Who Are We?

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Who Are We?

• Cultural References to Canada

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Four Aspects

• Canadian Character
• Geography
• History
• Culture (back to Canadian Character as a contrast
  to the egotism of the Sun.)

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Canadian Character

• --pragmatic and resourceful. 

4
Canadian Character

• The history books all said we tough, but we are
  patient too.  The winter here is long enough you
  have to sit them through. 

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Canadian Character

• And we are clever we can cope.  We don't despair
  and give up hope instead, we play with snow.

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Canadian Character

• And also live underground we don't catch cold
  that way.  We travel, shop and stroll around and
  never see the day. 

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Geography

• From Sea to Sea the first largest country
  (originally it was Soviet Union) five time
  zones more than a million rivers.
• six areas 1. the Atlantic 2. The Lake Area and
  St. Laurence

3., Laurentian Shield, 4. The Praire, 5. The
Rocky Mountains 6. The Big North.
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Geography

• six areas e.g.the Atlantic,

The Rocky Mountains
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Geography

• six areas e.g.The Praire,

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History English-French War

• -- beavers caught for fur trade,
• -- maple leaves on the moose. 
• -- The Seven Years' War

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History The Queen

• --We have a queen.  But she lives far away.

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Cultures Immigrants

• from Scotland, Spain, France, Russia.
• All from
• Europe

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Cultures Duality to Multiple Adaptations

• Is there a real soul, a mixture,
• blend or a potpourri? 
• Maybe a salad bowl?

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Cultures Duality to Multiple Adaptations (to
cold weather)

• Our culture is still too young to gel, so why
  not steal a few?

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Cultures Duality to Multiple Adaptations

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The Sun

• Implied criticism of the US. Who Am I?