"At the end of July, a flotilla of canoes left Sainte-Marie among the Hurons on Georgian Bay. The 850-kilometre, 25-day voyage terminated at Kahnawake on the outskirts of Montreal on August 15. The canoeists visited the Ottawa area from August 9–11. More than thirty Indigenous, Jesuit, English-, and French-Canadian paddlers took part in the Canadian Canoe Pilgrimage. The men and women participants ranged in age from 18 to 67."...
Standing in a place where you know hundreds of men from your own country fought and died in battle for a cause that wasn't even their own fills you with a pride unlike anything else. However, what made these moments even more special to me, were the actions of the townspeople who lived near the historic battlefields....
?The Junior is proud of his academic achievements and presents a ‘report card’ in the June 5th letter. It is clear there is a need for a Jesuit Junior to be adaptable and available with the last minute change to be sent to Wickwemikong, and the slow revelation about the philosophy studies. In the letter from Wickwemikong he reveals his new endeavour, playing the guitar. In the post script he tells the good news of his mission to philosophy studies in Spokane, Washington."...
For the "Canada 150 & Me" series, igNation asked writers what being Canadian means to them.Today a reflection on the numbers one, five and zero....
For the "Canada 150 & Me" series, igNation asked writers what being Canadian means to them. For some being Canadian meant opportunity and possibility - for others misery and exclusion....
"Despite having to ‘catch up’, the Junior does not seem ‘stressed out’ about the end of term papers and exams in the April 10 letter. He is glad to be getting ‘healthier and healthier’. Plans for another set of plays and getting ready for the gardens are central to the letter. Interest in the liturgical changes surfaces again in this letter regarding Easter liturgies. Easter is the focus in the April 24th letter, with a description of the successful production of their plays."...
Canada 150 & Me is igNation's contribution to Canada's 150th birthday. Read what our contributors have to say about what being Canadian means to them. Today's post examines our values.|Canada 150 & Me" - Living Our Values...
"Canada 150 & Me" is igNation's celebration of Canada's 150th birthday. Read what our contributors have to say about being Canadian and what it means to them. In today's post we look at the influence of family....
The February 23rd letter to Rosemary tries to be whimsical. He describes it as a 'nonsense' letter. He refers to his situation as 'this escapade'. What follows is his 'silly' but rather frankFebruary 28 letter."...
For the "Canada 150 & Me" series, igNation asked writers what being Canadian means to them."Hopefully Canadians will give themselves a 150th birthday present when our government signs and ratifies the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), albeit four years late."...
