Identity

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Identity

• Who are you? How do you know?

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People use various things to identify themselves

• EG
• Color of hair
• Gender
• Race
• Style of clothing
• Teams they are on
• Entertainment preferences (cowboy music or rap)
• Is being Canadian a part of your identity what
  is a Canadian

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• Stereotypes Lumberjack, fur trader, igloo, eat
  blubber, ride dog sled
• Dont know Jimmy, Sally or Suzie (small
  population)
• Explaining our differences PM instead of
  President, bilingual (not American British
  spelling/pronunciation - zed), peacekeepers vs
  policing, diversity vs assimilation
• Pronouncing about
• Proudly sew flag (world likes Canadians)
• Beaver
• Explaining Canadian terms toque, chesterfield
• Describing us 2nd largest landmass, first nation
  of hockey, the best part of North America
• Thank you (polite)

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What is a Canadian?
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Symbols of other nations
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National Identity

• Key Features of Canadian Identity
• Geography
• Northern location, next to US
• 2nd largest country
• Natural Resources
• Wealthy, dont depend on others
• Society
• urban, modern
• Cultural make-up
• Bilingual, multicultural
• World Position
• Middle power, peacekeeper

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Watch for the following

• Railway unified Canada coast to coast
• Men drinking could be reference to prohibition
  (US Rum Runners)
• Soldiers heading off to war
• note the British flag World War One
• Womens hockey team
• Soldier returning home billboard in background
  to buy war bonds
• Lowering of the old Canadian flag and raising the
  new flag in 1960s
• Watching the hockey game on TV
• Summit Series
• Saturday nights
• Paul Anka popular singer
• Miss Prairie, guys on Atlantic coast (our
  diversity)
• Crazy fan at hockey game
• Niagara Falls (tourism, geography)
• Air Canada plane at foreign airport (Tehran
  hostages?)
• Lumberjack log rolling
• Commercial
• Rugby, speaking in French
• William Shatner famous Canadian actor

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The Canadian National Anthem

• What images/symbols are there in our national
  anthem how does it compare to other anthems
  like the French or American?
• We Are the Beaver

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• The US is the eagle, Russia is the
  bear,Australia is the kangaroo, cause they're
  kind of weird down there.Yeah, India is the
  tiger, that stands so proud and tall,But Canada
  is the greatest of them all.We are the beaver,
  we're furry and we're freeYeah, we are the
  beaver, we got two big front teethYeah, we are
  the beaver, we can chew right through small
  treesWe are the beaver.You might think a
  rodent is a pretty lame choiceFor a national
  animal, but don't you listen to that voice.No,
  cause all them birds and predators, just take
  from the landBut the beaver, always gives a
  dam.We are the beaver, we got cute little
  webbed feetYeah, we are the beaver, it's bark we
  like to eatYeah, we are the beaver, a nickel we
  complete..The eagle flies the sky above and
  swoops down on its preyThe big bear will maul
  anyone who dares gets in its wayThe tiger is the
  greatest of the hunters today.But the beaver it
  can build dams. Yeah,The beaver it can build
  dams.We are the beaver, we slap our tails when
  danger is nearby.We are the beaver, we got
  waterproof hides.Yeah, we are the beaver, we got
  big bums and beady eyes.We are the beaver, we
  are the beaver, we are the beaver.We are the
  beaver, our name is often used as a
  double-entendre We are the beaver, cause in
  Canada both French and English belongYeah, we
  are the beaver, and the subject of this song We
  are the beaver, we are the beaver, we are the
  beaver.

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Institutions like the Bank of Canada and the
Canadian Mint celebrate the symbols of Canada

• Wilfred Laurier
• West Block of Parliament
• Winter sports and famous Canadian hockey story

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Bank of Canada Symbolism

• John A. Macdonald
• Library of Parliament
• Canadas military history including peacekeeping
  and Vimy Memorial

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• Head of State Queen
• Center Block of Parliament
• Pacific First Nations imagery

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• Mackenzie King
• Parliamentary Clock Tower
• Focus on human rights, including the Universal
  Declaration of Human Rights and the Famous Five

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• Robert Borden
• East Block Parliamentary Offices
• Themes of Canadian exploration in the past
  (canoe) and today (satellite)

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Myths Defining Canadian Identity

• Myths are common tales or beliefs that we hold
  true as Canadians often they are stereotypes
  held by Canadian and other countries (they often
  have a piece of truth think about the stories
  that are often told at family gatherings and how
  they change over time.

