To what extent should people embrace nationalism and how acceptable should it be until it becomes destructive? These two questions may have come in many minds of philosophers including the great Albert Einstein who once quoted‚ “Nationalism is an infantile disease‚ it is the measles of mankind.” He strongly believed that nationalism should not be embraced for it is infamous for the destruction it has caused on the society and is responsible for the childish idiosyncrasy embedded in the human
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decided not to wait for the colonist to arrive. He sailed back to France with what he thought was diamonds. Before he arrived in France‚ he stopped in the Newfoundland. He encountered Roberval there. Roberval ordered Cartier to return with him to Quebec‚ but instead Cartier snuck back to France at night. Cartier returned to France with what he thought was diamonds‚ but they were really just valueless minerals. After this unsuccessful voyage‚ Cartier did not receive any more commissions. This ended
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the 1500s by foreign wars and domestic strife. In 1598‚ the Edict of Nantes was issued‚ allowing limited toleration to the French Huguenots. When King Louis XIV became king‚ he took an interest in overseas colonies. In 1608‚ France established Quebec‚ overlooking the St. Lawrence River. Samuel de Champlain‚ an intrepid soldier and explorer‚ became known as the “Father of New France.” He entered into friendly relations with the neighboring Huron Indians and helped them defeat the Iroquois. The
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Columbia. Previously‚ Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal‚ Quebec and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary‚ Alberta. BID AND PREPARATIONS The Canadian Olympic Association chose Vancouver as the Canadian candidate city over Calgary‚ which sought to re-host the Games and Quebec City‚ which had lost the 2002 Olympic bid in 1995. On the first round of voting on November 21‚ 1998‚ Vancouver-Whistler had 26 votes‚ Quebec City with 25 and Calgary 21. On December 3‚ 1998‚ the second and final
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So McAuslan brewing all started with a guy named Peter McAuslan he was born and raised in lachine Québec any was educated at Sir George Williams University which is now known as concordia University. he graduated in 1972 with a bachelor of arts From there he worked at the YMCA in Montréal and Dawson College - this is where he met his wife Ellen Bounsall. After being tired of doing the same old thing‚ peter wanted a change. So in 1987 Peter decided to leave Dawson College and devote his
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which we can attribute to Canada becoming the great prosperous nation that we have today. It all started with the European explorers who sailed across the dangerous Atlantic ocean to come to the “new world”‚ they were in control of Eastern Canada. Our Quebec and Ontario were simple know as upper and lower Canada‚ our maritime provinces under complete British control. Thus we as a nation didn’t become out own colony with our own government until after World War 1. But the British North American Act of
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Biography of Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney was born on March 20th‚ 1939 in the small town of Baie Comeau‚ Quebec. Mulroney was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada. He was in office from September 17th‚ 1984‚ to June 25th‚ 1993 and was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. Before going into politics Brian Mulroney attended university and received a Bachelor of Arts at St. Francis Xavier University and a Bachelor of Civil Law at Laval University. After
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As stated "The Ursulines also came to Quebec in 1639 expecting to devote themselves to the Amerindians‚ only to have these expectations crushed when many of their native charges proved resistant to their "civilizing‚" mission." The natives weren’t open to the idea of the Ursulines trying to make changes. They came to Quebec with good intentions of giving back‚ and helping those in need. Marie Guyart ran a boarding school for Amerindians
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Unit 2 Position Paper - Alex Cheveldave “But I find that the time has probably come for us to realize what we have in common. Because living together and being part of a country‚ being part of a nation‚ means being able to project ourselves and relate to common values‚ to certain principles‚ to our institutions also.” - Governor General Michaelle Jean To what extent have historical and contemporary examples of nationalism in Canada shown the same perspective as the source above?
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First and foremost‚ Expo 67 created a spark in the Québec Sovereignty Movement. On July 24th‚ Charles de Gaulle‚ the president of France who was visiting Canada for Expo 67‚ addressed a crowd at Montréal’s City Hall and stated‚ “Vive Montréal… Vive le Québec… Vive le Québec Libre!” (“Expo 67”) This speech inspired the beliefs of many Québec separatists such as Pierre Bourgault. Bourgault once said‚ “Because for the first time in 200 years he has
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