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A cultural center or cultural centre is an organization, building or complex that promotes culture and arts. Cultural centers can be neighborhood community arts organizations, private facilities, government-sponsored, or activist -run.
Some first Nations saw the law as an instrument of intolerance and injustice. [2] "Second only to the taking of land without extinguishing Indian title; the outlawing of the potlatch can be seen as the extreme to which Euro-Canadian society used its dominance against its aboriginal subjects in British Columbia."
In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the filing party or parties (the plaintiff(s)) believes are sufficient to support a claim against the party or parties against whom the claim is brought (the defendant(s)) that entitles the plaintiff(s) to a remedy (either money damages or injunctive relief).
The acronym was coined in the 1980s by University of Denver professors Penelope Canan and George W. Pring. [12] The term was originally defined as "a lawsuit involving communications made to influence a governmental action or outcome, which resulted in a civil complaint or counterclaim filed against nongovernment individuals or organizations on a substantive issue of some public interest or ...
The office's jurisdiction includes more than 500 provincial government ministries, agencies, corporations, tribunals, boards and commissions. In addition to the oversight of governmental bodies, the office is also responsible for the intake of public complaints which indicate the possibility of maladministration within the Government of Ontario and in the appropriate cases conducts an ...
Ontario Culture Days is a province-wide fall festival of events that occur throughout Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] Hundreds of art, cultural and heritage events take place in the three-week-long festival. [3] [4] Some events are free and some charge an entrance fee. [5]
Quebec is a pluralistic society that respects the diversity of various cultures from within a democratic framework; In 2005, Quebec passed legislation to develop the Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities, their functions were: [82] to support cultural communities in order to facilitate their full participation in Quebec society
However, such cultures can also be differentiated between systems with a shared history and basis which are now otherwise influenced by factors that encourage cultural change. Students learn about legal culture in order to better understand how the law works in society. This can be seen as the study of Law and Society.