Essays Tagged: "British Columbia"

Such A Good Boy, How A Pampered Son's Greed Led to murder, by Lisa Hobbs Birnie

Summary18 year old Darren Huenemann of Saanich, British Columbia seemedto be a model student, friend, son and grandson. His mother Sharon calledhim ... ence.The last two convictions, after the Lord family's appeal was turneddown by the Appeal Court of British Columbia, were the end of the brutaltale. Birnie then makes the comment, 'As they walk out o ... Native Australia, then in England, and in theUnited States. She now lives on an offshore island in British Columbia,where she studies cases and other stories.In Birnie's attempt to capture the elemen ...

(9 pages) 59 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Terry Fox Run.

fight.Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg Manitoba on July 28 1958 Terry was raised in port Coquintlam, British Columbia. He was very athletic from a young age. When he was in grade eight Terry was rated ...

(5 pages) 47 0 3.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

First nations people.

nk that they should be treated with unfair rights that some of them seem to be getting right now in British Columbia. I am saying that the First Nations people in B.C that are getting treated badly sh ...

(2 pages) 30 0 1.5 Jun/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Canadian Confederation Was Not Inevitable.

om the past were dealt differently, the outcome would surely differ from today. First of all if the British hadn't changed their attitude towards the colonies, or in other words they still believed th ... s Britain, no further action would be done. Canada would continue to remain as a colony of the vast British Empire. Secondly, the colonies could have decided not to build a railway at all due to the h ...

(1 pages) 32 0 0.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies - The Manufacturing of Human Culture.

ions such as universities and elementary schools and the Roots Lodge in Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. From her research, Klein discovered that the social problems that emerged include ... for libel and ended up having their name smeared even more in the media during the longest trial in British legal history. This shows readers that there is another side to these corporations that clai ...

(7 pages) 151 2 4.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

An Ecotourism brochure for the Montane Cordillera.

le family will remember for years after.Location- Where it is.The Montane Cordillera covers most of British Columbia and runs a bit into southwestern AlbertaClimate- What type of weather you can expec ...

(2 pages) 53 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

David Suzuki and his use of media in environmental education

ingly talked about in the media, from the Koyto Protocol and climate change to the deforestation of British Columbia's temperate rainforest. The public is continually informed of the degradation that ...

(6 pages) 56 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

A Chronology of Treaty Negotiations in Canada with emphasis in British Columbia

dum denying the existence of Aboriginal title (Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs).1871 - The Colony of British Columbia becomes a province within the Canadian Confederation. British Columbia is the sixth ... . British Columbia is the sixth province to join the Dominion of Canada. The Terms of Union between British Columbia and Canada states that the federal government will assume responsibility for Indian ...

(5 pages) 67 0 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

The Nisga'a Treaty: A Template for the Future

isga'a Treaty: A Template for the FutureThe Nisga'a people have a long history of negotiations with British Columbia's Provincial Government. Over the past couple of years the Canadian Media has picke ... have come to an agreement with the government. The Nisga'a Treaty is the first modern day treaty in British Columbia (Muckle 1998).In 1887, Nisga'a chiefs travelled to Victoria to demand recognition o ...

(12 pages) 62 0 3.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Nisga'a Perspective of the Nisga'a Treaty

s, "The treaty is a balanced and sensible reconciliation of issues that have frustrated and divided British Columbia for more than a century.1" Although many Nisga'a are happy to have gained the right ... them decide what's best for them.Of course, there was public opposition to the Nisga'a treaty. Many British Columbians feared that the Nisga'a territory would become a state within a state and no long ...

(6 pages) 54 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Amor De Cosmos: The Spark of Confederation for British Columbia

Amor de Cosmos played a significant role in bringing British Columbia into Confederation. He founded the newspaper, the British Colonist, and held a numb ... while in the provincial government, he succeeded in bringing together the two west coast colonies - British Columbia and Vancouver Island, and establishing self-government in British Columbia. In 1871 ... ishing self-government in British Columbia. In 1871, his biggest achievement was probably assisting British Columbia's entry into Confederation of Canada. De Cosmos kept fighting for all the causes he ...

(5 pages) 35 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Bald Eagles

da, and northern Mexico. About half of the world's 70,000 bald eagles live in Alaska. Combined with British Columbia's population of about 20,000, the northwest coast of North America is by far their ...

(2 pages) 23 0 2.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Envrionmental justice or racism towards fish farms and the first nation people of bc.

mmercial operations or the execution of federal, state, local, and tribal programs and policies."In British Columbia, examples of environmental racism surround the province, the Salmon Aquaculture is ...

(5 pages) 112 3 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Nisga'a Final Agreement: Self-government and its implications on the people of the Nass Valley

ipartite agreement between the people of the Nisga'a First Nation and the governments of Canada and British Columbia and became characterized as setting "a historic precedent," for the future of self- ...

(6 pages) 78 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

David Oppenheimer the Father of Vancouver

rth America at that time. Soon one of the brothers Charles Oppenheimer heard about the gold rush in British Columbia and went to investigate, in a year the rest of the brothers joined him and opened u ...

(1 pages) 16 0 0.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Creative Propaganda

Welcome my fellow citizens.Do you like British Columbia? Do you like where you are living? Of course not, as you don't like the 7.5% Provin ... dvantage of the United States, and live a happier life?By this annexation, we, the unfairly treated British Columbians, will automatically have all the benefits as an "American". We will be out of Can ...

(2 pages) 22 0 0.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Canadian History Specifically Quebec. Official Languages Act = title

io, more specifically near the Quebec border. In addition, the Prairie Provinces and to some extent British Columbia, also possessed a Métis population that still spoke French. The issue at the ...

(2 pages) 21 0 0.0 May/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Recruitment and Selection Process of T & T Supermarket Inc.

nT & T Supermarket Inc. is Canada's largest Asian supermarket chain, headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia. It has seven stores in Greater Vancouver, two in Alberta (one each in Calgary and ...

(6 pages) 241 1 4.0 May/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

How to be a successfull businessman

I have seen theeagles only once in my life in their natural habitat and thatwas during a holiday in British Columbia in Canada.When I read about bald eagles and about the way they live, Ialways start ...

(3 pages) 26 1 3.8 Apr/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Citizenship, Immigration, and Racialization in Colonial Canada

Manwani's article entitled, "The Island of the Unclean: Race, Colonialism and 'Chinese Leprosy' in British Columbia, 1891 - 1924" from 2003. The other is called, "Towards Theorizing the Connections B ... ctionMawani's article focused mainly on the discriminatory practices used against Chinese people in British Columbia in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Not all of these people were immigrants, as some ...

(5 pages) 69 0 4.8 Oct/2006

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays