What if Canada Became the 51st State?
Food for Thought!
The History, Potential Implications, and Possibilities of a Borderless Future
By Jessie Hionis
In What if Canada Became the 51st State?, teacher, author, and political enthusiast Jessie Hionis explores the hypothetical scenario of Canada joining the United States as its 51st state. This thought-provoking non-fiction work delves into the historical context, potential implications, and far-reaching possibilities of such a significant shift in North American politics and culture.
The book opens with a preface that introduces the concept of a borderless future, setting the stage for an exploration of this intriguing idea. Hionis presents the concept as food for thought, emphasizing the need to question traditional borders and envision alternative possibilities. The narrative moves through a comprehensive history of Canada-U.S. relations shedding light on the deep ties that have shaped both nations.
Through chapters that cover the benefits and drawbacks of such a union, Hionis highlights the constitutional and cultural challenges that could arise from integrating two sovereign nations into one. She delves into the significant implications for Canadian culture, the monarchy, and Indigenous peoples and explores specific provincial concerns, such as the Quebec and Alberta questions. In depth discussion of these two provinces and their specific needs are addressed as regional identities and their political dynamics are discussed in detail.
Hionis also evaluates the economic, environmental, and foreign policy impacts of a potential union. She offers insights into how Canada's unique position in the world could be reshaped under U.S. governance and the challenges both the Canadian and American governments could face.
The book takes a bold step further by contemplating the broader global implications, examining how a united North America would affect international relations and global power dynamics. Hionis tackles the referendum process and potential public opinion surrounding the idea using hypothetical statistics to compare the post-union landscape with that of other countries and continents.
What if Canada Became the 51st State? Food for Thought! offers a compelling vision of a new era for North America, leaving readers to consider the deep, transformative shifts that could result from such a union. Through a mix of historical analysis, political inquiry, and cultural exploration, Jessie Hionis invites readers to ponder a future that blends two nations into one, challenging the very fabric of what it means to belong to a country.
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 17 mm
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978-1-0691627-3-1 (9781069162731)
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Jessie Hionis, long-time teacher, full-time author and creator of The Calm and Cool Coloring Series, The Best Activity Book Ever Series, The Treasure Chest Collection and Books with Heart. Having worked with children for 37 years, Jessie learned firsthand that kids happily adhere to learning while doing fun and entertaining activities. She therefore aims to charm, captivate and cultivate children while discreetly integrating learning into each of her publications.Jessie Hionis loved nursery rhymes as a child. Something fascinated her about their rhythm, and she found herself singing them again and again until her older sisters would beg her to stop. Jessie's mom had a knack for rhyming words, and she managed to turn everyday events into entertaining, rhythmic, and rhyming songs. Jessie remembers mom's spontaneously invented lullabies and songs that turned everyday events at home, into beautiful melodies.It's no wonder that words and the play of utterances fascinated Jessie. She started writing stories at 12 years old, and of course, they were mostly rhyming stories. While studying to be a teacher, Jessie learned of the importance of rhyme. Verse helps children to develop phonemic awareness, pronunciation, articulation, aids in reading and in the understanding of concepts. Knowing that literacy skills are strengthened through rhyme validated Jessie's passion for words and rhythm. She then intentionally used her rhyming words to teach, while she entertained elementary school students for 37 years. She has actively trained a plethora of aspiring and new teachers and was a pedagogical and literary consultant throughout her long-lived and much-loved career in education.Jessie Hionis has authored several learning materials published by Chenelière Education of Montreal, Quebec, which are used in schools today. Since retiring from her career in teaching, she has decided to fully invest in her long-term passion, the creation and publication of children's stories, books, coloring books and activity books for kids, young and not so young. Jessie loves to travel and lives just outside Montreal, Canada with her husband Chris, who often acts as the audience for her stories, since she retired from the classroom.Jessie's stories are tested and true-to life. Mostly inspired by situations arising in her students' lives during her teaching career, Jessie's stories entertain while discreetly providing valuable tools for children, parents, and teachers to help deal with challenging situations that are simply part of life. Jessie writes for anyone who has a soft spot for delightful, heart-warming stories that are sure to entertain the young, as well as the not so young.Jessie's stories are weaved to inspire young minds, captivate children, parents, and teachers alike. They aim to provide strength, perseverance, understanding and acceptance to children and their families.
