Essays on Canadian History

List the reasons for and against Confederacy. Did financial matters take priority?

In the 1850s and 1860s, cracks in the relationship between Britain and British North America began to appear due to North Brunswick stamps being bought by cents, not pence, and they had Charles Connell’s, not Queen Victoria’s, face on them. There were many Canadians during the nineteenth century who felt that uniting with the United States of America was impractical, unpopular, unnatural, but entirely necessary. There were many Canadians who felt that they had so much more in common with the United States that it made sense to unite together from an economic, cultural, defensive and historical ...

During the 1930s, the Great Depression affected many states leading to major changes in most sectors of their economy. One of the countries that became a victim of the Great Depression was Canada. Owing to this, the issue has attracted the attention of many researchers. The aim of this review is to examine the work of one such researcher, Katrina Srigley, in her book, Breadwinning Daughters: Young Women working in a Depression- era City, 1929-1939 (2010). The Great Depression era affected the live patterns of young women in Canada. They experienced a great shift while trying to adapt to the economic changes ...

Early Canadian Multicultural Policy towards Ethnic Minorities: A Historical Background

It is significant to see that early Canadian multicultural policies towards ethnic minorities must be interpreted in two different outlooks. Firstly, there was a Government official policy towards the French Canadians. Throughout the British colonial era, British authorities generally enforced multicultural policies that were both prejudiced and assimilative with the aim to bring this ethnic group into the British control. Since Confederation, nevertheless, French Canadians were able to gain significant political and legal independence rights. This consisted of some political freedom through the acknowledgment of Quebec as a province, representation in political bodies, and legal language rights. In contrast, there ...

Introduction

- Canada currently does not have any active criminal laws penalizing abortion - The Canada Health Act governs the proper process of abortion in Canada - Provision of abortion in Canada varies by province

Thesis

- The due observation and respect towards abortion rights in Canada stands as inviolable under the Canadian Charter of Rights, in light of the fundamental principle of protection to life through the autonomy of decisions on the health and body of Canadian women from state intervention.

Body: Abortion Rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

- Article 2(a) - MAIN IDEA: Abortion is an issue severely debated by both religious and ...

Introduction

Black Robe is a movie made in the Canadian province of New France, commonly known as Quebec. It was shot in 1991, but the setting of the movie was the 17th century, which detailed France’s exploration and settlement into medieval Canada. The movie is an adaptation of Brian Moore’s novel that had the same title (Amazon.com 1997). The story revolves around an ancient Jesuit priest from France who, in 1634, begins an expedition to bring Christianity to the Indian natives of what is present day Quebec, Canada. The film chronicles a difficult, brutal, and dangerous 1500-mile journey to a ...

Introduction to Abortion

Abortion is the termination of pregnancy. There are two types of abortions; miscarriage and therapeutic abortion. In miscarriage, the embryo or fetus is instantaneously removed from the uterus of the woman. On the other hand, in therapeutic abortion, the embryo is expelled or removed from the uterus of the woman with the help of some medical procedure. In return, therapeutic abortion is of two types; surgical abortion and medical abortion. Surgical abortion is also known as manual vacuum aspiration. In this procedure, cervix (opening to the uterus) is dilated, and the embryo or fetus and placental tissues are removed ...

Canadian History

Thesis Statement: America's sweetheart “Mary Pickford”, who was a strong, career oriented women and significantly contributed to Canada's society as she helped change the role of women in the “1920's”, and was known as a trend setter in fashion and influenced the American life and culture in Canada. The contribution of Mary Pickford in Canadian history goes a long way. Pickford became one of the well-loved artists of all time, as she became instrumental in establishing United Artists in the year 1919. She started to join the theater at age seven and was identified by the name “Baby Gladys Smith” and adopted ...

The American Revolution has assisted in shaping the Canadian history. It started when the American formed a military initiative in Canada. This happened during the invasion of Canada in 1775 during the American revolutionary war (Billias 4). The military initiative intention was to gain military control of Quebec province. Also, it had purposed to persuade the Canadians who were speaking French to join in their revolution. Most English-speaking merchants were very bitter with the Quebec Act. The act had introduced French laws and had authorized Catholic tithes. The Act had invoked them to attack. However, they had not drawn the ...

(CANADIAN LAW, STATE AND CONSTITUTION)

Introduction

It is common for a trend to emerge in the process through which a country’s judiciary takes a given field of law and for how the law based approach evolves in a gradual manner over a given time period. In most cases different judicial eras often emerges in a delineated way, reflecting some changes in the human rights, even in the nation’s highest level court. In promotion of human rights, the pattern emerging in Canada is popularly defined as fast moving and a highly accelerating roller like coaster ride. At some occasion, the Canadian judicial system led by the ...