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This document provides an overview of Canadian culture, history, and geography, including key figures, events, and concepts, such as history, values, customs, and indigenous communities.

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Canada Week 4 What is Culture? Values Customs Marriage and Family Government and Law Beliefs, principles and Holidays, clothing, greetings, Type of marriage (arranged, Type of government, leaders,...

Canada Week 4 What is Culture? Values Customs Marriage and Family Government and Law Beliefs, principles and Holidays, clothing, greetings, Type of marriage (arranged, Type of government, leaders, important aspects of lifestyle typical rituals and activities free, same-sex, etc.) family how the system works size, patriarchal/matriarchal Games and Leisure Economy and Trade Language Religion Sports teams, games, TV, Trading partners, imports, Language of the area, dialects Symbols, religions of the popular music, what people exports, workforce, main jobs area, praying and worship, do in their free time holy items Institutions Food Education, government, What people eat religion, economy How food is prepared Tools people use to eat 2 Settings in which people eat France has the most time zones of any country in the world with 12. History US and Territories has 11 Russia has 11 Canada founded in 1867 Antartica 24? Second largest country in land mass UK 9 6 time zones Australia 8 Who owns the North Pole? Countries with land bordering the Arctic ocean: Denmark, Norway, Canada, Russia, USA Each nation gets exclusive economic rights to the area where its continental shelf extends into the ocean up to 200 miles beyond its coast. This 200 miles does NOT include the Pole itself, which is still a contested land A legitimate claim may be made if a country can prove scientifically that the pole is a continuation of its land shelf. By CIA World Factbook - CIA World Factbook, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=531491 4 Mountains, Prairie, Coastal Note. Depositphotos. 2021 5 6 Indigenous Communities of Canada 7 Note. Wikimedia Some Key Terms to define (Video) Residential School 60s Scoop Metis 7 year War Smallpox Royal Proclamation of 1763 John A Macdonald Dominion of Canada 1867 The Indian Act Treaties Ceded and Unceded Territories 8 This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND Indigenous Nation Please visit https://native-land.ca/ for an interactive map of the indigenous tribes of the world 9 What is Turtle Island? Note. Turtle Island Artistic interpretation of an island growing atop a turtle's back. (© Katalinks/Dreamstime)(© Katalinks/Dreamstime) 10 Colonialism Loss of sovereignty Laws – The Indian Act Relocation - Land Treaties, Reserves Food Security Education – *Residential Schools Language Religion Health / Disease Family Social Degradation *For more specific information, The Truth & Reconciliation Commission is of particular importance. Note. Medium 11 12 Required Reading for This Week 13 Required Reading for This Week 14 Indigenous food sovereignty was decimated by design: the separation of people from their historic food systems and land is not a side effect of colonialism but a function of it. Canada’s formation is a history of legislating First Nations, Inuit, and Métis out of existence, including by erasing Indigenous food cultures: the Gradual Civilization Act, the banning of potlatch ceremonies, the signing of treaties that exchanged life-sustaining hunting grounds for farmland, livestock, and pitiful amounts of cash. All of it was designed with the purpose of elimination through assimilation. Note. Mintz. 