Consequently their Native identity is disappearing and becoming transparent. Pelaija’s opening line of the play, “I wanna go to Toronto,” (Highway, 2) introduces the theme of the Native identity – crisis and how it is being destroyed by the Natives themselves. This quote shows the reader that Natives have been convinced that the “white society” is significantly better than their own. Specifically, that it can offer them “more” of everything, in every sense, ranging from opportunity, to financial stability, to freedom. For example, in the play, the biggest and best bingo game in the “world” is taking place in Toronto.
The film conveys with some visual power, the effect of the blast and destruction and suffering of the people. Besides all the good qualities of the movie, it is unfortunate that the title of the film will cause confusion for years to come as it shares the same name of a fine and very reliable non-fiction book about the Halifax Explosion: Shattered City by Janet Kitz. According to the sources listed in the bibliography, there is no evidence of German spies in Halifax in World War I during or before the explosion. The Film tells us that there were no surgeons and only two makeshift hospitals until the Americans arrive of trains. There were actually a half dozen hospitals operating the day of the explosion.
MONTREAL - Did you hear the one about the anglophone comedian who showed up at the francophone demonstration against the anglophone hockey coach? Last weekend, CBC’s This Hour has 22 Minutes parachuted cast member Shaun Majumder into downtown Montreal, betting that they could mine that odd little scenario for comedy gold. Majumder’s mission was simple: talk to some people at a protest outside the Bell Centre. Oh, and be funny. That last part is normally not a problem for the 22 Minutes veteran, but this particular protest was in response to the Habs’ recent hiring of Randy Cunneyworth, so folks weren’t exactly lining up to chat with a unilingual Newfoundlander en anglais.
Thirty to forty years ago young hockey players were taught to be tough and mean, thus allowing their team to be victorious by “beating up” their opposition. (Allain) Today the idea is to be fast, skilled and sportsmanlike, and those attributes along with a lot of hard work and a little luck could turn you into one of the most idolized hockey players to ever play. Although some people may prefer the “rough and tough” playing style, it is apparent that today’s game is moving in a completely different
He was born in the Ukraine, but raised in Canada. He was known for his invention of one version of the electric can opener. “Although Ben was a member of John Birch society which advocated for far-rights among everyone, he believed that the society was only trying to protect the Jewish community.” Upon establishing the COTC, he publicized the “Nature’s Eternal Religion” which criticized and rejected the Judeo-democratic-Marxist values of today. He supplemented those ideas with his own ideas and values stating that the white race is the foundation of everything on earth. “Many people who read this book were white supremacists and were attracted by Klassen’s Nazi-like belief system and wanted in to
Victor stated that “Somehow my father’s memories of my mother grew more beautiful as their relationship became hostile” (pg.27) nothing was censored at home, victor was aware of everything that was going on, he saw his parents fight and he also heard them making love on many occasion. Victors parents relationship was really tested by all the stroms that touch down on the reservation, alcohol and jimmy Hendrix music was not enough to suppress the pain of poverty for victors father, he went out and bought a motorcycle and took on a new journey. His decision to leave home had a huge effect on the home that he previously created for victor and his mother, it had more of an impact on victor, because he use to stay up and set the scene so he could bond with his father listening to jimmy Hendrix. Victor had hopes that his father would come back home, some nights he would stay up listening for his pickup, but was all in victors
People stereotype a whole minority as one type of people even if its not true (Murry, 2014, p.277). This needs to stop as the amount of visible minorities in Canada is growing. Only 10.2 percent of immigrants were racial or visible minorities before the 1960’s (based on 2001 Census data). Most were white Europeans. Yet in the short time spend of ten years that went up dramatically to 51.8 percent in the late 1970’s.
The Blacks were trying to escape slavery and racism, but little did they know that they did not fully escape racism by moving to Canada. After the civil war many city councils aided blacks to move back to the United States. In 1901, less than eighteen thousand blacks remained in Canada.Throughout time there have been many black Canadians that have made tremendous contributions to Canadian society, For example; “Elijah McCoy, a lawyer, invented a cup to help machines stay oiled while running and gave us the expression”The Real McCoy”” (Canada A Nation Unfolding, Black Canadians, Page 39) . For those who remained, created strong communities in British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Southwestern Ontario, and across the prairies. “They put me in jail and made me suffer this misery.
Nick Maldonado MWF 9-9:50 Not Just A Game HOCKEY PLAYERS: The cockiest, dirtiest, most irresponsible group of athletes in the world. Live the dream until they are 35 then realize they never made it. Ladies love us, and guys want to be us. You lace up the skates, put on the gloves, strap on the helmet, and walk on to the ice. It doesn't matter that you failed a test, didn't get the girl of your dream, or that your life is on a one way trip down the shitter, because your world is right for the next couple hours.
1996] Throughout the years, there were heaps of examples of ambush marketing in all kinds of from practiced in many sports events. One of the best known example: in 1994, American Express created advertisements claiming that Americans do not need "Visas" - an official sponsor of the Olympic Games, to travel to Norway for the Winter Olympics, such that Visa complained loudly to the incident. American Express said that the commercial advertisement was not referring to the Olympics and was not an attempt to ambush Visa. [ Jon Kelly (2010)] From that, we can see there is a serious danger to both the official sponsor and the event owners (e.g., Curthoys & Kendall, 2001; McKelvey & Grady, 2004) and an obvious growing number of companies are gaining attention from the audience by using the ambush