Canadians

From 1896 to 1911 Sir Wilfrid Laurier served as the Canadian prime minister. This was a period when Canada shifted from being agricultural to being proto-industrial. It was also a period of tremendous social and political tension in Canada. Laurier’s ability to compromise between the French and the English Canadians demands is what made him very successful and defined his time as leader. These compromises are seen through the settlement of the Manitoba School Question in 1896, Canada’s participation

What is the federal government’s strategy to support its claims to sovereignty in the high Arctic? The Canadian Arctic, one of the defining features of our vast landscape. It spans more than 40% throughout our country and is home to more than 100,000 Canadians (Arctic, 2013). There is a variety of climate and terrain throughout this region. The Arctic in general has ownership claims by many countries including Canada, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland

study Canadian literature in a Grade 12 English course. While good writers exist in all cultures, Ontario students should only study Canadian writers. Because we need to become more familiar with our literature. Three reasons for this are; the need to focus on our own Canadian culture despite being surrounded by other cultures, the need to promote and establish our own writers, and the need to encourage younger Canadian authors. Students in Ontario taking English should only study Canadian literature

cultures, Ontario students should only study Canadian writers. There are three main reasons for this: the need to focus on Canadian culture despite being surrounded by other cultures, the need to promote and establish our own writers, and the need to encourage the development of younger Canadian authors. This essay will prove that graduating students in Ontario should only study Canadian literature in a Grade 12 English course in an effort to strengthen Canadian culture. Students in Ontario taking English

Confederation took place in 1867, and the Canadian Expeditionary Force(CEF) was raised in 1914. The CEF is what protects what the Confederation created, and would not the nation’s greatest achievement be protecting that which the nation created. “Canada did not enter the war of its own accord but was automatically at war when Britain declared war against Germany.” Canada entered the war to stand by its mother country, to protect the country who founded it. The Canadian Corps and CEF were created to defend

study Canadian literature in a Grade 12 English course. While good writers exist in all cultures, Ontario students should only study Canadian writers. Becoming more familiar with our literature. Three reasons for this are; the need to focus on our own Canadian culture despite being surrounded by other cultures: the need to promote and establish our own writers, and the need to encourage younger Canadian authors. I believe that students in Ontario taking English should only study Canadian literature

as a part of a nation that is in continual development and growth – a nation of diversity and democracy. It is the diversity between English-speaking Canadians and French-speaking Canadians that will be focused upon in the following pages of this paper. Anglophone and Francophone Canadians are at odds. Historically, the tensions between these Canadians pre-dates the founding of this country. Culturally; language, beliefs, traditions and values differ between these people tremendously. Politically,

World War 1 has been and is being a key event for Canada’s military, and the roles that these Canadian soldiers portray hold a big significance to our nation Our soldiers are brave, courageous, mature and show leadership in spectacular ways. The roles that these soldiers portray have a great effect on the overall performance of a soldier as well. So far, our soldiers have portrayed roles such as: roles in the air, roles on the land, and roles on the sea. These roles are helping Canada to move on

Canadian Political Culture, in a nation- state context, can be break down as beliefs and attitudes that Canadian have of political objects( Jackson, Politics in Canada.1994). The majority of Canadians normally hold similar political notion that, unlike firm beliefs that varies in due time, are more widespread and are considered as the base for political culture. It is these values and attitudes that Canadian citizens share that compose the heart of Canada nation state political culture system. The

Sylvie Lacombe covers the influence the Canadian Catholic Church had on French-Canadians from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth century. It explores how the failed Upper Canada rebellions led to British parliamentary control over the French via the Act of Union in 1840.  This enabled the Catholic Church to take over several provincial social institutions which came to influence nationalistic ideas and values.  Thus, many French-Canadians believed themselves to be part of a “church-state”