Canada is what people would say is the land of freedom where we can express who we are, our culture, and identity. This multicultural country has many different aspects to it shaped by all the different types of people within, whether its race or just who you are. When I think Canada, the first thing’s that come to mind is…hockey and cold weather. We are known for having a great love of hockey and with that, cold weather, but what many don’t know is that our land’s first inhabitants were First Nation’s people. I think that storyline was running throughout this term on many topics talked about. For example, fur trade was a big part of history and how it has shaped the relationship between settlers and Aboriginal peoples. As more settlers came into Canada, more land had to be given up to them (economic reasons also), so through history much has been shaped by what has occurred in the past. Most changes have been positive, while others are negative. Relating this back to Aboriginals, the relationship between settlers (aka non-Indigenous people today) and Indigenous people don’t exactly have a good relationship b/c of the corruption in our government history. Although, other positive things that have come about are things such as the TRC and simply, recognition of the issues in society. So I think it was important that Indigenous people was mentioned to such a great degree during this term, especially the articles by Arthur J. Ray and Van Kirk
Canada is a country that was formed on the culture of multiple different groups including Indigenous peoples, the British, and the French. The route to confederation started with European contact with Indigenous peoples, and the relationships that were formed between the groups because of the fur trade. The fur trade therefore becomes an important storyline of Canadian identity being established. As settlers started arriving to Canada, different colonies started forming, and relationships between the groups changed. The formation of the colonies led to a focus on the relationship between the British and French settlers, and the changing dynamics as the French became a minority group even though they were a majority group before the British took over their colony.
Another main storyline leading to confederation in 1867 was the want for responsible government from each British North American colony, including West or Upper Canada, East or Lower Canada, and the Atlantic colonies. The reformation of these colonies and their governmental systems represented a change in the way that the colonies worked and wanted to work, which would eventually streamline itself into confederation. Therefore, Canada is a nation whose history contains the stories of many groups of people and their struggles and successes in reaching certain governmental systems, economic systems and religious freedoms. The stories of these Canadians show that the nation that exists today exists because of the meeting of cultural groups dating to hundreds of years ago, and how they decided to work together to create a nation in which all groups are represented in one way or another.
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Canada is what people would say is the land of freedom where we can express who we are, our culture, and identity. This multicultural country has many different aspects to it shaped by all the different types of people within, whether its race or just who you are. When I think Canada, the first thing’s that come to mind is…hockey and cold weather. We are known for having a great love of hockey and with that, cold weather, but what many don’t know is that our land’s first inhabitants were First Nation’s people. I think that storyline was running throughout this term on many topics talked about. For example, fur trade was a big part of history and how it has shaped the relationship between settlers and Aboriginal peoples. As more settlers came into Canada, more land had to be given up to them (economic reasons also), so through history much has been shaped by what has occurred in the past. Most changes have been positive, while others are negative. Relating this back to Aboriginals, the relationship between settlers (aka non-Indigenous people today) and Indigenous people don’t exactly have a good relationship b/c of the corruption in our government history. Although, other positive things that have come about are things such as the TRC and simply, recognition of the issues in society. So I think it was important that Indigenous people was mentioned to such a great degree during this term, especially the articles by Arthur J. Ray and Van Kirk
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lindseyaw 2:59 pm on November 22, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Canada is a country that was formed on the culture of multiple different groups including Indigenous peoples, the British, and the French. The route to confederation started with European contact with Indigenous peoples, and the relationships that were formed between the groups because of the fur trade. The fur trade therefore becomes an important storyline of Canadian identity being established. As settlers started arriving to Canada, different colonies started forming, and relationships between the groups changed. The formation of the colonies led to a focus on the relationship between the British and French settlers, and the changing dynamics as the French became a minority group even though they were a majority group before the British took over their colony.
Another main storyline leading to confederation in 1867 was the want for responsible government from each British North American colony, including West or Upper Canada, East or Lower Canada, and the Atlantic colonies. The reformation of these colonies and their governmental systems represented a change in the way that the colonies worked and wanted to work, which would eventually streamline itself into confederation. Therefore, Canada is a nation whose history contains the stories of many groups of people and their struggles and successes in reaching certain governmental systems, economic systems and religious freedoms. The stories of these Canadians show that the nation that exists today exists because of the meeting of cultural groups dating to hundreds of years ago, and how they decided to work together to create a nation in which all groups are represented in one way or another.