" With these factors, World War I was evidentially an important part of Canada's emerging independence. But the war also developed and caused troubles among people in Canada. When the Canadian soldiers returned from a tough four years of war, they were expecting a peaceful, relieved feeling. ... Canadian society became more discriminatory after the war, causing conflict among many people in Canada. ... Canadian soldiers felt a sense of national pride and unity following their victorious battles, and Canada was seen as more of an independent country for the first time after the war....

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The War of 1812 was a war fought between the United States and Great-Britain, at the time Canada was colonized by the British and was invaded by the Americans multiple times throughout the war. ... Those involved in the war were the Americans, British, Canadians, and Native Americans. ... The War Hawks clear goals was to capture as much of Canada and make it their own. While the Napoleonic Wars were going on in France, Canada was left unprotected for some time. ... The war truthfully ended with a treaty being signed between the two involved, essentially ending the war in favor of Canada. ...

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The First World War was known as the Great War, it was fought between European countries and Canada. ... Canada played one of the most significant roles in the First World War. ... Canadian troops increase the allies" moral in the war, without the Canadians who knows what could've been the outcome of the war. ... For the first time in the Great War, all four Canadian divisions fought together on the same battlefield. ... Canada did have one of the significant roles in the First World War. ...

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The war affected many people. ... In World War Two Canada took part defending their parent country, helping the countries that needed their help. ... Canada's effort overseas was crucial to the allied war effort. ... Aside from this, the Canadian forces helped the starving people in Belgium at the wars end. ... The Canadian parliament helped by influencing factories to produce goods that would be beneficiary to the war effort. ...

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Canada has had many wars throughout its history. ... Canada emerged from World War One stronger politically and economically. ... Canada faced some cultural challenges during the war that they had to deal with after the war. ... Canada had increased its independence from Britain after the war. ... Canada emerged from World War I stronger as a nation economically. ...

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It wasn't until after world war two, even closer to the end of the 20th century for things to start getting better for women. ... During world war two, there was a major intolerance towards Japanese-Canadians. After the Japanese won the battle of Hong Kong, Canadians started to accuse Japanese-Canadians of being spies, only based on their ethnicity. ... Japanese-Canadians lost almost everything in world war two. Once the war was over they had close to nothing, and the Canadian government justified it all. ...

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The Second World War (WWII) was one of the most significant events in Canadian History. Although Canadian soil did not see battles, Canadian Families were profoundly affected, both during and after the war. ... Canada's entry into the War on September 10th , 1939 led to the mobilization of women on an unprecedented scale. ... By the end of the war 1.2 million women had entered the workforce (Veterans Affairs Canada, 2013). ... Although Canadian children were not eye witness to the destruction children were also not immune to the effects of the war. ...

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This essay will go into detail about the Canadian roles in World War I and World War 2. ... Canada's military effort in World War I put the country into the world stage. ... More than 60,000 Canadian soldiers died in World War I. ... Meanwhile, in the air war, Canada had not been absent. ... The first major Canadian battle in this war, was the battle of the Atlantic. ...

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Canada, initially joined the war as a subdivision; a colony; lesser of the giant homeland, Britain. ... In these feats of patriotism, Canada was awarded a seat in the Imperial War Cabinet, full independence at the peace conference, and in the League of Nations. ... Many French Canadians revolted against the possibility of conscription, due to their non-loyalty to Britain and their origin France. Canada began as a colony of Britain, and joined as a colony of Britain during the massive world war, and came out as a recognized military identity after the war. Aside from the war, as a contrib...

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The Canadians won high praise as courageous fighters of this war. ... All of the new weapons introduced at World War I were used in action throughout this battle. ... This was written by a war hero, but this time it was from someone who finished the most deadly war. It proves Canada's success because he is still alive to tell most of the story about the war. ... This proves Canadian victory because Alexander Ross was a war hero and he led his battalion into victory. ...

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Canada was found in 1500 and established as a country in 1867. ... With that in mind, people feel comfortable immigrating to Canada and in return, they contribute to Canada's growing economy. Dating back to World War II to the recent Kosovo war, Canada played an important role fighting and punishing countries who commit discriminatory acts based on one's race. By participating in the war, Canada is discouraging racism in other countries; proving to the rest of the world that it does not like any racist acts and whoever does it will get penalized. ... At the end of 2002 when th...

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After the US troops completed their mission of taking down Saddam Hussein who was the dictator in 2003, Iraq was soon soaked in chaotic civil wars between the Sunni and Shia branch of Islam, which are the minority and majority of the Iraq population, respectively. ... It is not our interest to engage in distant wars that the United States feels it needs to pacify " (Laxer). He agrees that ISIS may bring potential threat to the Canadians but nowhere close to the extent of "The Second World War when Canada's vital interests were genuinely at stake " (Laxer). ... The opposing voice does no...

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During World War II, Canada solidified their appeal with the victory at the Battle of Normandy. ... An example of Canada taking an order from Britain would be during the early stages of World War I. When Britain joined the war, Canada was forced to participate and was in war under 24 hours. Change was seen in WWII when Canada was not automatically in war alongside Britain. ... It also solidifies Canada's ability to carry out a mission proven at the battle of Vimy Ridge during World War I. ...

