Ottawa Essays

  • How Ottawa was Chosen to be Canada’s Capital

    528 Words  | 2 Pages

    When a city of Ottawa was chosen as Canada’s capital On December 31, 1857 it first originated as a request to find a new capital, from the fathers of confederation to Queen Victoria, and by her officials here in Canada and the United Kingdom. In addition to have a new capital there was a need to have a seat of the government that was protected from attack from the Americans, As a result Ottawa was chosen, as the nation’s capital. Today many Canadians are enjoying the benefits of that decision. Many

  • Leg Two of the Grand Tour: Beauharnois Locks, Montreal & the Ottawa River

    848 Words  | 2 Pages

    made it to Ottawa at seven that evening. We tied up at the Skiff Club dock adjacent to the northern terminus of the Rideau Canal Waterway. The first eight locks climbed like stairs to the level of the city, but we were too late to lock through that day and too tired as well. Dad, Deb and I hiked up the steep hill to the venerable old hotel, Chateau Laurier, to be sure it was okay to dock for the night where we had tied up. We also made dinner reservations at Madame Burger’s across the Ottawa River in

  • FLQ Crisis

    1029 Words  | 3 Pages

    October 12, Trudeau summoned armed troops to guard potential targets in Ottawa and Montreal such as cabinet ministers, John Diefenbaker, who was on the FLQ hit list, and federal buildings. On the following day, October 13, Peter Reilly of CJOH and I were at the west door of the Centre Block of the House of Commons. Reilly was asking Trudeau some basic questions in a laconic, unemotional style about the army and tanks being in Ottawa. Suddenly we were joined by CBC reporter Tim Ralfe who asked Trudeau

  • Smallpox Blankets during the French Indian War

    806 Words  | 2 Pages

    A different perspective on a smallpox epidemic during the French and Indian War appears in Andrew J. Blackbird's History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan. Blackbird, Chief Mack-e-te-be-nessy, was a member of a distinguished Ottawa family from the northwest shore of the Michigan lower peninsula. He wrote his History late in life, after a long career in education, politics, and public service. Blackbird's book, like many similar autoethnographic texts, is a combination of autobiography

  • An Analysis of Policy Levers for Increasing Sustainability of the City of Ottawa’s Urban Transportation System

    7175 Words  | 15 Pages

    linked to several externalities including increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related health problems, obesity due to lack of physical activity, and increased deaths due to car accidents. All of these parameters are evident in the City of Ottawa and resid... ... middle of paper ... ...t/ The Shelter Group. (2001, May). A Guide to Green Infrastructure for Canadian Municipalities. Retrieved from Federation of Canadian Municipalities: http://www.fcm.ca/ Documents /tools/PCP/A_Guide_to_

  • Clifford Sifton For the Wall of Fame

    668 Words  | 2 Pages

    General and Minster of Education. It was in the latter capacity that he played a central role in negotiating the Laurier-Greenway Compromise that partially resolved the contentious issue of religious schooling in the province. In 1896, Sifton went to Ottawa as a Member of Parliament, where he served as Minister of the Interior and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs. It is with this office that Sifton's name is synonymous. As Minister of the Interior, Sifton steered the country into a vigorous immigration

  • Book Review of People of the Three Fires

    905 Words  | 2 Pages

    between the groups that lived in Michigan and surrounding areas. James M. McClurken writes the first section, which deals with the Ottawa people. McClurken tells about the Ottawa peoples’ relationship with the environment they lived in and how they adapted to change when contacted by Europeans. One thing I found interesting about the Ottawa is their beliefs. The Ottawa believed in respect for the individual. Their leaders represented the people much like our elected officials represent us when a

  • Charles Marius Barbeau’s Ethnography and the Canadian Folklore

    3955 Words  | 8 Pages

    Totemic System of the Northwestern Indian Tribes of North America. Back in Canada, he took the position of Assistant Ethnologist for Edward Sapir at the Anthropological division of the Geological Survey of Canada at the Victoria Memorial Museum in Ottawa (one of the ancestors of today’s – since 1986 – Canadian Museum of Civilization). Then Marius began his life long career of collecting ethnographic and folkloric data on the cultures of aboriginal North-Americans and French creoles of Canada… Theoretical

  • Debates

    680 Words  | 2 Pages

    accepted, and named seven sites in Illinois for these debates. Lincoln could have proved his stand against slavery in a Senate debate, but the debates with Douglas received a lot of national recognition. The first of the seven joint debates took place in Ottawa, Illinois. Lincoln spoke in a totally contrasting style than Douglas. Douglas was offensive and wanted to make his point known. Although the audience was amused, his Republican Party was not. They wanted Lincoln to be more aggressive in the next debate

