Once in Quebec‚ had wanted to be a priest‚ but the excitement of the North- West had called him back. Now he was one of the most vocal of the Métis leaders. Will we stand for this? Riel demanded. Will we stand here and let someone else tell us what to do‚ someone
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Summary of “Apologizing for the Past for a Better Future” In Jason A. Edwards’ (2010) article “Apologizing for the Past for a Better Future‚” he examines the phenomena of collective apology made by the political leaders of Canada‚ Australia and America. All these political leaders apologized for the damages caused by historical wrongdoings because of bad decision making during wars or other situations. Collective apology is a way to apologize to people by acknowledging
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First Nation and Metis children were taken away from their families and sent off to get their education at these schools. Children who practiced their native culture‚ often got pins pierced through their tongues‚ forced to eat their vomit or constantly be victims
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is marked by power struggles over scarce resources; inequities result in conflict; social change is inevitable. Since the theft of Aboriginal land and destruction of traditional ways of life‚ many First Nations people live in extreme poverty that has lasted for generations. This removal of First Nations people from their land caused great hardships and a breakdown in their traditional systems causing a great deal of dysfunction within their own communities. These dysfunctions lead to physical abuse
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The main reasons that the League of Nations was originally set up was to prevent war‚ encourage disarmament and as a way to settle international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. As stated by Wilson‚ ’This treaty is nothing less than an organization of liberty and mercy for the world’ (Foley 1969:129) The intentions of the League appealed to many countries‚ especially as they were still raw from the war and favourable towards pacifism. With the benefit of hind-sight it is easy to criticise
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of nationalities. There are exceptions to this rule; they can’t infringe upon a person rights‚ which I find reasonable. We have‚ in our past‚ committed our share of atrocities and made a few mistakes. We have caused a great deal of harm to the First Nations people‚ and we sent back 10000 Jewish refugees back to Nazi Germany. From these mistakes we have learned to accept people. This is not to say we accept everyone‚ we stopped the FLDS from harming young girls by marrying them off in large numbers
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