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Question What role do you think Canada played as a Middle power during the Cold War and how did this shape our relationship in the Global Community? Response After World War II, Canada emerged as a world power, and ended up with a strong sense of pride and nationalism felt by the citizens. Our role as a "middle power" in the cold war shaped our relationship in the global community. ... This is because Canada managed to keep ties with Russia (Soviet Union). ... The most populated countries in the world still traded in Canada. ...

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In the context of World War 2, Jewish refugees were fleeing from Europe to Canada in order to find peace and security, but instead of aiding the Jews, the Canadian people greeted them with an anti – Semitic attitude. ... During World War Two, Jewish refugees were being treated harshly and unfairly in Canada in the context of the Holocaust, seeing that they were refused entry into Canada, they were sent to internment camps, and were labelled as "enemy aliens.... Canada held more Jewish refugees than prisoners of war in internment camps and this shows the biased and unfair treatment o...

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For most of the war, the mission caused appreciation and praise, but with minimal military advantages. ... For instance, the peacekeeping mission during the cold war used up pilots of small aircraft or the bilingual army signalers, scarce resources, as well as disrupting training of the navy, army and air force in preparation for war. Additionally, to majority of the senior officers, the missions tend to develop a naive feeling on the public and the soldiers as well: "that, by simply donning a blue beret, Canadian soldiers could bring peace where only war or civil war had prevailed ."...

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Canada did not have a very significant role in this war until 2006, when the forces were redirected to Kandahar. ... Presently, as of 2002, Canadian troops have taken more responsibility in the war by engaging themselves against Taliban forces in an open conflict. ... In 2009, statistics demonstrated that 138 Canadian soldiers had been killed in the Afghanistan War. ... This poses the question; why would the Canadian government impose the death of numerous Canadians in a War that was far from being a Canadian issue? ... This was the case for Canada, which started the close alliance in the late...

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As war comes and goes, so do the deaths of thousands of people. During the First World War, the Canadians proved to the world that training and well-planned attacks decrease the amount of soldiers an army will loose (A New World). ... While the war continued to rage on for its fourth year, people began to get tired of he war. ... The Canadians wanted to decreasing their death toll (Orgins of the War). ... With war comes those brave people who are remembered as hero's. ...

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The Canadian government was not consulted about going to war. ... Both wars cost the Canadian government 23 billion dollars, putting Canada into great debt. ... The Great War (W.W.I) created many problems that have made Canada's involvement in the war seem trivial. ... The first world war cost Canada 3 billion dollars. ... The event cause Canada to increase her war effort. ...

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Europeans, many non-English speaking, came for many different reasons; the Mennonites settled in Canada to escape prosecution and war, the Jewish community wanted exemption from Adolph Hitler, and the people of Iceland moved to Manitoba in hopes of a good fishing industry. ... After the civil war the fifteenth amendment was developed giving black adult males those rights. ... After the Vietnam War the voting age got lowered from 21 to 18 allowing many more adult children to become voters. ... In Canada, this issue is no less evident. ... In Canada, this issue is no less evident. ...

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On July 1st, 1980, "O Canada" was officially adopted as Canada's national anthem replacing "God Save the Queen". ... "O Canada" became an official symbol of the nation and known as the best patriotic song in Canada. ... According to Statistics Canada 2013, Canada's biggest trading partner is now the United States, while Britain has become Canada's third important trading partner. ... Canadians would be still living in a selective and segregated society to the point that where another war could happen. ... The adoption of "O Canada" brought the whole nation together and sho...

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One of the gravest forms of social injustice in Canada occurred during World War II. ... Perhaps Canada saw some of its darkest days during World War II, for not only was the country at war with Germany, but also with itself. ... Regardless, Canada has done little to help the Japanese-Canadians forgive their treatment they received during World War II. ... But war gives Canadians no right to persecute people for their ethnic origin. ... A foundation was established to acknowledge the persecution against the group during the Second World War called the National Association of Japanese Canad...

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Japanese-Canadians were interned by the Canadian government as a result of this, therefore the Canadian government was not justified in the internment of the Japanese. ... Racism shown towards Japanese-Canadians had began years earlier, however it was most obvious and potent during the time period from 1942 (mid of the war) to 1947 (post war). ... There was no evidence whatsoever that the Japanese-Canadians residing in Canada at this time supported Japan rather than Canada. ... As a matter of fact, some had even served in the Canadian armed forces during World War I and were Japanese-Cana...

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The reason is that they are not fully convinced that Iraq poses a significant threat to the world for it to wage war against it. ... So far, most of the leaders, including Canada are not convinced that there should be an all out war on Iraq. ... Another significant factor why the prime minister has not given a green signal to the US is that a lot of Canadian political leaders are against the idea of helping the United States wage a war against another country. ... Siding with the US would eventually result in Canada violating an international law made by the UN council of which Canada has alw...

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This has had a significant impact on the role in Canadian politics. ... One could argue this makes it extremely difficult to govern Canada as a whole. ... We don't see wars today among provinces and the fight to conquer more territory. ... Canada's economic regions have played a vital role in the classification of regions. ... Another economic policy set in place was that of the Canada-US free trade agreement. ...

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