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• Rugged Canadian
• Frontier Spirit
• Conquering the unknown

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• Canadians are Peacekeepers

Myth that we are anti-war and providers of peace,
always involved in UN peacekeeping Lately, we
have moved away from peacekeeping - Afghanistan
is a combat operation
Canada played an important role early on through
Lester Pearson
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• Canada as an inclusive nation
• We pride ourselves on welcoming all
  outsiders
• Prejudice against Chinese immigrants
• Japanese Internment
• Refusal of Jewish refugees
• Preference of immigrants from Northern European
  countries until the 1960s

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What creates our identity a shared history?
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War of 1812

• Rejection of American Manifest Destiny
• Belief that the British-Canadians defeated the
  American invaders
• Many Americans think they won as well
• The importance of this battle is fading from
  collective consciousness

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Confederation of Canada

• Louis Lafontaine (Francophone) and Robert Baldwin
  (Anglophone) cooperate with each other to create
  better democracy in Canada
• Union of Upper and Lower Canada the first
  representative
  government in Canada

Confederation (BNA Act) 1867 - The Dominion
of Canada - Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
- Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
Ontario, Quebec How many Canadians know these
details??
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What about geography?

• Part of our identity is being the second largest
  country in the world, with a harsh climate
• But how is our geography a force that divides our
  nation-state into different nations?

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• In the psychological sense, there is no Canadian
  nation as there is an American or French nation.
  There is a legal and geographic entity, but the
  nation does not exist. For there are no objects
  that all Canadians share as objects of national
  feeling.
• (Charles Hanley)

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Canada as a Civic Nation
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We know we are not American
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Things Americans have noticed about us

• A few interesting facts
• Canada has more donut shops per capita than the
  United States does.
• Canadians consume more Kraft Dinner (aka Kraft
  Macaroni Cheese) per capita than any other
  nationality on earth.
• The CBC's evening news anchor is bald and doesn't
  wear a toupee.
• Contests run by anyone other than the government
  have "skill-testing questions" that winners must
  answer correctly before they can claim a prize.
  These are usually math problems, and are
  administered to get around the law that only the
  government can administer lotteries.
• The big mass-market beers are Molson and Labatt,
  and they're stronger than US beers. The major
  cigarette labels are milder than American ones.
• There are billboards advertising vacations in
  Cuba, and Cuban cigars are freely available.
• Nobody worries about losing a life's savings or a
  home because of illness.
• Teenagers can drink legally. The drinking age in
  Quebec, Manitoba, and Alberta is 18 it's 19 in
  the rest of the country.
• Potato chips come in flavo(u)rs such as salt and
  vinegar, ketchup, and "all dressed"
• Cars (especially on the Prairies) have electrical
  plugs sticking out from under the hoods. These
  are for block heaters, to prevent engines from
  freezing when it's -40.
• People give distances in times, not miles.
• People ask whether you'd like "a coffee" rather
  than "some coffee."

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• Canadian language
• arena - An ice rink with seats around it. Could
  be any enclosed area with seats for viewing
  surrounding it, but the implication is that it's
  primarily for hockey.
• arse, bum - One's hind quarters. "He kicked me in
  the bum."
• bag - versus "sack," especially in US midwest
• beater - An old beat-up car.
• Central Canada - Refers to southern Ontario,
  actually 1300 miles east of the centre of Canada.
  But in their minds...
• The West - Refers to any point from Manitoba
  (actual centre of Canada) west to the Pacific
  Ocean.
• chesterfield - A couch, or sofa, or whatever you
  call it where you are.
• corner store convenience store, usually on a
  corner in a residential neighbourhood of a city.
• deke - To move quickly
• DUI - Driving under the influence same as DWI,
  although limits in Canada are 0.08 vs. 0.1 in US
• eavestrough - A gutter, the sort that is attached
  to houses and funnels rain water down a pipe.
• elastic - rubber band
• go missing - to disappear, become misplaced
• Grade Oner, Twoers, Threers - First, Second,
  ThirdGrader
• holiday - A vacation or a trip. Also used in the
  American sense, meaning a day off work or school.
• housecoat - robe, bathrobe

