Canadian History Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (162) essays
Canadian History essays:
Response paper: "The Implications of the Lavell Case"
... aboriginal communities themselves, has, through the Indian Act of Canada, historically legislated who is an Indian. One of the most glaring examples of the inequities embedded in this process is the treatment of women. Until 1985, with the passing of Bill C-31, status Indian men who married white ...
Discrimination in Canada in the 1920s
... culture and the Ukrainians were treated with suspicion wherever they went. In the 1920s the Aboriginals faced much prejudice in Canadian society and it was at this time that their unique way of living was most suppressed. In 1876, the Indian Act had encouraged the gradual disappearance of Indians ...
CPR
... ethnic communities that are still found in the major cities touched by the CPR. Economically the Canadian Pacific Railway is the backbone to Canada. One of the conditions of British Columbia's entry into confederation in 1871 was that a railway had to be built to connect the East Coast of Canada ...
Water Debate
... occurrences leading up to the questioning behind selling Canada's water, mostly on the bulk exporting issue. As of 1971(Macleans, May 1999), Lake Gisborne(located in Newfoundland) was named a battleground by an admirer, Jerry White and the Federal Government of Canada. Jerry White ...
The Need For Canada Confederation
... a railway network that would help defense and trade for Canada. The railway would help Canada¡¦s defense because it could transport troops easily and it would help trade by transporting goods around provinces. Canada needed the railway for trade because of ...
Women's Education: Results of Changed Attitudes in the 19th Century
... of Schooling: Education in Canada, 1800-1914 (Toronto:University of Toronto Press, 1997)Axelrod, Paul and John G. Reid, eds., Youth, University and Canadian Society: Essays inthe Social History of ...
Relations Between the Government of Canada and the First Nations People of Canada
... Indian Act, Bill C-31, the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the closing of Residential Schools, relations between the Aboriginals and the Government of Canada have been improving little by little. They have been granted the right to practice their religion, traditions, culture ...
Canada's Immigration From 1852-1990
... of control over the immigrants now the problem was getting immigrant particularly British ones to start small farms. Over the next 30 years John A. MacDonald did little to attract new immigrants to Canada. In about 1879 a new immigration law ...
Turn of the Century: Canada's Immagration.
... European countries. Immigration offices were set up in these countries to coordinate efforts and distribute information, to portray a colorful image of the canadian west as a vibrant land that held a promise of riches. As a supplement to these posters,pamphlets and speeches, Canada ...
Canada declares War on Germany!
... a promise made by Britain to Belgium with the proof of the treaty. The war was declared yesterday, February 4, 1915. At 2:30 pm yesterday, Prime Minister Robert Borden declared this war as a result of Canada being part of Britain. The Canadian ...