New Brunswick Essays

  • Economic Analysis for St Andrews New Brunswick

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    Economic Analysis for St Andrews New Brunswick Community and Economic Analysis for St. Andrews, New Brunswick St. Andrews is a small coastal town in New Brunswick, situated at the end of a peninsula jutting out into the magnificent Bay of Fundy. The Town is conveniently located 30 km from St. Stephen and the Maine border, 100 km from Saint John and 120 km from Fredericton. The Town was founded in 1783, by Loyalists escaping persecution south of the border, on government land grants provided

  • The War that Never Happened: The Aroostook War

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    The Aroostook War never happened, but it certainly mattered. To the west, a few thousand New England militiamen walked north through Maine, some funding was appropriated, and one militiaman died of measles. To the east, New Brunswick moved some troops up the Saint John River and mobilized some local irregulars itself. Administrators of the disputed area from both sides were arrested, and confined, respectively, in Houlton and Fredericton. Fighting never broke out, and by the end of the winter of

  • The Three Conferences: The Independence of Canada

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    nation was for all the British North American colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Province of Canada to unite together as one nation in order to fulfill the dream of becoming a country. In this assignment, you will come across the three main conferences which were located in Charlottetown, Quebec and London that caused the birth of Canada’s nation. In the spring of 1864, Nova Scotia’s premier, Charles Tupper, New Brunswick’s premier, Samuel Leonard Tilley and Prince Edward Island’s premier

  • From Mexico to Canada

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    According to citizen and immigration Canada statistics, (Immigrating to Canada, 2009), each year, Canada welcomes more than 200,000 new immigrants. It creates a diverse of multiple nationalities. Most immigrants from Europe or their descendants have religious backgrounds which respect universal fraternity. Also the multiculturalism makes Canada a "melting pot" for every member in the "pot". People respect each other and live together peacefully. People with different backgrounds live together peacefully

  • Mommy why u so young?

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    Chablani & Spinney, 2011; Crittenden et al.2009,). Therefore,it is important for community development nurses to consider their specific needs when designing programs. This paper will identify the prevalence of adolescent motherhood in Saint John, New Brunswick and Canada. The challenges and problems that adolescent mothers face, along with the relevant health determinants, will be examined. Finally, local interventions and strategies the literature has identified as successful in improving the health

  • Canada and Official Bilingualism

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    Canada is a very different country, unlike any other nation on earth. The country’s people have always been a very inclusive culture and are known around the world as being oddly, overly friendly. This may be only an outward projection as it is not always the case when discussing the relationship between English and French Canada. History tells us that on February 03, 1763, Britain and France signed the Paris Treaty, ending the Seven Years’ War. With Britain as the victor, France agreed to sign

  • Canadian Confederation

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    were hopeful for a prosperous future.1 It was the initiative of the Maritime Provinces that first created the concept of union. Leaders of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia had been discussing the possibility of a Maritime union for many years. Lieutenant Governor Arthur Hamilton Gordon and Leonard Tilley of New Brunswick, Premier Charles Tupper of Nova Scotia and Colonel Gray and W.H Pope of Prince Edward Island were all advocates of the concept of maritime union for solutions to

  • Hersheys Food Corporation

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    corporation to different divisions. Mexico and Canada have manufacturing plants. Seventeen manufacturing plants include Hershey, Pa (Hershey plant, Reese plant, West Hershey plant0, Hazleton, PA, Lancaster, PA, Memphis, Tenn., Naugatuck, Conn., New Brunswick, NJ, Oakedale, CA, Palmyra, PA, Reading, PA, Robinson, Ill., Stuarts Draft, VA, Wheatridge, CO, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Montreal, Quebec, Smiths Falls, Ontario, and Guadalajara, Mexico. As successful as Hershey’s is, some factors have influenced

  • Advantages And Disadvantages Of New Canada

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    New Brunswick is a colony of a strong economy and sizable population. Timber and related industries like shipbuilding dominate the economy, and attempts to compete in agricultural industries are overshadowed by the enticing profits of lumber. Approximately 270 000 people live in New Brunswick at this time, with only just over 2% living in our provincial capital of Fredericton. Most citizens occupying our province are of English descent, with minorities of other UK groups, and loyalists to the crown

