Violence was associated with the game and perceived to be a major part of it, also solidifying the label of being low culture. ... A specific set of rules and controls were to be maintained in every game played by teams in this amateur league. Lord Stanley's son was a major player for this organization and for shaping hockey throughout Canada, as these rules were quickly adapted all over the country. ... All of these professional teams fall under one organization The National Hockey League. ...

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• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Canada's victory over Vimy Ridge demonstrated that Canada is able to win major battles without the help of other nations. ... Although signing separately from Britain made their empire have six votes in the League of Nations, it established that Canada wanted to be apart with Britain. As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, Canada was part of the peace talk and was included in the League of Nations. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

But the first main warning sign of financial trouble came in 1956, with the very first major peacekeeping operation (UNEF in the Sinai). ... Then in 1960, another major and controversial peacekeeping operation took place in the Congo. ... Each year is uncertain because no one can know what major crises are going to happen. ... Tolerating people was the cause of world war two and the death of the League of Nations. Hitler gradually took over more and more lands and repeatedly broke weapon restrictions but the league did nothing because they did not want war. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This has created even more of an impact since all players in the National Hockey League now negotiate their contracts exclusively in U.S. dollars while gate receipts in Canada are still in Canadian funds. ... The NHL focus has shifted from the development of the Canadian game to the marketing of the game in the major U.S. markets. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the aftermath of WWI, Canadian Prime Minister Robert Border (Tory) was in Paris with the other world leaders attempting to formulate a new international political structure to be built around the League of Nations. ... In both the United States and Canada major employers and government invoked the Red Scare bogeyman, in an attempt to deflect public support from the labor movement (Thompson, & Seager, 1985). ... Prime Minister Borden, while acknowledging that major employers were unified and organized, nevertheless proclaimed that unification and organization of labor would be disastrous f...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He couldn't even afford to go to a lower league game. ... When he was growing up news use to be available at 6:00 and 11:00 PM on the major TV networks, a short brief every hour on the radio channels, and in the daily paper. ... When the attack on the WTC first occurred the major news websites were temporarily down because of the amount of people trying to access them for information. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This paper will examine the significant early history of Canada's four main national political parties, and then we will analyze their current state, referring to recent major political victories/disasters, and the comparison of major economic policy standpoints, which will ultimately lead to a prediction of which party will win the next federal election in Canada. ... Meanwhile, in Eastern Canada, a group of scholars formed the League for Social Reconstruction (LSR), and gave the Canadian left a version of socialism that was related in some respects to the current so...

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• Grade Level: High School

The common assumption of women, in the past, is that they are inferior to men, that their role in life is to cook, clean, take care of children, sew, and knit "housework. However, in Canada, as time passed, the roles of women have changed considerably; their role in society has grown from being trapped in the house to stronger and more powerful positions in society. It is evident that women in the twentieth century have struggled to jump over many hurdles to accomplish many endeavours, especially in political affairs. Throughout my essay I will be discussing the roles of three extraordi...

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MEASURING SOCIALISM IN NORTH AMERICA: A COMPARISON BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Which of the two countries is more socialist, Canada or the United States of America? It must first be state that neither Canada nor the USA is considered a socialist state. For the purpose of this project, a socialist state would be one such as Greece was until the early 1990's; a country where the state owns all forms of companies and/or businesses and offers practically every type of social service known to modern governments. Since none of the two North American countri...

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