For example, shortly after the Red River Rebellion the Canadian government began a programme that speculators and other non-Métis exploited to dispossess the Métis of their land; had Scott not been executed, the government might well have supervised the program more rigorously, given the prior good relations between Canada and the Métis.
She added: "Today is just the beginning of a programme that is an integral part of the Commonwealth Games, a truly national celebration that shines a light on our artists, our culture, our creativity, our communities and our places".
In line with the global trend towards PBL curricula with early exposure to clinical medicine, in which skills, attitudes, ethics and values become important in the training of competent medical practitioners [ 3], work began on identifying a programme that would improve health care delivery in South Africa in the light of issues such as HIV/AIDS and poverty.
The 38th annual Toronto film festival begins on Thursday with a programme that reads like the running order on the nightly news.
Similarly, Paines Plough is back again this year with a programme that begins in Edinburgh and then tours over the autumn and beyond on the back of interest generated by the fringe.
The prototype for this type of series was Hill Street Blues, a programme that began three years after Dallas.
There, in a programme that began last year, teachers can earn a pay rise in nine different ways, including having extra degrees, their students doing well in exams and serving in "hard-to-staff" schools or subject areas.
To the surprise of some, a programme that had begun under George W. Bush had been dramatically ramped up by Barack Obama.
I finish with a plea for a focus upon a programme that has begun but is far from finished, especially as regards the financial and trade regulations concerning Northern Cyprus.
It was a stirring beginning to a programme that swelled into a kind of triptych, moving from east to west.
