Canadian Celebrities
A singer who started on Youtube, and gained popularity with the song Baby
This was a very big event for the Metis people and it created a province that was established as a haven.
What is the Red River Resistance
This man was able to encourage people to come to the prairies to live there. But at the same time, only cared about Canadians, and not anyone else.
Who is Clifford Sifton
These were used to assimilate people into the British culture, however, many atrocities were committed against those who attended these buildings.
What are Residential Schools
"Canada has treated our people like tools. Tools to build a railroad across Canada, to unify. But wasn't this country supposed to be unifying all people? We were thrown away like tools as if we were replaceable during that railroad construction..."
This man grew up in Burlington, Ontario. He is a very well-known actor and played a very prominent role in a Mattel product movie just last year.
Who is Ryan Gosling
This was a signing in the smallest landmass in Canada, but however, once this document was signed it only had four provinces! But for some reason, the place of signing was not considered apart of the Confederation of Canada.
What is the Establishment of Canada
This man was considered a leader for his people, but an enemy of the government. With this charisma he led his people into a resistance, a calling for negotiation for peace, his actions led to the safety of his people, but he could not save himself from the hands of the Government
Who is Louis Riel
What is the FLQ Crisis
"We were treated as lower people than the people who conquered us. We were the ones here in this new land first, and they try to lump us with them? We are not them, and we will never be a part of them!"
What is the Quebecois prespective
This man is known for doing his stunts in his movies. He's known to be a very down-to-earth man, but also an assassin who avenges his dog.
Who is Keanu Reeves
A monumental battle in the Great War, and a battle that is celebrated within Canada. This battle was an absolute slaughter on the Western Front of France. And up until that point in time, this was the greatest territorial advancement within the war.
What is the Battle of Vimy Ridge
These two men were the achievers of responsible government within Canada. An anglophone and a francophone, a very unlikely couple at that time. The tension between those two identities were very tense, but they found a way to set aside differences and work together for a government they could agree on.
Who is La Fontaine and Robert Baldwin
"They sent us to places we didn't even know how to travel. Taken from our land, and our culture. Yes, we are people who strive in the Arctic, but they have taken us from our traditional lands, forcing us to be flagpoles for a nation that does not care about us.
What is the Displacement of the Inuit
"I am so happy that I'm able to come to this great country. I can finally work to support myself and be able to support my family so much easier. Opportunities left and right, I cannot wait!"
What is the perspective of Immigrants
This man is known for the absolute control of his facial muscles, being able to stretch them as if they were complete rubber! And his Mask behaves like his face, complete rubber.
Who is Jim Carrey
In recent history, the grandest heist was committed against Canada. Three thousand tonnes of pure, sweet, liquid Canadian gold was stolen over months. Eighteen Million dollars worth of liquid gold was stolen from us, a frightening thing that happened.
What is the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist
What these five women did for women's rights was profound. By going to court and facing off against a system that was built against them, they finally made people like them, PEOPLE under the law in Canada.
Who are the Famous Five (Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney, and Henrietta Muir Edwards.)
This was a town that had a majority Black population. However, their properties were bought out by the Halifax government, and once they had bought every single property, the entire town went down-- leaving nowhere for the community to go
"They have done horrible things to us in Canadian history. We lost our culture, language, and each other because of where they sent us. We couldn't keep in touch with ourselves. But they are trying to reconcile, it may not be much, but it is a start to reconciliation.
What is the Indigenous prespective
This man was hated at some point by the community. He was the Chosen One, the prophecy his brother had told him in a Hellblazed land. That brother loved him so much. However, his redemption is perfection when he saves his son from his master, completing his duty as the Chosen One
Who is Hayden Christiansen
Up against our southern neighbours in the Olympics, the prodigy from Cole Harbour saves Canada in one of the most fairytale ways possible.
What is the Golden Goal Against United States
This man was the first Canadian man in that dark void in the sky. Walking as if he were a star, while also strumming his guitar for the children from home.
Who is Chris Hadfield
"We had warned you multiple times, and you never listened. This man was not a war hero, he worked for that genocidal dictator, and now you'll pay the price."
What is the Celebration of Yaroslav Hunka
"Y'know, did we want to join Canada? Like... It feels like we were kinda forced to just join this Confederation. "
What is the perspective of Newfoundland and Labrador