John A Macdonald was a great man and a great Canadian. Mr. Macdonald helped to build Canada as he was Canadas first prime minister. Macdonald was for every language, he did not discriminate against Lower Canada like some government officials did he was very open to work with them. He is also a great Canadian because he gave others the opportunity to be really amazing he gave them the opportunity to be a Canadian.…
The experiences of Native American compared to immigrants from China in the late 19th century were similar in many ways. The Gold Rush of 1850 started the trend of immigration into the United States from China. The Chinese came to America with the hope of every other immigrant: the search of a new life and opportunity. However, like the Native Americans, the Chinese were ostracized and stigmatized by American (particularly the ones of European descent). One example is the Chinese Exclusion Act, a law in 1882 that prohibited immigration of Chinese laborer.…
Many political leaders, such as Ian Mackenzie, discriminated against Japanese Canadians but in August 1944, Mackenzie King said, "it is a fact no person of Japanese race born in Canada has been charged with any act of sabotage or disloyalty during the years of war." Mackenzie King was an influential leader during this time, someone who the people trusted. Moreover, he was aware of the racial discrimination that was recognizable in Canada and when he made this statement, he was clear that no Japanese Canadian had ever sabotaged or betrayed Canada. In result, the people had no reason to display discrimination against Japanese Canadians. Mackenzie King, the prime minister of Canada, had the country’s best interests in mind, yet the people in Canada continued to display racial discrimination against Japanese Canadians.…
In Vancouver, sixteen Chinese seamen protested, they were sent to jail for six weeks and then deported immedietly. The common worker in Canada did their job in squalid conditions for little pay and long hours. There was no safety net to back them up in an emergency due to no social welfare programs, and when they protested this, they were beaten down. The 1920's were not kind to the common worker and for many…
The Impact of The Multiculturalism Act on Canada Canada is a well-developed country and if it was not for the certain rules or laws, it would not be the successful nation is it today. The Multiculturalism Act is the most significant development in Canada’s history towards creating a unified nation, where all are equal. Canada has gained victory in its evolution as a country because men and women are provided with equal rights and share the same freedoms, cultural heritages are celebrated, and two official languages are used to help the citizens of the country. The Multiculturalism Act has contributed to the success of Canada and the way Canada is portrayed as a well-developed nation. The Multiculturalism…
Yellow Peril in Canada: “The Swamps Come Back” as an Anti-Asian Allegory Published in the August 1941 issue of Uncanny Tales, Nadine Booth Brumell’s short story “The Swamps Come Back” features a group of white men seeking to save the world from an alien race. Throughout the story, the alien race never explicitly harms anyone and never talks of a plan to take over the world. It is only the race’s intelligence, reproduction, and being yellow that are implied to be the issue at hand.…
Canada was the first nation in the world that adopted the concept of multiculturalism as an official policy. By doing so, the country acknowledged the importance in the value and dignity of all Canadian citizens regardless of their racial or ethnic background, their language or religious views (Canadian Multiculturalism and Inclusive Citizenship, 2012). With that being said, staffing appointments and recruitment performed in the federal public service needs to be based on the standard principle of merit and dismiss all forms of political patronage and partisanship. The merit principle ensures that all candidates are assessed on the basis of qualification, skills, competence etc. Additionally, all potential applicants need to be given a fair…
World War II was a very difficult time for almost everyone living in either the Allies’ or Axis’ countries, especially for people of Japanese descent living in Canada. The Japanese-Canadian internment is a defining moment in Canada because it shows how poorly the Canadian governments, politicians, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and labour unions treated Japanese-Canadians. They had no freedom; were incarcerated in internment, road, or prisoners-of-war camps; and lastly, were unequal compared to everyone else living in Canada, especially the white people. After Japan bombed the Pearl Harbour and attacked Hong Kong, enemy aliens, racial discrimination and deportation, and restriction were three main terms to describe Japanese-Canadians.…
When a country or colony’s economic state or safety is threatened action is required. Confederation was essential to make Canada what it is now. Without Confederation Canada may have been controlled by the US or in a very fragile state. Confederation was was an act in the 1860’s to unite the British North Colonies as one strong independant nation. John A.Macdonald was credited to influence Confederation as he was an Father of Confederation.…
Many Chinese men were hired to build roads, clear land and construct railways. They were given the most dangerous jobs during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway and only earned two-thirds of the wage that a white man earned. The conditions were so harsh that for every mile of the railway that was built, four Chinese men died. The Canadian government also released the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1923 to enforce their dislike of Chinese immigrants. The Act prohibited any and all Chinese immigration to Canada.…
During this period, Chinese immigrants were experiencing overt racism, particularly in British Columbia. British Columbia enacted laws restricting Chinese immigrants from obtaining liquor licenses and obtaining higher paying jobs. Chinese immigrants began to move eastward to escape this racism, however they were met with similar laws in other provinces. The idea behind these restrictions was that the Chinese were taking jobs that should belong to the white citizens of Canada (Zong and Perry). Pressure on the government by western provinces in particular resulted in The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885.…
The purpose of this essay is to determine the challenges that an employee of a company would face if they were to begin work in an entirely different country and culture from their own. Based on Geert Hofstede's five cultural dimensions, we can see what makes each country different, and how employees would have to adapt to working in a different country. First in the essay, Hofstede's theory will be discussed briefly. Next, two countries, Canada and China, will be compared in regards of the five cultural dimensions, and we can take a look at how employees and operations are run in each country, based on the dimensions. After by looking at the table data, we can see the comparisons of Canada and China about the cultural adaptations a Canadian…
Since the adoption in 1971, the Multiculturalism policy has been greatly debated about it’s expediency in Canadian society. Founded by settler two settler societies, Canada has been built on a foundation on cultural an ethnic diversity. Today, Canada has certainly become a nation of immigrants, but prior to the European colonization of Canada, a predominately homogenous ethnic group occupied Canada, the Aboriginals (or First Nations Peoples). Today after being dominated by Western European culture, Canada in now the home to a vast array of ethnic and culturally diverse peoples. Defining Canadian identity has proved to be a difficult task.…
Having a head tax stopped many Chinese immigrant but not enough Indian immigrants as Canadian government hoped which had led them to find a new way to keep them…
1. My father’s side of the family spent many years in Montreal, Quebec. Further on in the tree, we see some roots trace back to Ireland where my great-great-great grandfather lived. On my mother’s side, my family made education a large priority. My ancestors would migrate to areas of Mexico where the education was the strongest.…