Question number 3: How do you relate to Canada personified or not?
® I lived in the US for eleven years before I moved to Canada, until I moved I believed most rumors about Canadians. They live in igloos, they say aboot instead of about, everyone has a pet polar bears, everyone is an hockey nut! Boy how wrong was I! Apartments that are stunning, they have and accent when they speak. And I have only seen one person with a pet polar bear (KUMAJIRO!) and hockey is respected more then any other sport! Canadians are stereo-typed and in a way so am I!
ë Jamie W. , 91 words
® I relate to Canada through my family history. In 1941 Canadian soldiers broke the reign of Nazi Germany and saved a small town of Hiens. My grandmamma was Jewish and the family that hide her was almost caught. When the Canadian soldiers came to Hiens, a celebration was held. A soldier invited grandmamma to live with him in Canada. I've never forgotten how my grandparents met and I'm proud to say I'm Canadian because of a single action in 1941.
ë Kiri H. , 80 words
® I relate to Canada with my love for hockey. The glisten of the ice, the feeling of the wind in my face, the sound of my skates scraping across the ice. When Sidney Crosby scored the final goal in the final of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics I was screaming and jumping on my couch almost in tears from my joy! Canadian talent at the purest form and the world witnessed it on a grand scale. I love hockey! Its purely Canadian. I feel most connected with my country with my love of hockey.
ë Sunny B. , 93 words
® Peacekeeping the knowledge that we're trying to prevent war not enforce the propagandas. The way people know we're there to help it's comforting to know. To see the joy on the faces of those who have lost hope when they see the red and white flag on the arms of troops. The way the run up to you and hold your hands, fingers anything they can touch to feel your actually there to help. I feel so much pride of being Canadian in moments like that. My relation to Canada is through the peacekeeping missions we perform as a nation.
ë Dorthory T. , 100 words
® I relate through my neighbour, Matthew Williams. Its kinda a weird but when my parents were fighting I always slept over at Matthew's. He shielded me from the pain of my arguing parents, always telling me that I was stronger then I would every know by walking away from their fights. We became siblings like, he held me when the welts refused to fade and I remembered his existence. It is the kindness between us that is Canadian, the love we have for one another is special and that bond is how I relate to Canada!
ë Sierra M. , 96 words