#canada 150th

[ericdesmarais]

Chaudière Falls

As part of Canada’s 150th celebrations, Chaudière Falls is going to have a sound and light show honouring the Algonquin people who used to live in Ottawa.

“Mìwàte is a tribute to Indigenous people, created in collaboration with the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation. Representatives from local Métis and Inuit communities were also consulted.”

Artist’s representation of the Chaudière Falls…

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[katefathers]

Did I ever mention that I saw the world's largest rubber duck for Canada's 150th? So special. So grand.

[faithhopelovepeaceblog]

Had a beautiful #CanadaDay this past weekend.💙 #Bless #photofy @photofyapp

[sydneyflapper]

Next in the series of Canadian born actresses of the 1910s-20s to mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we have the Toronto-born Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), who as Mary Pickford became America’s - and the world’s - Sweetheart.

[asakiyume]

Happy 150 years, Canada. 

[mysticseasons]

Hero 150: Virtue and Moir: Rink Rulers

London’s on-ice stars are well-known. And we’re not even talking about hockey.

Londoner Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Ilderton have ruled the ice-dancing world, striking gold and silver at the Olympics and winning it all at three world figure skating championships — the final one coming, improbably, after a two-year hiatus.

Their mix of skill, style and off-ice charm has placed them among the most admired athletes in the London region’s history.

-LFP

[blackdaisies]

Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery.  

Celebrating Canada’s 150th

[indigenouscontemporaryart]

Kent Monkman | Study for Black Robe. 2017

Monkman captures many scenes in his more recent work of the stories behind the abduction of Indigenous children by the Canadian Government and Christian religious leaders across Canada during the over 100 years that Canadian Indian Residential Schools were functioning, as well as the decades that saw Indigenous children removed from their homes and placed into foster programmes against the will of their parents--titled the ‘sixties scoop’.

July 1st 2017 marks the 150th birthday of Canada. It is important to think on what 150 years actually mean in this context.  What we are ‘celebrating’ and whose voices and experiences are still being denied a platform.

Canada 150 is a celebration of Indigenous Genocide, of Colonization, and of Broken Treaties and Promises.