canadianheritage.org/books/index.htm Lewis‚ Frank D MacKay‚ Donald. Flight from Famine: The Coming of the Irish to Canada. Toronto: McCelland & Stewart‚ 1990. McGowan‚ Mark. Michael Power: The Struggle to Build the Catholic Church on the Canadian Frontier. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press‚ 2005. McGowan‚ George and Clarke‚ Brian P. Catholics at the “Gathering Place”. Toronto: The Canadian Catholic Historical Association‚ 1993 Nicolson‚ Murray B O’Brien‚ Roberta M. “Emigration From Cork Ireland
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Advocates for Socialism The Winnipeg General Strike What was happening in the year 1919? Well‚ the First World War had finished‚ and the soldiers were returning home. The Depression would not come for approximately ten more years. So why weren’t people happy and life brimming with opportunity? What was happening that would lead to such labour and social strife? Relations between Canadian workers and employers were becoming explosive. The Canadian working class was being treated without any
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many cities are facing‚ especially in the East‚ is to just increase the size of the pipes—a solution that could cost the cities billions of dollars. Roof gardens provide a less-expensive and more environmentally friendly answer to the problem. In Toronto‚ a recent study explored the benefits of an aggressive green roof strategy to that city. Assuming that all available green roof area was used‚ the study estimated that the city would save over $250 million combined in the areas of air quality‚ building
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Hamlet play is charismatic and unique and it’s completely different from any play you’ve ever seen. Recently‚ I had the pleasure of seeing one of William Shakespeare’s most favourite plays Hamlet‚ performed beautifully at the Toronto Centre for the Arts Theatre in downtown Toronto. It is completely a mesmerizing production that featured some modern acting from all of the actors. A quick glimpse of the performance area looked more like a lecture hall than an art house‚ however at the beginning of
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Smoking causes more deaths every year than accidents‚ alcohol and suicides. Some governments have completely banned smoking in public places. There are many disadvantages of smoking. Many smokers don’t realize they are hurting innocent people. Toronto is one of the cities around the world where the ban is currently being forced. The
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health"‚ by printing about how alcohol can "help repair liver damage"‚ but what it does not print are the negative effects alcohol can have on people. The readers read the good in drinking‚ but they do not see the other side effects of doing so. The Toronto Star‚ on November 1‚ 1999‚ in the article‚ "Chronic sleep debt may raise risk of diabetes"‚ also uses bias through omission. This article talks about how less sleep can harm a person’s health‚ especially the younger generation. When the actual study
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Jill Kathryn Ker was born on October 9‚ 1934‚ in Hillston‚ New South Wales‚ in the outback of Australia. Her father was a sheep rancher and her mother a nurse. Together they brought up Jill and her two older brothers on their sheep ranch called Coorain‚ an aboriginal word for "windy place". Jill grew up in near-total isolation with no other playmates than her brothers and was seven before she ever saw another girl but she enjoyed an idyllic childhood on the prosperous and beautiful estate.When she
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he Drawer Boy replays the adventures of a young actor from a Toronto theatre group who visits the rural Ontario home of two elderly bachelor farmers to "research" farm life for a new play. In doing so‚ he demonstrates the way in which a collective creation appropriated the lives of its subjects and changed their own interpretation of it. The two farmers‚ Morgan and Angus‚ have achieved a precarious balance in their lives together. Morgan‚ a tough-minded‚ stubborn man‚ cares for Angus‚ who has had
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leadership they organized a series of high-profile events‚ including the visits of British suffragettes and an exhibit of suffrage literature that featured a petition addressed to the Premier of Quebec‚ demanding the vote.16 With the help of the Toronto Council of Women‚ MCW successfully pushed the NCW to finally adopt suffrage as part of its national platform in 1910. They also encouraged widows and spinsters‚ eligible to vote because of their property‚ to support Reform candidates in Montreal’s
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