Comments on: Related: WHO HAS SHAPED OUR COUNTRY?

By: Nicole Menard

Nicole Menard — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:39:47 +0000

Yes! What a wonderful idea! Ernie Lyle needs to be added to this list. One of the most straightforward and simple narratives of the north!

By: Aurora Loiselle

Aurora Loiselle — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:48:36 +0000

Telling the story of Canada in a Museum of a multicultural society could lead to unexpected challenges and divisiveness if at the top of this project there is no unify “compass” on what is its purpose: telling the story of Canada should educate, inform and lead to unification and strenghth of
Canadians and not lead towards resentment and divisiveness. That is not to say that there will be themes that will be prohibited. The most difficult themes should lead to harmony, pride of achievement.

By: Aurora Loiselle

Aurora Loiselle — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:36:48 +0000

Telling the story of Canada could become a real challenge and source of trouble and divisiveness. Before thinking of telling it, one has to have a unified compass at a higher level than the practical side of it. That is: why do we want to tell the story, to unify or to divide, or to find common grounds of growth and progress or dig in trouble, unless it is to learn from it. Aside from focusing in personalities, we should focus on the struggles and achivements of different communities.

By: Carmen Louise Dykes

Carmen Louise Dykes — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:45:37 +0000

I believe that Canadian-style humour has contributed greatly in shaping and expressing the Canadian personae. The very fact that it has been adopted by so many other countries, would declare it to be a great success story. In the modern age, we have been delighted (and educated) by the likes of Johnny Wayne & Frank Shuster… which have led to many of the new age comics.

By: Janet Solberg

Janet Solberg — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:37:05 +0000

Through our public institutions. Medicare. CBC/RC. Public universities and public education. Multiculturalism. Just a few suggestions.

By: Matt s

Matt s — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:47:29 +0000

I believe that Terry Fox single handedly shaped canada.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:46:03 +0000

I believe that it should be told through the eyes of the common people.

By: deborah

deborah — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:40:32 +0000

I would tell the story through the eyes of our Métis literary champions – through “ourstories” our voices, our prose, our poems, our words, our art, our imagery, our motifs, our pattterns (geographic, soc-economic-political).

By: Valerie Kaufman

Valerie Kaufman — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:10:54 +0000

Tell the story from a First Nations, Metis, Inuit perspective – events in history shown in a positive light with the very real contributions that Canada’s first people’s have made & which have not been shared with any significance in the past. Portray Louis Riel as the hero he was to Canadas Metis people etc. etc.

By: John Wright

John Wright — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:49:54 +0000

Through the eyes of our artists – visual, prose and poetry