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To Add Canadian
From David Spencer's Education Paragon: Helping students develop citizenship, literacy, responsibility and vision
To Add | To Add Canadian | To Add Ontario | To Do
Canadian Content To Add To David Spencer's Education Paragon
The following is a list of tasks that David Spencer plans to complete for "David Spencer's Education Paragon" in the coming months and years.
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Who Linked to CanadianIdentity.com ?
- ChristianMedia.ca
- OntarioCommunities.com
- The Roaring Twenties by J. Neeb, Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute Library,Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- The History of the Vietnam War
- Biografías: Biographies in spanish
- University of Oregon, Canadian Studies Department
- Answers.com
- Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute, Kitchener, Ontario
- EducationalWikis my user is DavidSpencerdotca
- Halton Web Connections
- Nelson Education Publishers
- Saskatoon Public School Division (Blackboard Module)
- Skills and Learning Branch, Province of Nova Scotia
- SpeignerPhoto.com
- Wikipedia
To Add Canadian Priorities
- Internationally Famous Canadians according to the BBC
- Install recaptcha http://recaptcha.net/plugins/mediawiki/
- Add content for Canadian Prime Ministers http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/FederalGovernment/PrimeMinisters/Biographical.aspx?Language=E
- The fight by women for the vote was called the Woman Suffrage Movement. http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/sub/histc-cstor/histc-cstor9_e.asp
- Nellie McClung http://www.canadianstudies.ca/NewJapan/mcclungunit.html
- WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Quizzes http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/whm/index_e.html
- modify content for James_Raffan
- Some good ideas here http://proudcanadiankids.ca/index.htm http://www.constable.ca/openingpage.html
- Add META tags to Bark Lake HTML http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/mk-metas.html
- Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a digital library providing access to 2,474,020 pages of Canada's printed heritage. It features works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century. http://www.canadiana.org/eco.php?doc=about&id=4dbe86fc1f088fa4&page=ItemRecord
- Invite these camp professionals to list http://www.tawingo.net/about_camp_tawingo/meet_the_directors.php
- consider these glossaries http://www.glenbow.org/mavericks/teacher/english/indxglos.html
- Alberta was shaped by Mavericks – men and women who were adventurous, hard-working, and spirited. Discover our province’s history through their stories. http://www.glenbow.org/mavericks/
- read this http://ao.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_details&id=2087&pubtype=DailyArticles
- http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/blackwell.html
- "Mary Pickford, Glenn Gould, Anne of Green Gables, and Captain Kirk: Canadians in the world's imagination" by Robert Fulford
8. Add http://www.haliburtonschoolofthearts.ca
9. Guy Laliberté and Cirque du Soleil http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/company/default.htm
9. Anik Satellite
10. Find info on Nova Scotia heritage http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/
11. Africville http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/africville/
12. Don Messer http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/messer/
13. Halifax Explosion http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/explosion.asp
Buildings
- Top Ten Endangered Places List from the Heritage Canada Foundation
- Canadian museums and heritage places
- Sells photos of Canadian buildings http://www.booktown.com/stcroixprints/state.php
- BCE Place had a name change in 2007 from BCE Place to Brookfield Place.
- Canada's Architectural History
- Who is Canada’s greatest architect?
- Add more buildings from this list
- Sudbury Museums
- Canadian Architecture 101
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Canadian Museum for Human Rights
- Canadian Museum of Civilization
- Canadian War Museum
- Canadian Parliament Buildings http://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/text/explorecentreblock_e.html
- Casa Loma
- Central Experimental Farm
- Fairmont Palliser Hotel
- Fairmont Banff Springs
- Filmport Toronto
- Hotel Macdonald
- Lester B. Pearson International Airport
- Maple Leaf Gardens
Document
- Beaver Magazine http://www.historysociety.ca/abo.asp
- Bill 101
- Bill C-132
- Bill 22 (Quebec Official Languages Act) 1974
- British Imperial Act
- British North America Act
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Canadian Citizenship Act
- Canadian Constitution
- Canadian Musician Magazine
- Canadian War Memorials Fund
- Cochrane Proclamation
- Common Schools Act
Event
- Special National Canadian Days
- Add these festivals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivals_in_Canada
- Interesting Events
- Alaska Boundary Dispute
- Battle of the Somme
- Battle of Ypres
- Barrie Tornado
- Berger Commission
- bison (mistakenly called buffalo)become extinct on the western plains 1889
- Black History Week
- Black Trek
- Boer War
- buggishaman
- Canadian Film Development Corporation
- Canadian flag
- Carabana
- Charlottetown Accord
- Christmas
- Confederation
- Music Monday http://www.musicmonday.ca
- Toronto Santa Claus Parade http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/parade/index.aspx
- Eaton's Christmas http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/eatons/index.aspx
- Ontario History
- The Great Toronto Fire April 19-20th 1904, Toronto experienced the worst fire in its history. The exact cause of the fire was never determined but it leveled nearly 20 acres of land and over 5,000 jobs were lost, at least temporarily.
