Each year, Canada imports almost 250,000 immigrants each year that essentially come from economic and family class (Citizenship and Immigration Canada, 2009). Immigrants that come to Canada are from a mixed variety of cultures. ... In 1885, Chinese immigrants were brought to Canada to build a national railway and after its completion; the Canadian government prohibited the families of these workers from immigrating to Canada by passing the Chinese Immigration Act (Abu-Laban & Gabriel, 2003, p.294). ... Here in Canada, 60% of our population is made up of economic immigrants. ... This approac...

• Word Count: 1742
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Second World War (WWII) was one of the most significant events in Canadian History. Although Canadian soil did not see battles, Canadian Families were profoundly affected, both during and after the war. ... Although Civilian Canadians did not see the destruction that European civilians saw they were not totally immune. During 1939, forty percent of the male population between the ages of 18-45 had enlisted. ... By the end of the war 1.2 million women had entered the workforce (Veterans Affairs Canada, 2013). ...

• Word Count: 2120
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• Grade Level: High School

According to Statistics Canada, "About 8 in 10 lone-parent families were female lone-parent families in 2011, accounting for 12.8% of all census families, while male lone-parent families represented 3.5% of all census families". (2011)The problem is that both fathers and mothers end up leaving their children's lives at young ages and in the long run, puts them in an awkward situation when they figure out not all families' are the way theirs are. In 2011, 20% of children under 14 in Canada lived with only one parent. (Statistics Canada,2011) Studies have shown that the child...

• Word Count: 1932
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

My grandfather was working in Canada when he heard about Kennedy's death on the radio. ... He never went to any political rallies or speeches but he does remember a funny ad about a politician named Stanfield who was running against Trudeau (Canadian candidates for Prime Minister). ... It was called "Trudeau Mania" in Canada, "he was like a rock star- he was handsome, young and a bachelor when he first ran for prime minister." ... When he was growing up the NHL had only six teams but now it has thirty teams therefore making the amount of talent per team less, because the population hasn&#...

• Word Count: 1884
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• Grade Level: High School

Family Planning The issue of family planning is closely linked to what is called " Population Explosion". For sometime population growth was relatively slow; the number of dying was about the same as the number of people who were born. ... This also means the population increases 90 million per year. That would be the equivalent of three Canada's. ... It has to cope with the present population and with the population that is coming along which is much larger. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Indian Act of 1869, issued by the Parliament of Canada, was influential in the oppression of the Aboriginal Metis women. ... Instead, there has been a steady increase in the youth suicide rate within the last fifty years in Canada. Specifically, Aboriginal people in Canada appear to be particularly vulnerable to suicide with rates exceeding those in the population at large. Furthermore, when standardized rates were compared, the risk of suicide was more than twice as likely to occur among Aboriginal people in Canada compared to non-Aboriginals. Perhaps risk factors such as oppression, pove...

• Word Count: 1391
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In China, there is the 'One Child Policy' implemented to control the population size. ... Coming from China to Canada, seeing people coexist with different cultures and races, I suddenly ignored the magnitude of the social issues. ... " This moment reminded me of when I left for Canada. ...

• Word Count: 1988
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• Grade Level: High School

Immigrant children, more so than native born children come to face a variety of circumstances, such as low family income, poor education, and language confinement. These factors act as barriers and place them at risk of developmental delay and dissatisfactory academic performance upon entering schoo...

• Word Count: 1482
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Recent estimates show that adolescents in the foster care system at an elevated risk for pregnancy, with more than fifty percent of female youth in foster care having been pregnant at least once before the age of nineteen years, compared with twenty seven percent of the general population(Geiger & Schelbe,2014,p.26). ... According to research done by the Canadians found that teens within the foster care involvement are four times more likely than other teens who are not involved in the foster care to become pregnant (Connolly et al.,2012, p.615). ...

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The father and son have nothing but a pistol loaded with only two bullets to defend themselves with against the anarchic and ruthless population. ... After the release of this novel, McCarthy's book became very successful and is now read in high schools in America and Canada. ...

• Word Count: 1485
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• Grade Level: High School