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Canadian treasures CANADA: NATURAL SOURCE OF PRIDE SINCE 1867 Rick Hansen PARALYMPIC ATHLETE, ADVOCATE AND PHILANTHROPIST
Quiz TEST YOUR CANADIAN KNOWLEDGE
QUESTION 1: Which red-hot Canadian rapper got his start as Jimmy Brooks on the CBC television series Degrassi: The Next Generation?
“There is nothing you can’t do, if you set your mind to it. Anything is possible.” — Rick Hansen At the age of 15, Rick Hansen’s life was ir- revocably changed when a truck accident resulted in a severed spinal cord that left him paralyzed from the waist down. This event became the impetus that led him to become a lifelong crusader for the physi- cally disabled.
wheelchair track as an exhibition sport. He was the first person ever to break the two- hour mark in a wheelchair marathon. Despite all his athletic achievements, it was his Man In Motion World Tour that really put him on the map—figuratively and literally. In- spired by the courage of his friend Terry Fox, Rick decided to circle the globe in his wheel- chair. The purpose was to prove the potential of people with disabilities while raising funds and awareness. The tour allowed Hansen to cover 40,000 kilometres over 34 countries
QUESTION 2: What significant event in Canadian history took place on Sep- tember 3, 1962 at Roger’s Pass, BC?
QUESTION 3: What liquid used in homes, trains and boats around the globe did Nova Scotia native Abraham Gesner discover in 1850?
Rick’s campaign started on a personal scale with a commitment to achieving his innate athletic potential. He became immersed in wheelchair sports in- cludingwheelchair volleyball, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair track and field. His love of sport lead him to pursue a Bachelor of Physical Education at UBC, mak- ing him the first person with a physical disability to ever earn this degree from the esteemed university. But it was his talent, ability and hard work that allowed him to achieve worldwide recognition as an athlete. With a focus on marathoning, he won numerous competitions and most notably earned three gold, two silver and one bronzemedal at the Paralympic games of 1980 and 1984. He also competed for Canada at the 1984 Olympics in
across four continents in 26 months. He raised $26 mil- lion for spinal cord research and quality of life initiatives.
QUESTION 4: How many Canadian cities have hosted the modern Olympic Games?
After the tour Rick was ready to begin the next phase in his mission to “create a world without barriers.” He established and became the CEO of the Rick Hansen Foundation, a not for profit organization that’s commit- ted to empowering people with disabilities achieve their potential while advocating for a more inclusive world. To date, the foundation has raised over $220 million for spinal cord injury research and other programs. Educat- ing, motivating and promoting change are all in a days work for this inspiring Canadian.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ART, LITERATURE AND ENTERTAINMENT
Where are we from? THE 52 LARGEST GROUPS IN CANADA’S MULTICULTURAL MOSAIC
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
SPORTS AND LEISURE
infO Canada THE STORIES BEHIND OUR SYMBOLS
Canada’s Finnish community
Actress Pamela Anderson, NHL player and coach Randy Carlyle, singer Lar- issa Loyva, and CEO Peter Nygard are among the more renowned Finnish- Canadians around today. Though not the largest Canadian subculture—the 2011 census reports 136,213 Canadians claim Finnish ancestry—this com- munity is substantial enough to produce a number of newspapers, a radio station, a yearly festival, and a range of Finnish cultural organizations.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Bird: Steller’s jay
In 1987, British Columbia’s provincial bird be- came the Steller’s jay. This member of the corvid family is known for its intelligence and noisy vo- calizations. Steller’s jays sometimes mimic the sounds of other animals to scare off predators. They prefer to inhabit coniferous woodlands where they subsist off an omnivorous diet.
The first Finns came to Canada in the late 1800s but a more substantial im- migration occurred in the early tomid 21st century. There was both reason
to leave—notably the Finnish Civil War and resulting economic depression—and incentive to come—the Canadian Pacific Railway was actively recruiting labourers. In addition, much of the Canadian landscape and climate seemed quite hospitable to emigrating Finns due to its semblance with their homeland. Logging, farming and mining were common work for early immigrants while those who arrived later were more inclined to make their livelihoods in urban centres. Today, the largest Finnish communities are in Ontario and British Columbia, with sizable populations in Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Kirkland Lake, Timmins and Toronto. Finnish-Canadians have enriched the national mosaic of our nation with their political, athletic, artistic and entrepreneurial contributions.
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