2019, para. 7 15 First Nations- Algonquins, Iroquois, Sioux Eskimo, Inuit Vikings (11th century) European: British, French John Cabot (1497) History Jacques Cartier (1534) Martin Frobisher (1576) Henry Hudson (1610) Samuel de Champlain (1608) British victory at Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 (Montcalm vs. Wolfe) 16 More History Hudson Bay Store founded in 1670 British North American Act signed in 1867 Independence in 1982 with signing of Constitution Act and Charter of Rights and Freedoms Part of the British Commonwealth War of 1812 1869: Hudson's Bay Company, under pressure from Great Britain, sold Rupert's Land to the Government of Canada 17 for $1.5 million commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruperts_land.svg Canada’s Timeline: New Brunswick 1867 Nova Scotia1867 Ontario 1867 Quebec 1867 Northwest Territories 1870 Manitoba 1870 British Columbia 1871 Prince Edward Island 1873 Yukon 1898 Saskatchewan 1905 Alberta 1905 Newfoundland 1949 Nunavut 1999 18 History July 1st: Originally Dominion Day, but Canada Day since 1983 Canadian flag first flown in 1965 Prime Minister Capital-Ottawa National Anthem-Oh Canada “Loonie” 1987 “Toonie” 1996 10 provinces and 3 Territories 3 oceans 49th parallel - border between Canada & USA Varied topography and weather Geography Rocky Mountains, Central Plains, and Climate Canadian Shield, Great lakes Natural resources: forests, minerals, water, oil and gas 20 Climate CLIMATE CAN BE HARSH IN MANY SOUTHERN MOST POINT IS PELEE REGIONS AND LENGTH OF GROWING ISLAND SEASON VARIES 21 Culture Multicultural, Universal Health Metric not A member of the Canadians seen Democratic Care Imperial Commonwealth as friendly, Measures courteous, peaceful, accepting of differences Individualistic, Common Saying? Nuclear family, Gender equality 22 Culture Continued ART-GROUP OF DANCE LANGUAGE- LITERATURE- SEVEN ENGLISH, FRENCH MUNRO, ATWOOD MUSIC-YOUNG, THEATRE- RUSH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 23 Group of Seven Franklin Carmichael Lawren Harris A.Y. Jackson Frank (Franz) Johnston Arthur Lismer J.E.H. Macdonald Frederick Varley. " EMERALD LAKE, ROCKY MOUNTAINS " Lawren Harris 24 25 slideshare.net/AnastasiaValentine/this-is-canada-my-canadian-mosaic National symbols Maple Leaf The Beaver This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA 26 Niagara Falls.wallpaperflare.com Attractions 27 Rocky Mountains www.flickr.com/photos/vic_206/29371782736/ Attractions 28 Cape Auguet, Nova Scotia Cape Auguet Lighthouse Pixabay Coastline Attractions 29 Algonquin Park Algonquin Park, Wallpaperflare Attractions 30 Red Sand Beach, PEI www.flickr.com/photos/82955120@N05/7731154426 Attractions 31 Moraine Lake, AB www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-ikymm Attractions 32 Canadian Inventions Blackberry Insulin Penicillin Basketball 33 Religion Christianity is the religion with Holidays: Christmas, Easter, Stores closed on Sunday in the largest representation in Thanksgiving Ontario until 1992 Canada followed by Islam. 34 Religious Affiliation Note. Government of Canada. 2021 35 Melting Pot vs Salad Bowl Canada is a mosaic “American dream” Proudly heterogenous Homogeneous Diversity generally aspirations regarded as a strength More emphasis on assimilation 36 Hockey Sport Lacrosse 37 Regional Cuisine WEST COAST- SALMON QUEBEC-APPLES, CHEESE, MAPLE SYRUP PRAIRIES-WHEAT, WILD RICE, ONTARIO-PORK, FRUITS, MARITIME – BEEF, BERRIES, UKRAINIAN VEGETABLES, WINE, CHEESE, SEAFOOD, INFLUENCE MAPLE SYRUP, CORN POTATO 38 Specialties Butter tarts Peameal bacon Canadian game 39 Specialties Fish & Brewis Fiddleheads Jiggs dinner 40 Specialties Lumberjack breakfast Maple syrup Montreal bagels 41 Specialties Oka cheese Nanaimo bars Paté Chinois 42 Specialties Poutine Tourtière Planked salmon 43 Specialties Touton Saskatoon berries Beaver tails 44 Beverages Canadian whiskey Ice wine Micro breweries Bloody Caesar Tim Horton’s 45 Snack Foods Ketchup chips Coffee crisp Smarties Hickory sticks 46 Summary: Regional context of Canada Historical context Cultural key points: arts, religion, sports What does Multiculturalism: melting pot vs salad bowl Canadian foods Canada Mean to you? Next week: United States of America. Central and South America 47