surrounded by a defensive stockade‚ it had been called “Angel of the Colony” by the people of Ville Marie. With the purpose of leading the aboriginals life to a high civilization place‚ the Ursulines‚ led by Marie de I’ Incarnation of Tours‚ came to Quebec in 1639 to educate French and Aboriginal Catholic girls. Marie de I’ Incarnation also learned Aboriginal language and wrote dictionaries‚ histories and catechisms in the Algonquian and Iroquoian languages‚ which also helped the Canadian’s history
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parity $39‚300 Overview Canada is the second largest country in the world and is characterized by an extraordinary variety of topography‚ climates and time zones that is a North American country consisting of ten provinces like British Columbia‚ Quebec‚ Ontario etc. and three territories that Yukon‚ Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Canada is a federal state governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy‚ with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. Canadian culture is a diverse
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In the year 1815 a prime minister was born with a birth name of John Alexander Macdonald. However‚ Macdonald was not born in Canada n to pine for a job in executive politics. In 1843‚ Macdonald ran for prime minister‚ won with 156 votes‚ and left his opponent‚ Colonel Jackson‚ with a whopping 43 votes. Although Macdonald`s leadership was left untouched for a majority of his life as prime minister‚ controversy struck in 1885 when metis (a Canadian citizen with both European and native Canadian
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Cree from the isolated community Whapmagoostui on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec‚ decided it would be a good idea to walk 1600 km to Ottawa in support of the Idle No More movement. Some of his friends joined him on January 16th and when they arrived on Parliament Hill‚ Ottawa‚ on March 25th‚ they will be 400 times strong. The Journey of Nishiyuu‚ which means The Journey of the People in Cree‚ began in Whapmagoostui‚ Quebec. several weeks ago and came to an end on Monday. Seven walkers -- six
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The Rocket 5 Running Head: FRENCH CANADIAN DISCRIMINATION The Rocket: A Film Review Depicting a Theme of French Canadian Discrimination Jessica Marasco 0348583 Dr. Michel Johnson KINE 1010 11/05/07 The film "The Rocket" is the biographical story of hockey legend Maurice Richard‚ that uses sports to highlight historical bigotry. The movie highlights the discrimination that faced French Canadians at the time of Richard’s hockey career. This caused Richard to be torn between his desire to play
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about diversity and aware Canadians the importance of such issues. You can’t avoid the fact that diversity has played a major role in shaping our country. An example of this would come from the Quebec Act of 1774 which recognized the French language‚ Roman Catholic faith‚ and the French civil law in Quebec . However‚ Aboriginal peoples did not enjoy the same rights. What helped settle the West and build the trans-Canada railway‚ were our immigrants; but we can’t ignore the fact that they were subjected
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January 1878 After spending two years in Quebec asylums‚ Riel is released. He soon heads west‚ spending time in St. Paul before eventually settling in Montana. February 1‚ 1878 By now‚ thousands of Metis‚ unhappy with the situation in Ontario‚ have moved west to the south branch of the Saskatchewan
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With the end of the Seven Years’ War and the fall of New France in 1763‚ Britain assumed control of almost all of North America. The Seven Years’ War was for the possession of the Ohio Valley. A valley rich in the fur trade industry and land good for future settlement. Britain’s newly conquered country would now have to deal with the opposing cultures to which forms their population. Britain’s colony was home to a society of sixty thousand francophone Catholics
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Central Canada should break up with the rest of Canada. Central Canada should break up with Canada because we are the most diverse part of Canada. Some challenges we have staying with Canada is that we don’t receive enough money from the government when we were a ¨have not¨ Province. Not having enough money in the province having the most percentage of population .Toronto is also the highest percentage of people living in low income. Central Canada should break up with the rest of Canada because
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Canadians take pride in the way they are viewed as a whole. When the world thinks about Canada‚ it is not just the cliche stereotypes that come up‚ igloos‚ polar bears‚ hockey‚etc. The culture‚ customs and international involvement It is viewed as beneficial and helpful throughout many nations. Canada’s national identity is a good example of a working system of diversity‚ democracy and a beneficial international role. There are approximately 35‚851‚800 citizens in Canada. In a population as
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