  • The Deportation of Acadians

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    colonists from the time of arrival to Canada was the “Acadians”. The Acadians from France continued their formal lifestyle by farming, fishing and maintaining a close family oriented culture in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. The Acadians had created a prosperous agriculture economy up until the late eighteenth century, when there was a colonial struggle in power between the French and the British. British had conquered Port Royal and the Acadians refused to recognize

  • The Evolution Of Canada

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    Atlantic to Pacific oceans, N from the 49th parallel to the North Pole, including all the islands in the Arctic Ocean from W of Greenland to Alaska. It is divided into 10 provinces, which are (E-W): Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Two territories--Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory--are in the N and NW. The outstanding geological feature is the Canadian Shield, a 1,850,000-sq- mi (4,791,500-sq-km)

  • Nova Scotia

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    Bay of Fundy, the province of New Brunswick, Northumberland Strait, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and on the east, south, and west by the Atlantic Ocean. Nova Scotia consists primarily of a mainland section, linked to New Brunswick by the Isthmus of Chignecto, and Cape Breton Island, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Canso. On July 1, 1867, Nova Scotia became one of the founding members of the Canadian Confederation. The province's name, which is Latin for New Scotland, was first applied

  • Canada: A Result of the Revolutionary War

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    The American Revolution was the poignant turn to the freedom of the American Colonies. With America being able to defeat British, it gave their mother country the realization a new nation and broke the control they had over. Although it is clear that American Revolution created the nation of American, it can argued that it also created the nation up north; Canada. The Revolutionary War not only resulted in the nation of America but the nation of Canada as well. The American Revolution and Nova Scotia

  • Hockey Stick History

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    The “Moffatt Stick,” maybe the world’s oldest known hockey stick,  was in the news a couple of years ago when its owner, Mark Presley of Berwick, NS, sold it to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec for $300,000.   Presley came upon the stick during the year 2000 as it hung in George Ferneyhough’s North Sydney barber shop. Fernryhough, who has since retired from the hair-cutting trade, had it on display there for almost 20 years. Carved into the stick’s blade can be found the initials

  • Analysis of The Moose

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    between verse and prose; the rhythm is that of a low-keyed speaking voice hovering over the descriptive details. The eyewitness account is meticulous and restrained. The poem concerns a bus traveling to Boston through the landscape and towns of New Brunswick. While driving through the woods, the bus stops because a moose has wandered onto the road. The appearance of the animal interrupts the peaceful hum of elderly passengers' voices. Their talk—resignedly revolving itself round such topics as recurrent

  • Quebec Should Not Be The Same Without Canada

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    Regardless of what you think of Canada, there is simply no denying that Canada has a very deep and rich history that has forged the country to what it is today. With that being said, French Canadians and Quebecers alike play a huge role in the history and development of Canada. Quebec would not be the same without Canada, and Canada would not be the same without Quebec. This is why the separatist movement is not only a threat to Canada, but to Quebec itself. Let's begin by talking about the sovereigntist

  • Electoral Reform in Canada

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    countries, culminating with the election results in Canada and the USA this year that polarized both countries. In the last year we have seen unprecedented progress towards electoral reform, with PEI establishing an electoral reform commissioner and New Brunswick appointing a nine-member Commission on Legislative Democracy in December 2003 to the groundbreaking decision by the British Columbia Citizen’s Assembly on October 24, 2004 that the province will have a referendum on May 17, 2005 to decide whether

  • Critical Review of The Old Man Told Us (Excerpts from Micmac History 1500 – 1950)

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    Le Sieur de Diereville, Relation of the Voyage to Port Royal in Acadia, 1968. Maillard, Pierre Antoine Simon. “Abbe Maillard a Abbe du Fau, 18 October 1749, Archives du Seminaire de Quebec.” Register of Baptisms in the Church of Port Royal, New France. Whitehead, Ruth Holmes. The Old Man Told Us: Exceprts from Micmac History 1500-1950. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Ltd, 1991.

  • Quebec Separation Of Canada Essay

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    remain the same it can be problematic for residents who have trade with neighbor provinces or residents who have properties that will negatively impacted from division of Quebec. If boundaries don’t remain the same there will be huge debate in terms of new

  • Racism in America - Past and Present

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    Racism is the mistreatment of a group of people on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, place of origin, or ancestry. The term racism may also denote a blind and unreasoning hatred, envy, or prejudice (Dimensions of Racism). Racism has had a strong effect on society. Despite the many efforts made to alleviate racism, what is the future of African Americans' Racism's long history, important leaders, current status, and future outlook will be the main factors in determining how to combat