... results, thus creating a broad-based community of interest among Canadians (O'Brien and Szeman, 2004). However, the mass media of today contributes significantly to the development of an awareness of a larger Canadian community. For instance, when the Leaf's are playing, many Canadians will put on their Leaf's jersey and head down to a local pub with a big-screen TV so that they can ... from storekeepers' and neighbours' windows, flapping in the breeze while passengers wave them from their cars. In the US, solemnly positioned in shop windows, the stars and stripes represent the constitu...

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... . The schools were spread out across Canada but were mostly focused in on Western Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba). Originally, Ottawa's objective was the assimilation of the Indian peoples into Canadian society. The irony of this statement is that the government, founded by European descendants, wanted to assimilate the Aboriginals, the original first people in Canada, into ... are of European and other descent. What this means, is that there are a large number of classifications that define Aboriginal Peoples and it causes another divide amongst Aboriginals themselves. The Const...

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