to anyone who lives in the arctic. But the Inuit peoples across northern Canada see the polar bear as a way of life. It is the only way that they can sustain their families and themselves. Stirling and Parkinson explain that until recent years it was believed that unsustainable harvesting was the main factor threatening polar bear populations (2006‚ p.262). This seems like a faulty empirical claim at best when you take into consideration how much the Inuit depend on this animal for subsistence hunting
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In today’s modern Canadian society every group is fighting for their rights to be heard‚ acknowledged and more importantly respected. In Canadian history one group has had to fight harder than anyone else to receive a voice to be heard and that is the Aboriginals. The question that needs to be asked is‚ do they really have a voice at all? Throughout this paper I will highlight three areas of aboriginal political uprising‚ First the history‚ secondly successful initiatives for the betterment of aboriginals
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European contact‚ they had developed clear nations throughout what is now Canada with a total population of perhaps 350 000 people. In 1982 the Constitution act acknowledged three main groups of Aboriginal people in Canada: the First Nations and the Inuit‚ who were the first Aboriginal groups in Canada‚ and the Metis‚ who emerged after the settlement of Canada. People of the First Nation lived in all areas of Canada. Those who lived on Canada’s coasts depended on fishing and hunting while those who
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Outline for Informative Speech Title: Eskimos Speaker/Name: John Rendon General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of the Eskimo family‚ hand crafted tools and modernization to date. Thesis Statement: Eskimos are not a lonely group of people hidden from the world‚ they are a dying breed of independent survivalist while we depend on technology every second of every day. Introduction Attention getter: Think of the last time you were in a weather black out. What did you
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Changes In Canada 1867 – 1905 Canada‚ it’s a young country with a lot of history behind it. Canada’s history is most important during 1867 to 1905. Many changes happened to Canada during this time‚ here are some of them. Firstly‚ John A. Macdonald started the confederation. The Dominion of Canada first became introduced four provinces on July 1st 1867 (H60). These four provinces were Ontario‚ Quebec‚ New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Secondly‚ a small piece of Manitoba today had formed in 1870.
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All around people use myths to describe how the world and life came to be. But some of these myths use information that is used in other myths‚ we call these motifs. Why do you think so many cultures have so many similarities? Did anyone of you ever think why so many myths use similar information even when they were seas away? Scientists have asked themselves this question of so many years‚ why do cultures that were seas away have these similarities? There are some motifs that people see more important
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Beauty and the Beast-Who is Whom? Hunting should be prohibited because it is all too simple for hunters to abuse regulations. Firstly‚ there is no way to be certain whether or not hunters comply with limits established in regards to the amount of animals they are allowed to kill‚ and where they are allowed to hunt. Every occurrence in a hunting expedition cannot be monitored and therefore hunters are essentially “allowed” to do as they please. The overconfidence that ensues leads to hunters taking
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Aboriginal people are the first settlers of Canada‚ including the first nations‚ Inuit‚ and Métis. Upon the arrival of the European settlers of Canada who came with their own civilization‚ the aboriginal people were considered ignorant and uneducated. These European settlers wanted to increase literacy at the same time making their culture dominant over the aboriginal people leading to the funding for the residential schools. This is where the aboriginal children were taken for education. This became
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the military. By 1948‚ Bombardier ’s company had sales totaling $2.3 million‚ and by 1958‚ they had reached $3.5 million. In 1959‚ the first model of the Ski-Doo appeared on the market. This launched a whole new industry. In northern Canada‚ the Inuit people took advantage of this new technology; they now had far wider freedom of travel. Canadians in the south enjoyed the Ski-Doo in a different way: a thrilling new winter sport evolved. People ’s enthusiasm for Ski-Doos soon spread
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Minority Language Education Rights a) the right the be educated in English or French where there are sufficient students 8. Aboriginal Rights (Native Peoples) a) recognition of existing aboriginal and treaty rights of native peoples (Inuit‚ Indian‚ Metis) The Charter of Rights - Case Studies In each of the following cases‚ explain which sections(s) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms might be infringed or broken and why. (Use the outline of the Charter to help you.) 1
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