The American Influence on Canadian Media The United States of America has always had an impact on the lives of their neighbours to the North, Canada. ... Through such a dominant presence in Canadian lives, Canadian population seemed to not get enough of America and the popular culture, sports, politics and attractions that they offered. ... The overtaking of Canadian culture by Americans posed threats to Canada and as a result measures were taken to preserve all things Canadian. ... The American stations that were accessed by Canadians posed a threat on their Can...

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So what makes Canada so different? ... Alchol in america is legal to drink when you are 21, while in Canada it is 19. ... Vancouver is one of canadas largest cities but a ten minute ferry ride and you will find Seattle, a city with roughly the same population as Vancouver. ... Canadians are also taxed harder than Americans, on average 30% of a Canadians pay cheque is taken away to pay for government services eg. ... Yet gun crimes in Canada are less than a quarter of America's. ...

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The Present of Our Youth, the Future of Our Workforce The population of Canada/North America is going through a multitude of physiological and psychological changes. ... As stated within the Canadian Press article by Greg Bonnell, Statistics Canada has released a study that indicates nearly one third of Canadian teens are reporting at least one chronic health issue. From physical ailments such as bronchitis, asthma and back pain, to episodic drinking, smoking, obesity and depression, Canadian youth are by far the unhealthiest that we have ever seen. ...

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All Countries specially USA and Canada are having more diverse workforce everyday. ... Research stated that Forward-thinking Canadian organizations have recognized that competing successfully in the new global marketplace requires more than the latest technology, most efficient production processes, or most innovative products. Canadian organizations' competitive strength is increasingly contingent on human resources. ... How you refer to people from diverse populations requires some conscious sensitivity. ... Diversity in workforce is growing in all countries special USA, Canada and Euro...

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The Canadian model acknowledges other ethnicities and cultures but supports diversity. ... The Canadian model for assimilation differentiates ethnic groups. ... As early as the 18th century Mexico a predominant population of mixed race people. ... The Canadian model, on the other hand, supports separatism, which isolates one race from another. ... The population evolved and is now amazingly diverse. ...

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In Canada, these groups are aboriginals and blacks. Considering "aboriginals comprise 4.3% of the total Canadian population" (La Prairie, C. 2002), out of that "23% of federal inmates are aboriginal" (La Prairie, C. 2002). Also, only 3% of the total Canadian population is black while 9.5% of federal inmates today are black (an increase of 80% since 2003) (Zinger, I. 2013). ... The mentally ill make up 4% of the American population and account for 15% of state prisoners and 24% of jail inmates (Sweetland, H. 2014). ... A judge then ordered for the prison to reduce its prison...

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The slaves made up nearly a third of the South's population around the year of 1860. ... As slavery continued and as it did more and more slaves tried to escape to the free states or into Canada. ... The "Underground Railroad" was a project that helped black slaves escape into Canada, especially Amerstburg. ...

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American expansion into the Oregon country was a crusade to convert the native population to Protestant Christianity, bring in more American settlers, and to eventually annex the area to America. ... This interest was mainly grounded in placing missionaries in Oregon to convert Native Americans to Christianity, and in stopping Catholic Canadian missionaries from operating in the same area, which was seen as a threat to eventual American annexation of the territory. ... The settlers brought an epidemic of measles that decimated the native population. ... In doing so, they nearly eradicated t...

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I travel to Canada about once a month and have many friends there. ... Ratajzack travels to the United States often and seemed to keep up with the American government standings even more than he did with the Canadian government. ... He explained to me that "The Canadian news channels are overloaded with American news and politics, therefore, many Canadians know everything about America and it's business". ... This statement was written in a Canadian magazine. ...

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Japan, Great Britain, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, and Australia are six countries with stricter gun control laws and about the same population when combined as the United States. ... This means that as long as you are not in the worst 2.9% of the population, you will be able to purchase a gun (United States 15). ...

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In addition, it would boost the working population and the economy in the South since there was a high agricultural demand. ... The slave trade, also known as the Triangular Trade, was barbaric since Europeans took advantage of Africa's overwhelming loss of population, creating easy access to exploitation and domination. ... Slowly, the population of African slaves increased dramatically since there was a seemingly large supply of Africans and their skin color enabled plant owners to identify runaways. ... It consisted of many individuals, black and white, that would help fugitive slaves ...

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–French Canadians, Chinese, Coolies, utterly oppressed Negroes, imported Italians and Poles- all without any education, without any American pride of manhood, are being praised as the best laborers, as the veritable blessing to our varied and growing industry, as the corner-stone to our national wealth.... The introduction of new immigrants and the growth of large urban areas allowed previously localized diseases to spread quickly and infect larger populations. ...

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–French Canadians, Chinese, Coolies, utterly oppressed Negroes, imported Italians and Poles- all without any education, without any American pride of manhood, are being praised as the best laborers, as the veritable blessing to our varied and growing industry, as the corner-stone to our national wealth.... The introduction of new immigrants and the growth of large urban areas allowed previously localized diseases to spread quickly and infect larger populations. ...

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The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet, all of these, able to reach millions of people. The Introduction to radio cause...

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Italy has and 94% voter turnout, Australia with a 84% voter turnout, Israel 82%, France 77%, the U.K. 75%, Japan 73%, and Canada with a 67% voter turnout. ... About 40 percent of the eligible adult population votes regularly, whereas about 25 percent are occasional voters; 35% rarely or never vote. ...

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Throughout the 1980's and 1990's illegal immigration became a central topic of debate, as immigrants poured in from both Canada and Mexico, mainly through land routes. ... The majority of the American population has become fed up with President Obama's take on immigration and how he plans to fix it. ...

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The populations of slaves started to grow after 1700's. ... American blacks ended up in Canada, Britain, the West Indies, and Europe" (NPS, 2008). ... Their population grew quickly between 1775 and 1810 but the number of slaves that were held captive grew even larger. ...

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The US ranks third in geographical size, and its population ranks third at approximately 300 million. ... There's no need to go as far as the European welfare nations-let's take a look at our bordering neighbor Canada for example. ... The country where I come from, South Korea, has 99% of the country's population who currently have health insurance. ...

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Huntington was a political scientist who had attended Yale University, University of Chicago, and Harvard University respectively and was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences of the U.S. and Canada. ... It was recorded that in 2013, America had a total population of approximately 80 million people and was home to at least 41.3 million immigrants (migratonpolicy.org). ...

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Their country was bursting with a new sense of power generated by the booming increase in population. ... A simmering argument between the Unite states and Canada over seal hunting near the Pribilof Islands of the coast of Alaska was resolved by arbitration in 1893. ...

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Faced with the problem of ensuring the security of the realm, the authorities introduced restrictive measures from time to time for the control of the slave population. ... He then traveled to Canada, served for a while with the French in their war against the English, and later passed over into the United States, to become a well-known American. ... After joining the service in Canada, he became a high-ranking official. ...

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While nearly half of the voting population does not engage in civic participation, there is concrete evidence on who is actually participating. ... If elections were to be held on a weekend, or there became a law requiring employers to give workers time to vote, as in Canada, there might be an increase in the turnout. ...

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We have always dreamed about reaching the heavens. From ancient civilizations to the modern day world, our obsession of going into space has grown from studying the stars to actual exploration of space. We have come a long way since primitive charts of constellations. From telescopes to satellites...

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He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. ...

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Throughout the course of human history, there have always been the oppressed, deprived, and subjugated minorities that suffer under the constraints of the majority. The ideologies based upon the Eurocentric and Protestant groups proceed to be key figures of oppression and racism. The mannerisms i...

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