Geography of Canada

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Culture

• Geography of Canada
• www.CraigMarlatt.com/school

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Culture

• The Canadian Mosaic
• Art Imitating Life
• A Multicultural Celebration

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The Canadian Mosaic
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The Canadian Mosaic

• English is still, by far, the first language
  across the Greater Toronto Area. But strip away
  that blanket of dominance and a colourful
  patchwork emerges, showing where newcomers from
  around the world chose to settle.

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The Canadian Mosaic

• 56 of the 5.4 million GTA residents count
  English as their mother tongue.
• Here are the next most prevalent.

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The Canadian Mosaic

• The new languages that will shape the language
  quilt of the future are from South Asia and Asia.
• The maps on the following slides show where the
  452 000 immigrants between 2001 and 2006 settled
  in the GTA.

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The Canadian Mosaic

• Urdu
• 33 765 immigrants between 2001 and 2006

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The Canadian Mosaic

• Chinese
• 33 680 immigrants between 2001 and 2006

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The Canadian Mosaic

• Punjabi
• 26 945 immigrants between 2001 and 2006

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The Canadian Mosaic

• Mandarin
• 24 970 immigrants between 2001 and 2006

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The Canadian Mosaic

• Tagalog
• 23 460 immigrants between 2001 and 2006

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The Canadian Mosaic

• Russian
• 20 920 immigrants between 2001 and 2006

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The Canadian Mosaic

• Farsi
• 19 530 immigrants between 2001 and 2006

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The Canadian Mosaic

• Spanish
• 19 410 immigrants between 2001 and 2006

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The Canadian Mosaic

• The entire patchwork

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The Canadian Mosaic

• including three highlighted areas.

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Canadian Mosaic

• Focus on Durham Region

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The Canadian Mosaic

• How to Organize Your Family Tree

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Art Imitating Life

• The Ministry of Canadian Heritage has just
  appointed your class to fill a new museum of
  Canadian art that reflects the natural and
  cultural landscapes of Canada from coast to coast
  to coast.
• Your task is to create an exhibit for the new
  museum by gathering items to loan to the museum
  (for a day).
• You will be assigned one of four categories and
  you must coordinate with the other members of
  your group to create an impressive display.

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Art Imitating Life

• Remember, you must find works of art that reflect
  the natural and cultural landscapes of Canada. A
  book, song, or painting by a Canadian is not
  necessarily reflective of Canadian natural or
  cultural landscapes. Similarly, there may be
  something by a non-Canadian that is
  representative of Canada! Do your research
  carefully!
• The four categories are Literature, Music,
  Visual Arts, and Representative Artefacts

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Art Imitating Life

• www.civilization.ca

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A Multicultural Celebration

• Canada is comprised of many different cultures
  all living together in peace and harmony. We are
  going to celebrate this triumph of
  multiculturalism with a feast!
• Each member of the class will research the food
  and symbols of various cultures that exist in
  Canada and bring them all in to share with the
  rest of the class.
• Each culture can only be represented once, so
  there will be negotiation and lotteries if
  multiple people want to represent the same
  culture.

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A Multicultural Celebration

• CANADIAN EXAMPLES
• Food Ideas
• maple sugar
• salmon
• back bacon
• Nanaimo bars
• Symbol Ideas
• Canadian flag
• hockey puck
• photo of the Rockies
• RCMP