" Identification of the psycho-legal assumption by the Supreme Court about human behavior By upholding the trial court's verdict, the Supreme Court validated what has become known as the battered wife syndrome defense. According to Regehr (Regehr 1995) this defense relies on expert testimony that a battered woman accused of murder or aggravated assault suffers from psychological sequelae and that this psychological distress contributes to her apprehension of danger and ultimately her apprehension of death during a particular battering episode
But nevertheless some of their aculturalization would unknowingly show up in their views. Street (Street 2001) examined pathological responses to post traumatic stress disorder for battered woman
With the contemporary economic crisis affecting a great deal of individuals, it is very difficult for governments to employ an attitude that would provide women with a system meant to guarantee that they would not feel the full hit of the crisis. However, it appears that the Canadian government does not express any interest in women's condition and it generally prefers to consider that this particular group is no different from men when considering its vulnerability to poverty (Townson, 5)
Classical liberals and libertarians have often asserted that in liberty and property are really the same thing. It has been argued "all rights, including liberty rights, are forms of property; others have maintained that property is itself a form of freedom," and that property includes the property of the state, such as uranium (Gaus, 2001)
But it could be argued that colonialism and American pop culture have had a "heavy-handed" affect on Canada as well, so there is plenty of that to go around. And in any event, if readers truly prefer a profoundly bold (heavy-handed?) nationalistic text by Atwood, the novel Survival is Atwood's "self-proclaimed 'political manifesto,'" (Brydon, 50) and it "
is not as severe as Tagg suggests; indeed, Cook writes that the education establishment has tried to downplay patriotism and nationalism. High school educators, for example, are careful not to use history classes as a platform with which to promote patriotism because they have a "suspicion toward the extremes of propaganda" (Cook 2006)
David, a friend of the narrator's lover Joe, is in denial. David is perfectly willing to point the finger at American history and remind all, Fiamengo writes (Fiamengo 143), as to how "the black slave's unpaid labor" was the source of American prosperity
" And indeed that makes Canada a "collective victim" (35-36). America is "tragic," Atwood asserted in her conversation with Linda Sandler (Sandler 57), because it has "great democratic ideals and rigid social machinery
Canada has been very active in peacekeeping missions across the world. Since the inception of the United Nations, Canada has always been at the forefront in supporting the several peacekeeping missions (Conrad, p
They promote this by setting aside resources for use in responding to challenges that may be because of climate changes. The promotion of a sustainable environment is necessary for the promotion of economic growth (De, la, p
People whose ancestry is British make the largest percentage of the people who live in Canada. Economically, Canada is one of the largest economies in the world, with an average per capita income of over twenty thousand dollars (Kalman & Bobbie, p
The government has an obligation to treat everyone with respect and dignity. When it comes to decision making, both men and women have the opportunity to participate equally (Martin, p
The immigration of people into Canada has created people who are diverse in terms of ethnicity, language and religion. The Canadian government is seeking ways to promote diversity without dividing the people in respect to the current geopolitical and social realities (Paquet & Gilles, p
In other words, Murphy and colleagues view the needs-based model as the best way to determine interventions intended to eliminate staffing inefficiencies in the health care system. A system dynamics-based simulation model was used to calculate the difference between the requirements for RNs and supply (Murphy et al
This is why social work studies have commented on the problem of suicide among the aboriginals in Canada. Suicide is a social problem, which makes social work profession relevant in providing working interventions, either through counseling, education or culturally-based strategies (Baskin, 2011)
In addition, it is vital to appreciate the people by keeping their culture strong, allow them to live on their ancestral lands, engage them in community empowerment, and allow them to practice their traditional laws will be working decolonization strategies (Thira, 2014). Then again, allowing the aboriginal people to maintain their culture is essential and can work in reducing suicidal rates (Blackstock, 2009)
This is because the aboriginal people are in a position to tell what they feel is good for them, and this is an important decolonization strategy. In comparison to the past, where the aboriginal people did not have such a chance, this can instill positive attitudes concerning the efforts of the social workers in solving some of the problems (Hart, Sinclair, & Bruyere, 2009)
Therefore, in an attempt to reduce the social problems they faced, the aboriginal people taken part in habits such as alcoholism, violence, and suicide. The aboriginal youth remain the most affected, mainly because of the development of suicidal thoughts, which have driven them to commit suicide (Kirmayer, & Valaskakis, 2009)
The males' aboriginal people are more affected than the females, but the females attempt suicide more often than the males. Although the statistics exist, there is still little information concerning aboriginal suicide, its causes and working interventions (LeMaster et
Therefore, using the risk factors it will be possible to develop an effective suicide prevention approach. Some of the risk factors include alcohol use, social isolation, male gender, violence victimization and perpetration (May et al