"How the Famous Five in Canada Won Personhood for Women." London Journal of Canadian Studies 17 (2002): 60-70. Accessed May 20, 2017. Canadian High Comission.
In “Of hockey, Medicare and Canadian dreams”, Stephen J. Toope argues that Canada deserves to be celebrated for more than just hockey and Medicare, the most commonly associate emblems of the country, and instead to be directed by visionaries, and their decreased sense of humility. Additionally, Toope specifies that Canadians must confront their errors and understand their strengths, in order to further themselves as a strong country, and “grow up” (abstract). Over the many years of Canada’s existence, its citizens and base fundamentals have managed to solidify a society revolving around an openness to immigration, resulting in a rare evolution of a nation that is to be cherished. In relation, Toope expresses that it is a truism that many
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In addition, mass urbanization was occurring in America. Cities were growing significantly and the population of people in cities increased as well. These cities were ideal locations for sports teams and radios were ideal for listening to a sports game. Also, people were wealthy and had enough free time to follow sports. The economy, the radio, and the growing cities of the
The early 1900s was a time of industrialization and economic prosperity in the United States. Following after World War 1, there were several events that followed like the Harlem Renaissance, the invention of televisions, the advent of credit and the Golden Age of American Sports. The United States had a very strong economy during America’s post-war and many workers had more free time. Advances in architecture resulted in new and bigger stadiums and radios were becoming a social norm. Radios made it easier for citizens to keep up with their favorite teams and newspapers often talked about the popular topics surrounding sports.
To "safeguard, enrich and strengthen the nation of Canada from sea to sea." The 1968 Broadcasting Act produced the Canadian Radio and Television Commission as a singular administrator for open and private broadcasters. These private broadcasters were made created when the CBC was no longer the sole administrator of radio. These were the first steps taken to create
Baseball Canada is an organization that operates within the public sector that specializes in amateur sports. Baseball Canada is funded by the Canadian government and adheres to all of its rules and regulations. Public sector sports organizations, such as Baseball Canada are accountable to the public and must perform its activities in a transparent and ethical manner. In this report, I will be discussing Baseball Canada’s background, mission, vision, values, organizational hierarchy and key cornerstones.
At first the people were strongly against it since they felt as if the sportsman were not as hard working as the blue- and white collar workers, but the urge of the professionals to perform at a higher level made the professionals more excepted. But what did the commercialism mean? It meant that sporting events were used for not sports related reasons like advertising. By the professionalization of the sports, companies were needed which could supply the sportsman with the needed equipment, that’s when sports manufacturers started to
A Creator of Canada’s Identity Pierre Berton a Canadian historian should be in spotlight Canada because of his work for Canada. Pierre Berton helped Canadians identify themselves on a world scale and his work brought knowledge of Canadians to everyone, Pierre Berton Contributed greatly to the identification of Canadians on a world scale through his publishings, as well as helping the general populace understand of who Canadians are and why/how we are Canadians. Pierre Francis Demarigny Berton was born on July 12, 1920, in Whitehorse Yukon Territory, Canada. After Graduating from the university of British Columbia with a Bachelor Degree in the Arts in 1941,” he became Canada’s youngest city editor at the Vancouver News Herald”(Pierre Berton).
Canada treatment of women was in the 1911 to 1929 was unethical. The Famous Five, were five women from Alberta driven by the urges to demolish sexism and prejudices in Canada. Canada during 1911 to 1929 was a critical moment for women’s rights. Life was difficult during these years as women had no push or pull in politics therefore Canadian women had no say in their conventional life. The famous five contributed to putting laws and acts in place that prevents abandonment and abuse by husbands.
Canada winning the Olympic Women’s Hockey gold in 2002 was significant to Canadian identity because of the sense of pride it evoked, its encouragement of women in sports, and the impact it had on international relations between Canada
The beginning of the Canadian magazine industry was steeped in principal, even culturally defining. Though few were in circulation, the periodicals were primarily literary and religious themed with titles that announced sonication and nationalism. Two of such magazines were The Scribbler: A Series of Weekly Essays on Literary, Critical, Satirical, Moral and Local Subjects and Canadian Journal: A Repertory of Industry, Science, and Art. The later published for more than 40 years (1852 – 1879) give witness to its potential influence alone. Next, along with the improvements in the transport industry, additional publications rich in social and cultural content from news, political opinion, and business to social satire, literature, and religion,
As more women begin to exercise hockey from the 70’s and onwards, these women had to obtain facilities from the community, but it wasn’t easily granted to them. In Williams, Women’s Hockey: A Heated Debate describes the issues experienced by a female hockey player by the name of Blainey. Blainey depicts that, comparing to her brother, whom also plays hockey, the girl’s team had restricted and inconvenient times and the locations provided for them to practise were set far out of their community. Furthermore, “the quality” of their resources was not effective to succeed in this sport.
Those were the publications which had the highest currencies in the early 20th century Canada,. The existence of Aunt Jemima who is a prototypical “Mammy”. Is seen as an example of how class, race, and gender were composed in English-language media. Also by increase the powerful Canadian society in the first half of the 20th
The love this world has for sports is something people have never seen before. So many people would die to play the game they love, but why not talk about it or entertain them while the game is being played? A sports broadcaster or sportscaster is a professional who reports on many athletic events on radio or television. In the field, there are different types of broadcasting. Sportscasters who specialize in running commentary can be one of those types, and the majority of sporting events will feature both of them.
