Poverty can be defined as “the lack of resources necessary for material well-being” (Mooney‚ Holmes‚ Knox & Schacht‚ 2011). In Canada‚ poverty affects a wide variety of individuals‚ although women have become increasingly overrepresented in this area. This is due to a phenomenon known as the feminization of poverty‚ a phrase attributed to researcher Diana Pearce. The question of ‘why’ there are more females living in poverty‚ is important to examine since this issue means that half of the population
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Case study on Smart Cars entering Nigeria and how it can be a success after its launch in Indonesia. Lagos‚ Nigeria is one of the fastest growing cities in Africa continent and is in a desperate need of the automobile industry. The car black market and high taxes are killing the automobile industry in Nigeria. Smart cars would prove to be a boon for the country‚ both economically and environment. South Africa wants to support Nigeria set up the automobile industry in Nigeria‚ which would provide
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Entering High School made me proud being the first of my family of going to High School the first year seemed not as hard except from the part that I had computer homework and no internet‚ I would stay after school and work in the computers from school. Later
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The word best used to describe me before entering STEAM freshman year is anxious because going into a new program at a public school is an experience I have never had prior to this year. I have been to many different kinds of schools in my life: Christian‚ Catholic‚ private‚ even homeschooling‚ but up until this year I have never been to a government school‚ which made me quite nervous. I had planned for the worst‚ expecting the hardest of projects and lessons‚ hoping to prepare myself for the
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NETFLIX Past‚ Present and Future Q1. What are Netflix’s sources of competitive advantage? Netflix commands a huge geographical reach because of a single point access system – the internet website! Hence in today’s tech savvy world‚ the company can reach anyone with access to an internet connection. Secondly‚ Netflix offers an unmatched variety of movies since it overcomes the logistical constraints of a physical store and leverages its long tail advantage. More significantly‚
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universal childcare means all around childcare‚ not only in a general sense‚ but all over the map childcare. Most people don’t see a problem with childcare in Canada‚ but it seems as if there are some issues pertaining to the system of childcare in Canada. “In a country of close to five million children of 0-12 years of age‚ Canada now has fewer than 900‚000 regulated childcare spaces. The percentage
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Can you imagine Canada before it was a diverse nation? Or the country having racist citizens as the majority? You probably cannot since today‚ Canada is among the most tolerant multicultural countries in the world . Though‚ in Canada’s history‚ Canada has not been a country that kindly welcomed foreigners. Canadians created taxes and polices to prevent immigrants‚ were rude to First Nations‚ and they were xenophobic and chauvinist (sexist). Canadian’s in history were the opposite of how they are
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Differences between Canada and the Unites States exist with respect to how immigration regulations affect relations between the two countries. Immigrants don’t just come from Mexico in to the United States as many believe. There is a flow of immigration between Canada and the United States‚ which means there must be peaceful relations as well. Immigrants in North America can enjoy rights of citizenship‚ and therefore have easier access to becoming a citizen. Since Canada and the United States
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Canada: Gender Differences Canada has received great ratings when it comes to areas of health and education for women. However‚ there still seems to be a major gap in politics and income equality as men. In the 2012 Global Gender Gap report‚ Canada was one of the 12% of countries that fell backwards in gender inequality. (Black‚ 2012) Even though the overall economic status of women in improving‚ some markers seem to be stagnant‚ or even declining. Some of these are high school enrollment for
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Canada‚ a multicultural country‚ engages people from diverse countries converging on this second large country in the world. Chinese Canadian‚ as the third largest immigration group in Canada‚ are referred as “largest visible minority”‚ due to its population‚ which is estimated almost 1.5 million people. [1][2] Tracing back to‚ the first Chinese came to Canada were for the construction of fortress and 40-tone schooner in 1788. Afterward‚ there was a wave of Chinese immigration because of the Gold
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