  • The Ottawa Charter

    921 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Ottawa charter are five areas of health promotion that can be applied to achieve positive health outcomes. The charter recognises the need for developing personal skills, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action, reorientating health services, and building healthy public policy. These areas are interdependent and contribute towards good health for all individuals and the broader community. The first principle of the Ottawa Charter is building public health policy. This

  • Ottawa Charter

    1002 Words  | 3 Pages

    determinants of health and thereby improving their health”. (WHO, 2018). To ensure the health of individuals and the populations, the introduction of the Ottawa Charter for health promotion in 1986 laid the foundation for efforts in advancing global health, emphasing the importance of ‘Health for all’ by the year 2000. (PURDUE, 2017). The Ottawa Charter was adopted by a group of researchers, policy-makers and public Health Practioners. It was the name of an international agreement

  • On-To Ottawa Riot

    579 Words  | 2 Pages

    Write up Template: my argument Philip It is clear that the trekkers are to blame for the On-To Ottawa Treck and the Regina Riot that followed it because it is evident that Trekker misunderstood Bennett and his intention and overreacted. Bennett did what he had to do when he established relief camps but the trekkers did not see the necessity of relief camp and overreacted. The relief camps were policy that Prime Minister Bennett created out of necessity from economical crisis. On March 4, 1934

  • Ottawa Health Promotion

    1094 Words  | 3 Pages

    Is Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986) still relevant in the 21st century?? Ottawa Charter Is a milestone in health promotion and public health issue since 1986.It is regarded as a concrete step or a holy bible for Health Promotion. As a result of first WHO International Conference on Health Promotion held in Ottawa on 21st November Ottawa charter is undeniable of strategic importance in the history of ideas associated with the establishment of health promotion. There is much to appreciate

  • Life in the Ottawa Tribe

    1218 Words  | 3 Pages

    This paper addresses the results of interviews, observations, and research of life in the Ottawa tribe, how they see themselves and others in society and in the tribe. I mainly focused on The Little River Band of Ottawa Indian tribe. I researched their languages, pecking order, and interviewed to discover the rituals, and traditions that they believe in. In this essay I revealed how they see themselves in society. How they see other people, how they see each other, what their values were, what a

  • Narrative Essay Ottawa

    578 Words  | 2 Pages

    My summer of 2017 was amazing and very enjoyable. My family and I went to many different places during this year’s summer. I had plenty of fun and plenty of rest as well. One of the things I did this summer was go to Ottawa. In Ottawa one of the most memorable thing I did was go watch the light show that happened at the parliament building. Around 10pm there were a lot of people crowded around the parliament building all wanting to watch the light show. Since this year was the sesquicentennial,

  • The Ottawa Senators Arena Crisis

    1633 Words  | 4 Pages

    An analysis of the Ottawa Senators Arena Crisis December 16th, 2017 – In the wake of the NHL’s centennial celebration, Ottawa Senators’ owner Eugene Melnyk caught the attention of the hockey world when he threatened to move his team as a result of struggling ticket sales. “If it doesn't look good here” he explained to reporters during an interview before the Senators’ outdoor game against the Montreal Canadiens, “it could look very, very nice somewhere else, but I'm not suggesting that right now

  • Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion

    1594 Words  | 4 Pages

    Broucke, 2014), where people are required to participate in more complicated preventative care, self-care regimes, understand more complex health information, and navigate more complex health system (Egbert & Nanna, 2009). As the Action areas of the Ottawa Charter for health promotion continues to provide relevant and useful framework for promoting health globally (Laverack, 2007), navigating through healthcare system brings with it a significant literacy, educational and promotional approaches to addressing

  • The Harper Project

    1645 Words  | 4 Pages

    It was 4:30 p.m., when an intellectual, thin-figured business woman named Emily Thorogood had just landed at the Ottawa International Airport. Relaxed and returned from her business trip, Emily had no idea of the grave danger that lied 2 minutes ahead. She tied back her long brown hair and stood up in the aisle, simply waiting to get out. Unsuspectingly, she got off the plane and headed into the airport. As she entered the baggage claim area, she immediately spotted two enormously built men in

  • Ottawa Tribe Research Paper

    2256 Words  | 5 Pages

    What Champlain didn’t know is that he met the Ottawa tribes. He was the first to discover the Ottawa tribe. Champlain found out that the Ottawa men were great warrior. “He found this tribe populous; the majority of the men were great warriors, hunters, and fishermen” (Hodge, 2014). The Ottawa tribe was located north and west of the Huron territory at this time. The Ottawa claimed the Ottawa region so they could control trade with the French on the river. They started

  • The Ottawa Police Service (OPS)

    1442 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) business plan is a valuable and influential practice that determines future directions, core priorities, and which community initiatives are to be discussed and undertaken (citation). The Community Development Section (CDS) is currently in the mist of planning the 2016-2018 OPS business plan public consultation; therefore, due to CDS’s present involvement, the business plan was the practice appropriately selected for analysis. In attempts to thoroughly understand the