- Happy 150th Birthday Canada
Canada turns 150! This past year particularly has provided plenty of opportunity to reflect on what it means to be Canadian and live in a country that currently is strongly supported by the values of diversity and inclusion. Sure there is a vocal small minority of hate mongers and yes, the Indigenous peoples have an absolute right to further reconciliation and reparations and health care needs must be addressed.
The majority of my Canadian ‘neighbours’ are friendly, open minded, open hearted, respectful, curious, genuinely great people with a subtle and sly sense of humour, possibly undetectable to those who don’t speak ‘Canadian’. This may be why we are considered polite, which of course we are, just on occasion with a bite to it (only if deserved of course).
Just as I love my fellow Canadians, I also love getting to know folks from other Countries and feel that mutual awareness and understanding is critical to a sense of collegiality and collaboration which can shift our world and worldview.
I’m going to revel in my Canadianness today as I do every July 1st, Olympic hockey final game and when I hear the National Anthem.
O Canada, here’s to you today!