- New Year's Day
- Valentines Day celebrated on February 14
- National Flag of Canada Day on February 15 info and Birth of the Canadian flag]
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
- Earth Day celebrated on April 22
- Victoria Day
- Patriots' National Day celebrated on May 24 Québec
- National Aboriginal Day celebrated on June 21 info
- Québec's National Holiday celebrated on June 24 in Québec Info
- Civic Holiday celebrated around August 2
- Natal Day celebrates Halifax and and Dartmouth's birthday around August 2 in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia info and info and quiz
- New Brunswick Day celebrated around August 2 in New Brunswick McAdam location and Shediac and past locations
- British Columbia Day celebrated on first Monday of August (around August 2) in British Columbia info
- Heritage Day celebrated around August 2 in Alberta
- Discovery Day celebrated around August 16 in the Yukon
- Labour Day celebrated around September 6
- Thanksgiving Day celebrated around October 11
- Remembrance Day celebrated on November 11 info from Veteran's Affiards and info from CBC
- Christmas Day celebrated on December 25
- Boxing Day celebrated on December 26
Expression
- all wet
- autonomy
- backbencher
- baloney
- bee's knees
- big cheese
- bump off
- bunk
- carry a torch
- cat's meow
- caucus
- cheater's
- crush
- cultural mosaic
- Speakeasy
- So long for now.- closing by Stuart McLean of CBC radio
Group
Canadian Links http://www.snark.org/hertel.htm
- Acadians
- Abolitionists
- Alberta Five
- Air Canada
- Algonquian
- Anglophone
- Amnesty International
- April Wine
- Assiniboin
- Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO)
- Barenaked Ladies
- The Bay
- Beothuk
- Big Sugar
- Blackfoot
- Bloc Quebecois (BQ)
- Blue Rodeo
- Bell'Arte Singers is one of Canada?s finest community choirs. Founded in 1988 by Dr. Lee Willingham, they have established themselves in all genres of repertoire and styles through concerts, recordings, and broadcasts. Three European tours have established the choir?s reputation outside of Canada. http://www.bellartesingers.ca/
- Royal Canadian Air Force http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force and http://www.rcaf.com
- Building Box
- CIDA
- CNR
- CPR
- CRTC
- CSIS
- Cabinet
- Canada Council
- Canadian Alliance Party
- Canadian Airways
- Edmonton Grads
Canadian Authors' Association
Canadian Brass
Canadian Car and Foundry
Canadian Council of Business
Canadian Department of Communications
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Canadian Group of Painters
Canadian International Development Agency
Canadian Labour Congress
Canadian National Railway (CNR)
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) http://cprheritage.com/index.htm
Canadian Press (CP)
Canadian Radio Television Telecommunications Commission
Canadian Red Cross
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Canadian Tire
Caughnawaga (Kahnawake)
Cayuga
CBC Radio
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
CBC Television
Champlain Society
Chapters
Christian Heritage Party
Cirque de Soleil
Coloured Corps
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) info
Council of Canadians
Women In Film & Television Vancouver (WIFTV) is an internationally affiliated non-profit society committed to advancing & celebrating women in screen based media. http://www.womeninfilm.ca
We All Need Music http://www.weallneedmusic.ca/
Invention
Add Canadian inventions http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/innovations/index-e.html
- Alouette One
- Anik Satellite
- Avro Arrow
- basketball http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cool/002027-2001-e.html
- Bluenose
- Canadarm
- CANDU nuclear reactor
- Canadian Air Force Aircraft http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/equip/index-eng.asp
- Canoe