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• keener - Someone very eager and enthusiastic.
  Sometimes in the sense of brown-noser, suckup
• klick - Kilometer, or kilometer per hour.
• lineup - line.
• pencil crayons colored pencils
• Robertson screws - Screws with a square hole
  rather than a straight or X-shaped one. Robertson
  screws are just about impossible to strip, unlike
  Phillips-head. They'd be popular in the States
  except that Henry Ford wanted exclusive rights to
  them, and Robertson refused to sell.
• runners - sneakers, running shoes
• second-last - Next to last
• ski-doo - Generic term for snowmobile.
• snowbird - Canadian who flees to southern United
  States (usually Florida) for some/all winter.
• tea towel - dish towel
• toque - Rhymes with "kook." A kind of hat,
  everywhere in wintertime.
• track pants - sweat pants
• washroom - bathroom

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• Food
• back bacon - Canadian bacon. Sometimes rolled in
  peameal (like cornmeal, but from peas).
• butter tart - A very small (single-serving) pie.
  They taste like pecan pies without the pecans.
• chocolate bar - Candy bar. Popular Canadian
  brands include Aero, Crispy Crunch, Crunchie,
  Coffee Crisp, Caramilk, Bounty. Mars Bars have
  darker chocolate and no nuts. Other Canadian
  candies include Smarties (imagine very sweet MMs
  in brightly colored boxes, not the sweet-tart
  chalky things), Mackintosh toffee.
• homo milk - Homogenized milk. Known in the States
  as whole milk. Nobody here thinks twice about
  what images milk cartons with the word "HOMO" in
  big letters on the side conjure up in the minds
  of Americans
• Nanaimo bar - A confection, named for the town of
  Nanaimo on Vancouver Island in British Columbia,
  that resembles a brownie but is topped with a
  layer of white butter cream icing and another of
  solid chocolate.
• pop - soda.
• poutine (pron. poo-TEEN) Quebecois specialty.
  French fries covered in cheese curds and gravy.
• Rockets Smarties small, chalky candies
  packaged in rolls wrapped in clear plastic.
• Smarties - a candy resembling MMs. They do melt
  in your hand, and they're a lot sweeter.
• Shreddies - A brand of breakfast cereal, vaguely
  resembling Chex.
• Timbits - Do(ugh)nut holes from Tim Horton's.

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A broadcast created during the 2010 Olympics
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Organizations that Promote Canadian Nationalism
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Hudsons Bay Company

• British Royal Charter - 1670

• Oldest Corporation in North America

• Fur traders, Rupertsland

• Sold land to create the NWT

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CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

• Canadian Programming (unique from American
  stations)
• Formed by the Canadian government to protect and
  expand Canadian cultural identity

• Hockey Night in Canada
• Miniseries (The Arrow, Top 10 Canadians))
• Road to Avonlea, Corner Gas, Little Mosque on the
  Prairie
• SCTV, Kids in the Hall

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Museums

• National History Museum
• National Art Gallery
• Museum of Civilizations
• Glenbow Museum
• Military Museums

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Air Canada

• Need for easy communication and transit across a
  giant nation-state

• Formed to foster development of air travel in
  Canada (modernization)

• Formerly a Crown corporation - now publically
  owned

• Notice the symbolism on the plane and the logo

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RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police

• Founded to bring order to the west (NWMP)

• Scarlet Uniforms and Stetsons are recognized the
  world over as Canadian

• Musical Ride

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Assignment Creating a Coat of Arms

• CBC News in Review 2010 New Governor General
  Coat of Arms