There is a hunger for and urgent need to provide readable, attractive material on Canada’s rich history to newcomers and first generation Canadians alike who rely on their own multilingual publications for much of their information.
The common threads of the civic, political and social development of this country, and the more recent changes wrought by waves of postwar immigration are simply not understood or shared by a growing majority of newer Canadians. This lack of a common historical vocabulary and knowledge severely weakens us as a nation and leads to a lack of civic participation and hinders the development of a common identity.
The Canadian Experience series will make a major contribution to Canadian unity and the education of Canadian citizenship. This nationwide, civic literacy project is designed to provide unique Canadian content for 52 consecutive weeks to all Canadians. How? Through the Canadian partner publisher network of Diversity Media Services (DMS) and Lingua Ads, multicultural marketing divisions of Multimedia Nova Corporation.
Led by distinguished Editor, prominent historian Jack Granatstein, column titles and content has been established by an Advisory Board and a number of Canadian historians: Dr. David Bercuson, Michael Bliss, Robert Bothwell, Patrick Brennan, Penny Briden, Adam Chapnick and Norman Hillmer.
Great idea! Looking forward to the series – and the next quiz. Fun.
ZS
This is a worthy, notable and, dare I say, important project. Having read the first handful of installments, I have very high expectations of the rest of the series – expectations which I’m sure you’ll have no problems exceeding.
Congratulations on the launch and kudos to all involved. Thank you for doing this.
Thanks Sonia, for your comments and support. Stay tuned for next Quiz – only a little over a week away!
And thanks, Michael, for your comments and support as well. Hope you enjoy the ride. Study hard, Quiz 2 will be up before you know it
This is not just a great idea. It is an IMPERATIVE!
I’m going to love this series, We as Canadian’s need to understand our country better.
I just complete the second quiz, the census and geography questions are tougher than i thought they’d be, but i’m learning from them.
Well done !!!!!!!
Wow, this is very inspiring, it is like watching a lovely old movie about Canada and living the scenes… The Canadian Experience is fantastic and needed idea. Thanks for everyone involved in the project…
Given that the law\Constitutions are written in absolutes and dispensed in shades of grey; here’s hoping that, I’ll not have to wait another 40yrs for Cdns’ to not misconstrue, misrepresent and\or misuse our history as Americans do!
Great idea. I have Canadian parents but I was born in the states but my mom took me that Canada has a rich and colorful history. I may be American but my blood is Canadian!! I look forward to this project!