creating our country Canada much reform had to be taken by both the British‚ the founders of this land‚ and the inhabitants of Canada. One such example is seen through how women had to go through lots of struggle to gain their proper rights and freedom from the opposite gender. At times like the 1800s women were seen as ornaments less human than men. They strived to get by the terrible and abusive labour conditions of textile factories‚ having no say in their pay‚ housing and job. Women then decided to
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In Canada‚ the term Aboriginal refers to First Nations‚ Metis and Inuit people who were the first to inhabit Canada. The aboriginal community represents 4% percent of the population in Canada with 1.4 million people having an Aboriginal heritage in 2011. (Statistics Canada‚ 2015). As aboriginals were the first people to inhabit Canada comes a long history full of injustices including a major injustice know as residential schools. Aboriginal people face multiple barriers in modern Canada such as
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Introduction Facts about divorce in Canada Divorce is defined as the legal termination of marriage. A divorce may be granted for one of the following reasons: * the marriage has irretrievably broken down‚ and the two parties have been living apart for at least one year. * one party has committed adultery and one spouse is not ready to forgive the other. * one party has been cruel to the other. Cruelty may include acts of physical violence and those causing severe mental anguish as
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Political After the first world war Canada started to become more independent from the British empire. At the imperial conference in 1921‚ prime minister Arthur Meighen opposed a British plan for renewing the alliance with Japan. This decision was based strongly on the American opposition. In 1922‚ a diplomatic crisis occurred in Turkey‚ the Canadians did not help‚ this showed their growing independence. The prime minister let the parliament decide‚ but by the time they had made a decision the problem
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Throughout the last century‚ Canada has changed greatly as a nation. Events varying from World War battles to human rights breakthroughs have shaped Canada into what the country is presently. Prideful events such as the Battle of Vimy Ridge established identity‚ independence and nationalism for Canadians. Shameful events though‚ such as the Internment of Japanese-Canadians‚ violated human rights and promoted inequality. Canada developed as a nation during the twentieth century through the victory
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Corrections in Canada Corrections in Canada have had some dramatic changes throughout the years. In this essay I will be discussing the differences between the past history and the present developments that have occurred in the past 100 years within corrections in Canada. 1867 was the year Canada became a country‚ the history of corrections goes beyond this date. Corrections during this time told a story of "you do the crime‚ you pay the consequences". Punishment was physical there was no
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responsibility for the citizens of that country. Particularly in Canada‚ our electoral system has been the same for many years and relies on the citizens to make a decision. Canada uses a system called first-past the-post or single member plurality . This system consists of a simple objective; to receive a majority of the votes . This system has worked well for many years without any major issues.
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The bill would prohibit women wearing the niqab from accessing any public service and would allow them to be denied access to schools‚ non-emergency healthcare‚ daycare facilities‚ courtrooms and more. Furthermore‚ government employees would be banned from wearing the niqab to work. The Quebec government is petitioning to ban the niqab because they claim it is a symbol of oppression‚ that women only wear if forced by a male‚ and that their needs to be a law to protect women from being oppressed by
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Canada made an important contribution to World War I. In order for Germany to carry out the Schlieffen Plan‚ they had to go through neutral Belgium to attack France. As a result Britain came to Belgium’s aid. At this time Canada was tied to Britain’s foreign policy‚ so when Britain went to war so did Canada. Canada contributed to the war effort in specific battles in Europe‚ in the air‚ on land‚ at sea‚ and through a war effort at home. In Canada‚ there were many pilots being trained to fly airplanes
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Infertility is a growing women’s health issue in Canada. In 1984 5.4% of Canadian couples reported fertility problems‚ by 2010 that number had increased to 16% (Bushnik‚ Cook‚ Yuzpe‚ Tough‚ & Collins‚ 2012). Today infertility is defined using the biomedical definition which classifies infertility as “a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.” (World Health Organization‚ 2017). In
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