The elements that defines Canadians today and what makes them different from other nations throughout the world are the bilingual and multicultural society‚ their tolerance and humanitarianism‚ their international role as peacekeepers‚ their maple leaf and the universal health care. These all things have one name defined – Lester B. Pearson who was the 14th prime minister of Canada. Pearson left his stamp in his five years of government‚ he defined how Canadians looks today and how they had looked
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Pierre Fermat’s father was a wealthy leather merchant and second consul of Beaumont- de- Lomagne. Pierre had a brother and two sisters and was almost certainly brought up in the town of his birth. Although there is little evidence concerning his school education it must have been at the local Franciscan monastery. He attended the University of Toulouse before moving to Bordeaux in the second half of the 1620s. In Bordeaux he began his first serious mathematical researches and in 1629 he gave a
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Over the period of this course‚ a majority of the sociologist talked about believed we lived in a modern society. However‚ sociologist Pierre Bourdieu believes we currently are living in a postmodern society that is governed by concepts which are hidden by the government. These concepts he proclaims can be found within cultural capital. Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital is the concept in which knowledge is the currency which serves purpose in altering experiences and given opportunities that
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Ever since his ascension to office‚ Pierre Trudeau has steadied his position as an advocate of Canadian multiculturalism and a champion of all forms of individual rights. Trudeau had a vision for the future of Canada which would satisfy the ambitions of every ethnic group inhabiting the country. However‚ in October 1970 Trudeau’s resolve was tested during Canada’s most dire time outside of its participation in World Wars. When James Cross and Pierre Laporte‚ two significant political members‚ were
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Math-140 Activity 3.2 – Discussion: Pierre de Fermat Great mathematician: Pierre de Fermat The French mathematician Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665) was possibly the most productive mathematician of his era‚ making many contributions‚ some of which were to calculus‚ number theory‚ and the law of refraction. While relatively little is known of Fermat ’s early education‚ it is known that he was of Basque origin and received his primary and secondary education at the monastery of
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a french painter who was known for making magnificent paintings that mostly persisted of women and children. But‚ a great artist doesn’t just pop up out of nowhere and automatically become who they are. Most artists have extremely rough beginnings and sometimes it’ll take more than half their lives to get their work out there. Pierre Renoir was born on February 25th‚ 1841 in Limoges‚ France. His parents were Leonard Renoir and Marguerite Merlet. His father was a tailor
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’ALL TASTE IS ACQUIRED TASTE. ’ DISCUSS To say that all taste is acquired taste is to say that in expressing a preference for a particular food‚ style of dress or type of music we are expressing an entirely culturally learned system of values. In Western society ’good taste ’ is seen to be the domain of the upper classes. In other words the symbols appropriated by the economically and socially successful are the ones that are ascribed the most worth. Sahlins(1976) argues that the value
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On July 1st‚ 1867‚ a new country was born. From then on‚ she has been through moments of glory‚ pride and warmth‚ and moments of darkness‚ defeat and helplessness. All these moments have made Canada the nation as it is. A nation’s identity is not only forged in moments of victory‚ but also is defined in moments of adversity. There are no historical events that better formed the Canadian national identity than Vimy Ridge‚ or the October Crisis. There is a common saying:” Nations are made in war.”
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Pierre de Coubertin literally gave his heart to the Olympic Games. Having founded the modern Olympic Games in 1896‚ Coubertin’s heart is now found in a marble monument in Olympia‚ Greece. This symbolic action has left the world with a piece of Coubertin’s intentions to revive the Olympic Games as a way to bring “the youth of the world in friendly competition”. Coubertin created the concept of Olympics with a doctrine of universalism‚ intending to highlight everything positive about humanity‚
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Trudeau said he was willing to fight during World War II‚ but he believed that to do so would be to turn his back on the population of Quebec that he believed had been betrayed by the government of William Lyon Mackenzie King. Trudeau reflected on his opposition to conscription and his doubts about the war in his Memoirs (1993): "So there was a war? Tough... if you were a French Canadian in Montreal in the early 1940s‚ you did not automatically believe that this was a just war... we tended to think
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