2013). “The communities where FGM is practiced explains Dr. Shaw‚ place high value on virginity‚ so the custom is seen as protection for young girls from premarital sex”. (Keilburger‚ 2013: 1) Adding on‚ developed nations across the world including Canada do not allow for such treatment to be performed on women as it is believed here to be inhumane and child abuse (Keilburger‚ 2013). Despite scarce records of such mutilation to occur to Canadian women in secrecy‚ there are laws preventing physicians
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The crusade of Urban II Pope Urban II was the key figure behind promoting the idea of Crusades. His appeal played key role in initiating the series of famous religious war historically known as the Crusades. Pope’s famous plea led to the formation of the very first group that marched towards Jerusalem to fight against the Muslim forces. Pope Urban II appeal was made in November‚ 1095 (Asbridge 1) calling for a Holy War against the Muslims and to liberate Jerusalem. The Crusade thus initiated
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growing cities in the world. Urban sprawl is becoming the subject of analysis through modern decades concerning the management of urban growth. It described the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into rural areas‚ following the outward expansion of cities; it is believed that the city of Dubai has followed this method. Each city has shaped its own settlement patterns over time‚ either through the oldest and most widely quoted models in urban studies which are those of Burgess
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Geoffrey Canada wrote in his book Reaching up for Manhood‚ "The image of male as strong is mixed with the image of male as violent. Male as virile gets mixed with male as promiscuous. Males as intelligent often gets mixed with male as arrogant‚ racist‚ and sexist." In this way many people define the masculinity and try to conform boys in these stereotypes which negative influence on boy’s development and behaviors. This image of masculinity started in antiquity and is still predominate in our days
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Connecticut’s urban areas‚ ethnic-minority groups mortality and morbidity profiles demonstrate the disparity in outcomes primarily for Black and Hispanics residents. Black Americans have a death rate 1.2 times greater than white non-Hispanics. There is a higher rate of chronic illnesses in both ethnic groups including: heart disease‚ hypertension‚ and cancer. The incidence of respiratory disease and asthma for both children and adults was significantly higher Connecticut’s urban communities‚ with
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confident that the appropriate programs are being offered. We heard from some witnesses that implementing the wrong program for a particular community can do more harm than good. Programs are currently being delivered in a piecemeal fashion across Canada‚ meaning young people are often getting different messages about
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What is Urban Design? “The art of creating and shaping cities and towns...” The word design is used as a verb as well as a noun. It refers to the process and activity of designing as well as the end result and/or product. Much confusion takes place unless this clearly understood. The process The process of designing (certainly in urban design) has two aspects. One aspect is the process of making decisions and choices which directly affect the physical forms and qualities of a city or town. Those
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Two ear‚ the media romanticized the role of women as housewife leaving the man to be the sole breadwinner for the household as the woman does the unpaid work in the house taking care of the family. In relation to Lecture 6‚ post-World War Two era‚ Canada has seen a notable increase in women’s presence in the labour market‚ however there is a distinct unequal representation in the three labour sectors – primary‚ secondary and service sectors. With respect to gender dynamics‚ it is important to note
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peri-urban areas Bryant et al. (1982) in an attempt to show why there is an uneven land use development in peri-urban areas‚ noted that urban development may not occur around all urban centres in all directions‚ due to variations in societal response to changes within the surrounding areas of a particular city. This makes the peri-urban areas a disjointed (irregular) spatial occurrence in metropolitan regions. According to the PLUREL Project (2006)‚ the problem of this uncontrolled urban sprawl can
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Molson Canada: Combine the insights you gained from in-class discussions of privacy and CSR in social media to your analysis of the case‚ and make a recommendation that answers the following question: “How could Molson best put the potential of social media to use?” The problem with Molson and their facebook “Cold Shots Campus Challenge” was the mismatch of values that this campaign express (or at least how the public interpret it) and what historically the brand have promote. That’s
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