Many have argued that there is no such thing as a Canadian culture or identity. This article explores the history of how schools in the past have shaped a national identity and how cultures transmit their vaules and traditions to their young. This article argues that there are twelve commonplaces about Canada that all Canadians, regardless of where they live or how long they have lived here can identify with. The schools across the country have an obligation to debate, argue and explore these twelve commonplaces thereby promoting a shared Canadian culture that is fluid, flexible and evolving. It argues that these twelve are not fixed in stone but are just a starting point for "keeping the conversation going". It promotes a revisioning of our culture throiugh a myulticulturalism prism.
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Introduction
How Cultures Have Traditionally Transmitted Their Values
Revisioning the Traditional Culture
Why Culture and Identity Need to Be Addressed in the Schools
Commonplaces of Canadian Culture and Identity
1. Canada: A wilderness nation, a land of awesome size and grandeur, with savage beauty and incredible obstacles.
2. A northern nation the “true north strong and free”
3. Canada: Home of our First Nations. Our Native roots are deeply entwined in our Canadian way.
4 Canada: A nation state founded on European traditions by the English and the French.
5. Canada: A nation of Immigrants. We have been a multicultural land mass even before the European colonization and has been ever since.
6. Canada: A country of diverse and distinctive regions with powerful regional identities - Quebec, the Maritimes, the Prairies, for example.
7. Canada: A nation with a strong sense of social welfare, committed to providing a social safety net for all.
8. Canada: A land of remarkable freedoms with a goal of equity for all, regardless of sex, race, age, color, creed or disability enshrined in our Charter of Rights and Freedoms
9. Canada: A land of adventurers, innovators and entrepreneurs
10. Canada: A land of rich cultural traditions
11. Canada: Peace-keepers for the world and a partner with all nations.
12. Canada: Not American!
Conclusion: Keeping the conversation going
References
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