According to many scholars, such as Mircae Eliade, human beings can be described as creatures of religion and ritual. The appearance of ritual across the globe is one of the prevalent aspects of humanity that transcends all political, social, cultural and geographical differences. While ritual itself has many forms, one of the most regnant aspect is that of the Rite of Passage. This paper will examine rites of passage as defined by the anthropologist Victor Turner through examples of two modern Canadian rituals; the graduation from high school and the completion of undergraduate studies. From the sequences of the rites of passage to the modern examples of such, Canadian culture has proven itself to be full of ritualistic rites.

    Cultures the world over have a variety of rituals that each use to find order and clarity. Ritual can be defined as a "a sequence of...