Metropolitan Toronto

New York City New York City can make or break you. It is the concrete jungle, for some it can be an enjoyable living experience as for many or to many it can be the unpleasant place to live. Many who come to New York come for different reasons. For example, one may love the fast pace chaos of the city. While one may enjoy the views of the city but dread the crime and the violence that it can bring. The two short stories, “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin and “It’s Six A.M, Do you Know Where You Are”

Toronto is one of the most desirable places to live in not only North America, but also the entire world. It is the 5th largest city in terms of population in North America. It has a population of 2,503,281 people and a population density of 3,972/km2 (10,287.4/mi2). With this not only high population, but also high population density, you would expect Toronto to have high crime rates associated with other large cities. This is not true. Toronto has a significantly lower rate of crime than cities

In the book, “How The Other Half Lives”, Jacob Riis explores the harshness of tenement housing through the living conditions of the lower class in New York City. Riis does this to reveal the dangers of these accommodations to the upper and middle classes who are ignorant of the cruel social, economical, and physical circumstances involved in this style of living. Although this book was written in 1890, it embodies the entire period of the 19th century, in which human life had been degraded, primarily

of the Toronto Mayor smoking crack cocaine. This story gained international attention while even drawing on the Mayor for comic relief. American newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, along with Canadian newspapers, The Globe and Mail and Toronto Sun each have a unique target audience whom they are writing for. As a result of the intended audience each newspaper includes diction and style relevant for the target audience. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article, “‘Ford Nation’ Sticks by Toronto Mayor

Job Description Job Identification Title: Benefits, Wellness and Accessibility Offer Job category: Full-time Department: Human resources Reporting relationship: Reports directly to human resource Physical location: Head office Toronto Safety hazards: None Summary The benefits, wellness and accessibility officer is required to perform the executive-level tasks of reviewing and processing benefits and wellness claims. The officer is required to maintain Updated records of all applications

Introduction: Have you ever had a hard time in your life? The Holocaust was a very tough time for the Jews, they were forced to either find a place to stay or they would get sent off to concentration camp, which was leading to their last breath. Anne Frank and her family, had to stay in an annex to try to stay away from the Nazi’s because they were Jewish. They had to be really quiet during the day or they would be heard from down below. However, there is one special girl that handled it very well

Children Immigrants Immigrant children did not live an easy life in the nineteenth century. Most children were never educated. Italian children immigrants were rarely put through schooling. However, Eastern European Jewish immigrants looked at public schooling as their best way to help their children enhance their potential in life. Chicago, Detroit, and New York City had large populations of Jewish and Italian immigrants. The conditions of the children in all three cities were similar yet

Have you ever gone to Chinatown supposing to find a culture full of African Americans? Probably not, because that is not where they’re expected to be. We live in a world where colonies of different colored people are expected, or otherwise discriminated into populating distinct spaces; African Americans are supposed to be in the ghetto, Chinese belong in Chinatown, and Caucasians reserve more elite communities. For centuries, each race has been striving to belong in a society where people are accepted

The strike at the Toronto Zoo has resulted in lost income for its employees because they want to have increased job security. The article says that John Tory says that “striking zoo workers have good jobs with excellent benefits.” One of the themes in this unit is that unions make a difference for its employees. Union members typically have more job security, high wages, and safe hours. They also have more and/or better benefits such as drug, vision and dental plans, as well as pension plans. The

parents and not ventured into the lagoon, Elaine thought. Elaine and Jacqueline were growing up in a condominium facing Lake Ontario in downtown Toronto on Queen’s Quay Boulevard. Their parents, Dennis and Roberta, were both lawyers. Elaine was fourteen and Jacqueline was sixteen. The lagoon in question was located at Hanlon’s Point, next to the Toronto Islands. Dennis and Roberta had always warned Elaine and Jacqueline to stay away from the lagoon. “The lagoon is not safe,” Dennis cautioned. “It