law. It is often based on differences of race‚ religion‚ wealth‚ or culture. The first major challenges to racial segregation in Canada occurred in 1946 when Viola Desmond‚ a black businesswoman‚ refused to sit in the balcony of a New Glasgow‚ Nova Scotia‚ theater but instead sat downstairs‚ an area designated exclusively for whites. Viola Desmond’s action occurred nine years before Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery‚ Alabama Causes of
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Sealing the Fate of North America The battle of the Plains of Abraham was fought on the 13th of September 1759. It was the result of a three-month British siege of the French North American capital of Quebec City. Although the battle lasted for a short period of time‚ involved comparatively few troops‚ and caused few casualties‚ the effects of the battle were far reaching. The British victory at the battle resulted both in the death of the French general – the Marquis de Montcalm – and the British
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In 1992‚ Dallmeier presented the world’s first video sensor with digital image storage. At this time‚ the idea of using digital image storage in video surveillance wasn’t taken seriously but Dallmeier saw its benefits and potential. In retrospect‚ this idea has proved to be a groundbreaking development‚ one that has revolutionized video surveillance. Today we cannot imagine the security field without the use of digital technology.Panomera® is a completely novel camera technology‚ which was specially
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defence. In September 1864‚ British North American politicians met in Charlottetown‚ Prince Edward Island to discuss the possibility of a union. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada) In September 1864‚ the Atlantic provinces - Nova Scotia‚ Prince Edward Island‚ New Brunswick and Newfoundland - organized a conference to discuss a union among themselves. Governor General Monck asked that the province of Canada be invited to their talks‚ "to ascertain whether the proposed Union might
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demand for gas and oil as well as the refined and secondary products of oil in developing countries such as China and India. - BP is currently launched a series of oil exploration activities‚ and BP‚ Shell Canada granted oil exploration rights off Nova Scotia‚ Canada. THRE A TS - Decline in oil reserves worldwide in the long term. BP and other oil companies need to develop new types of energy to combat this threat. - The US government has recently blocked BP from bidding for future contracts in the
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Short Case Memo 1. Problem Identification Leading Edge is an advertising company launched in Nova Scotia for about five years ago. They work specifically with business and firms to help launch their market‚ with planning‚ design‚ and executive of ads‚ media buying‚ and consumer follow-up. The company has recently faced some issues‚ with some of their top graphic designers leaving to work for competing advertising agencies‚ resulting in a turnover rate of 15% for Leading Edge. Human Resource Manager
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When the four initial colonies of Canada‚ being: Ontario‚Quebec‚ Nova Scotia and New Brunswick confederation in 1867 ; there was still much debate for the remaining colonies on whether to join. There is definitely an argument for both sides‚ but in my opinion --- I believe confederation was a good thing. One advantage of confederation was that when the colonies were united as a country‚ we would be able to fend off attacks from the South. Also it would act as a symbol to intimidate the Americans
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The Seven Years War (1756-1763) was one of the major conflicts in history since the fall of Rome. It had Bourbon King Louis XV on one side trying as hard as possible to repeat the golden days of Louis XIV and Frederick II of an emerging Prussia backed by British gold provided by William Pitt on the other. The Seven Years War was mainly the result of trading rights. The British colonials (Americans) were pinned up against the Atlantic seaboard‚ with only the Hudson Bay company in the north challenging
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Sieur de Monts‚ who was a French noble appointed by the king of France to set up trading posts in Canada. In the summer of 1605‚ de Monts‚ Champlain and approximately sixty settlers and established a small post called “Port Royal” in what is now Nova Scotia. However‚ it was not a great success‚ and it was abandoned by 1607. Even Champlain’s cooking club‚ The Company of Good Cheer‚ could not hold the group together. Champlain was still convinced that
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On December‚ 6th‚ 1917‚ an unexpected explosion at Halifax‚ Harbour front had left the citizens of the Nova Scotia capital and the rest of Canada devastated. Five minutes after 9:00 a.m on that day‚ hundreds of people were killed and thousands were severely injured by the impact. A collision of two ships on the harbour due to miscommunication left everything destroyed during the time of WWI. The crash had led to the French munitions ship‚ the SS Mont-Blanc to blow up in flames. Caused by impact from
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