- Chocolate bar http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cool/002027-2002-e.html
- Cinesphere with IMAX film
- Road Lines - there was no such thing as road lines before 1930. Invented by John D. Millar http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cool/002027-2007-e.html
- Robertson Screw and Screwdriver http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cool/002027-2008-e.html
- Silver Dart
- Skidoo
- more canadian inventions http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cool/002027-2000-e.html
- Toys of the past
- The Pop Shoppe returns. Founded in 1969 in London, ON. Wikipedia article and Brand Channel article
Natural Resources
Person
This list is moving here
McQuesten family of Whitehern in Hamilton http://www.whitehern.ca/index.php
- Mary Ann Shadd
- Dr. Margaret Newton
- Violet Clara McNaughton
- Major Margaret C. Macdonald
- Helen Harrison
- Joni Mitchell
- Emily Carr
- Mary Pickford
- Laura Secord
- Sally Ainse
- Nellie McClung
- Joy Kogawa
- Ying Chen
- Marge Friedel
- Susan Aglukark, singer and songwriter
- Louise Arbour, judge
- Jean Augustine, teacher and politician
- Roberta Bondar, astronaut
- Jocelyne Bourgon, civil servant
- Liona Boyd, classical guitarist
- Deanna Brasseur, jet fighter aircraft pilot
- Rosemary Brown politician and feminist
- Kim Campbell, politician and 19th prime minister of Canada
- Maryse Carmichael, Snowbirds pilot
- Emily Carr, artist and writer
- [[Fran�oise David]], activist and social worker
- Amelia Douglas, fur trade pioneer
- Ellen Fairclough, politician
- Barbara Frum, journalist
- Annie Gale, politician
- Pauline Julien, actress and singer
- Lucy Maud Montgomery, author
- Barbara Paterson, artist and sculptor
- Julie Payette, astronaut
- Chantal Petitclerc, athlete
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, musician, artist and activist
- Judith Simpson, Loyalist
- Cairine Wilson, politician
- Sharon Wood, mountaineer
- Edith Jessie Archibald
- Lydia Gruchy
- Molly Lamb Bobak
- Monique Emond Mercure
Place
- Canada's Historic Places
- Facinating Placesin Canada
- View of Toronto
- web cams north of Superior
- Acadia
- Africville
- Alberta
- Alert
- Arctic Circle
- Arctic Ocean
- Arctic Red River (Tsiigehtchic)
- Arviat (Eskimo Point)
- Atlantic Ocean
- Baddeck
- Banff
- Bark Lake (Ontario Camp Leadership Centre)
- Beaufort Sea
- Beaver Dam
- Berlin
- Brantford
- British Columbia
- Butchart Gardens
- Calgary
- Charlottetown
- Chateauguay
- Edmonton
- Fredericton
- Iqaluit
- Nathan Phillips Square
- Ottawa
- Québec City
- Regina
- Winnipeg
- Yellowknife
Program
- Canada A People's History
- Country Hoedown
- In June of 2002, CFPL generously donated, to the Archives of Ontario, the entire news output for their first 15 years of operation. http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/cfpl/index.html
- Hollywood's View of Canada http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/Places/Canada/CanadaMovies.html
- Canadian Movies http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/Places/Canada/CanadianMovies.html
Symbol
- amethyst
- Brock Monument
- beaver
- Canada Council Medal
- Canadian Flag
- Canadian Red Ensign Flag (1945-1965)
- Coat of Arms for Canada
- common loon
- Jewish War Veterans Memorial
- Juno Awards
- Stanley Cup http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_splashstanleycup.htm and http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ_main.shtml and http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007658
Vegetation and Plants
Wildlife
- beaver
- Bigfoot
- Cadborosaurus
- common loon
- Igopogo
- Kraken
- Manipogo
- Memphre
- Ogopogo
- Sasquatch http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/fact_or_fiction/
- Sicopogo
- Thunderbird http://pyramidmesa.netfirms.com/passam3.html
- Winnipogo
- Books on sea monsters and creatures http://www.amazon.ca/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A2FSMNDDHPP8BF

