Essays Tagged: "Halifax"

Neil Young in Halifax

was on the phone and she wanted to know if I wanted a ticket to the Neil Young concert coming up in Halifax. I said I did and I kind of forgot about it.        It was Halloween night ...

(5 pages) 30 1 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Dangerous driving and the effects on Youth.

ere killed in a dangerous driving accident. The driver was Ralph Parker, a twenty year old man from Halifax who lost control of his sports car as he attempted to make a turn on the corner where the gi ...

(8 pages) 189 0 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

The Poet of Nature, William Wordsworth. Includes parts of some of his poems

as sent to boarding school in Hawkeshead, and his sister, Dorothy, was sent to live with cousins in Halifax. It was in the rural surroundings of Hawkeshead that William learned his appreciation for na ...

(10 pages) 339 0 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"John Mackasey" This is a short paper on John Mackasey, an Irish Catholic and other irish immigrants living in Canada during the late 1800s.

John Mackasey (1840-1919), an Irish Catholic, lived in Halifax during a difficult time. Irish Catholics were placed in the lowest-paid, least-skilled, and ... s, Mackasey's concerns for his fellow Irish Catholics, and despise towards the "great merchants" of Halifax, inspired him to become the leader of the unskilled dock labourers of Halifax in their great ... e union defeated and sadly John Mackasey was forgotten. He fought hard for the longshore workers of Halifax, trying to make their work lives more enjoyable. It was long remembered as the 19th century ...

(2 pages) 28 0 4.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > The Great Depression

William Wordsworth, the Wandering Poet.

ar his mother Ann died and the family was split up. Wordsworth's sister Dorothy was sent to live at Halifax with her mother's cousin, and the boys of the family were sent to school at Hawkshead where ...

(5 pages) 100 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Response Journal for "The Charmer" by Budge Wilson

realize that her devilishly handsome brother is nothing more than a charmer. It is set in a 1950's Halifax home where Zachary, the narrator's brother, repeatedly abuses his privileges and takes advan ...

(3 pages) 26 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This Essay describes the Halifax Explosion that occurred in Canada in 1917.

Halifax explosion was the world's largest man made explosion. It occurred on Thursday, December 6, 1 ... orld's largest man made explosion. It occurred on Thursday, December 6, 1917, a bright sunny day in Halifax. World War I was going on its peak in Europe. The port of Halifax was filled with different ... By this time she was really close to the Dartmouth coast. The Imo, however, did not dangle towards Halifax, as the Mont Blanc had expected but instead she signalled that she was maintaining her path. ...

(2 pages) 21 0 1.0 Dec/2003

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

History of Hockey

sor began to be seen as a place of importance to the British Empire and also of great importance to Halifax. These changes in development led to the improvements to the means of transportation between ... nd Nova Scotia was once again improved with as the provinces first public railway was built between Halifax and Windsor."It was the first link of the Dominion Atlantic Railway that would eventually cr ...

(11 pages) 59 1 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

1000word essay on MERGER ACCOUNTING.inc...Accounting issues, difficulties and an example merger.

ne company remains dominant and no new entity is formed. For example, when the Bank of Scotland and Halifax came together HSBO, a new entity, was formed. It was therefore evident that a merger had tak ... ons in the UK. Acquisition Accounting and Merger Accounting. As in the case of the Bank of Scotland/Halifax merger, the new management team had to decide between the two types of accounting as they in ...

(5 pages) 224 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Amor De Cosmos: The Spark of Confederation for British Columbia

on August 20th, 1825. He attended school there until the age of 15, after which his family moved to Halifax where he joined the Dalhousie College debating club1. In 1852, De Cosmos left Halifax to joi ...

(5 pages) 35 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Are Problems Associated with "under development"; only relevant to poor countries? Discuss, drawing on module material, wide reading and if applicable, your own experience.

ak eighty plus years ago can be seen in England across Lancashire and Yorkshire where towns such as Halifax have been left to fall into a state of decline leading to an engulfing depression over the t ...

(9 pages) 53 0 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Business Case Studie Travel Agency Studie Companies Stats And info about it

Canadians for over 30 years. The company, with it's headquarters in Toronto and regional offices in Halifax and Vancouver, provides holiday and air only travel from all the major gateways across Canad ... destinations in the United States.Today Conquest Vacations, with offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax, carries close to a million passengers from gateways across Canada offering both air only fl ...

(2 pages) 35 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Layout of Business Documents

ation). The three organisations, which I have chosen for this assignment, are three banks, Natwest, Halifax and West Bromwich building society. For each one of these I am going to compare them underli ... ation styles, what are the relative good and bad points when compared with each other.)Name Halifax West Bromwich NatwestType of business Bank Building Society ...

(15 pages) 97 1 4.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Case study for Dementia

. He was not wearing his hearing aid at the time. An ambulance took him to the Victoria Hospital in Halifax where he was seen in the Emergency Department by the attending emergency care physician. Mr. ... pair technician who ran his own business for 32 years out of a converted garage behind his house in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has been married for over 47 years to Mrs. May Springfield, who is 68 years ...

(3 pages) 81 0 3.5 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Halifax Explosion

ng Belgian relief supplies, and the French freighter SS Mont Blanc, carrying munitions, collided in Halifax Harbor. The ships' captains had made very wrong assumptions of where they were supposed to g ... westward. By the time they realized that they had made the same move it was too late. The people of Halifax were tremendously affected by the power of the explosion, 1600 people died instantly and ove ...

(3 pages) 17 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

A Moment in Time: The Halifax Explosion

917 at around eight in the morning, the Belgian ship Imo and French ship Mont Blanc collided in the Halifax harbour causing a mass explosion that continues to shake the lives of the citizens of Halifa ... ur causing a mass explosion that continues to shake the lives of the citizens of Halifax today. The Halifax Explosion made Canadians more aware of the destruction of war, proved to be a founding facto ...

(7 pages) 17 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Africville Report: An overview of segregation in Canada.

mmigrated to Africville, polishing it's new "differentiated mariner characteristics" to the rest of Halifax and the surrounding areas. All this just advocated the negative reputation it already had fr ... unity of Africville had ceased to exist circa 1964, according to the Rose Report, which is what the Halifax Human Rights Advisory Comittee went by. A main factor in the relocation was Robert Grant. Gr ...

(6 pages) 27 0 4.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The 2032 Awakening

g cars zoomed across the landscape. To top it off, giant letters hanging in the sky spelt the word 'Halifax'.I grinned. "Look's like we aren't in Kansas anymore, huh Chris?" Very soon a doctor came in ...

(3 pages) 1534 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Will Smith

me from work on Tuesday and got a call from Jesse Fortune to see if I wanted to go see a concert in Halifax the next day. I did, so I phoned the box-office and took a shower. By this time it 2:30 p.m. ... ater myself, Justin, Jesse, Mike, Jesse's Dad's girlfriend, and Jesse's aunt set off in a truck for Halifax.We arrived in Halifax around 11:30 a.m. where the four of us ate and waited in line for tick ...

(1 pages) 1362 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Independent Television Production Assignment: Telefilm

ernationally.Telefilm Canada has four Canadian offices. They are in Toronto,Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax.3) Who Telefilm serves and what they offer their clientele:Telefilm Canada provides independ ...

(12 pages) 1846 0 0.0 May/2009

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies