{"id":10387,"date":"2020-06-30T11:35:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?page_id=10387"},"modified":"2020-07-23T12:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T16:11:00","slug":"canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/canada","title":{"rendered":"Canada: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Get creative<br \/>\n<\/strong>In Canada, Indigenous People refers to the three Aboriginal groups which are First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people. There are over 630\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/north-america\/canada\/articles\/9-things-you-need-to-know-about-canadas-first-nations\/\">First Nations communities<\/a>\u00a0in Canada, with more than half of them located in British Columbia and Ontario. Throughout these communities, more than 50 distinct languages are spoken. Historically, each community was self-governed and had its own culture and customs. Celebrate these unique cultures by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercoloring.com\/coloring-pages\/haida-art-raven\">coloring some Indigenous art<\/a>, reading\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/destinations\/north-america\/canada\/partner-content-indigenous-art-canada\/\">this interview<\/a>\u00a0on connecting cultures, and exploring work from Aboriginal artists at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallery.ca\/collection\/collecting-areas\/indigenous-art\">National Gallery of Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick a film<br \/>\n<\/strong>Watch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for Canada include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One Week (2008)<\/li>\n<li>Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)<\/li>\n<li>The Sweet Hereafter (1997)<\/li>\n<li>The Shipping News (2001)<\/li>\n<li>Anne of Green Gables (1985)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Study some history<br \/>\n<\/strong>Canada became a country on July 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 1867, but various Indigenous people inhabited Canada for thousands of years before European colonization. Listen to some interesting Canadian history with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coolcanadianhistory.com\/\">Cool Canadian History podcast<\/a>, where you will hear about nuns on the frontier, a Canadian Pirate Queen, the Canadian experience during D-Day, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose a book<br \/>\n<\/strong>Read and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Anne of Green Gables\u00a0<\/em>by L.M. Montgomery<\/li>\n<li><em>The Call of the Wild\u00a0<\/em>by Jack London<\/li>\n<li><em>Canada\u00a0<\/em>by Mike Myers<\/li>\n<li><em>Secret Path\u00a0<\/em>by Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire<\/li>\n<li><em>Alias Grace\u00a0<\/em>by Margaret Atwood<\/li>\n<li><em>Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town\u00a0<\/em>by Stephen Leacock<\/li>\n<li><em>The Stone Angel\u00a0<\/em>by Margaret Laurence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fill up your plate<br \/>\n<\/strong>While Canadian food is a true melting pot of international flavors, there are some classic Canadian gems like butter tarts, Saskatoon Berry pie, Beaver Tails, and poutine!<\/p>\n<p>For a truly Canadian meal, why not create your own\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wnJ6bETDrnM\">sugar shack experience<\/a>? Start your meal off with a bowl of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seasonsandsuppers.ca\/quebec-style-yellow-split-pea-soup\/\">yellow pea soup<\/a>, followed by dishes like baked ham, scrambled eggs, sausages,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidlebovitz.com\/the-joy-of-cooking-meat-pie-recipe-tourtiere\/\">tourtiere<\/a>\u00a0(Quebec\u2019s famous meat pie), baked beans,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/food52.com\/recipes\/61068-cretons-french-canadian-pork-pate\">cretons<\/a>\u00a0(a pork-based p\u00e2t\u00e9), and deep-fried pork rinds known as\u00a0<em>oreilles de crises<\/em>\u00a0(which translates literally to \u201cChrist\u2019s ears\u201d). At a traditional sugar shack, these dishes are either cooked with maple or dowsed in the stuff\u2013it\u2019s an absolute must to drizzle syrup on everything, even your bread and butter!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn the language<br \/>\n<\/strong>Canada has two official languages: English and French. Learn some helpful\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statravel.co.uk\/travel-blog\/2018\/03\/canadian-sayings-and-phrases\/\">Canadian phrases<\/a>\u00a0and speak like a local by using these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.cmu.edu\/~steffan\/canadianisms.html\">Canadianisms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world at 243,977 kilometers (or 151,600 miles)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative In Canada, Indigenous People refers to the three Aboriginal groups which are First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people. There are over 630\u00a0First Nations communities\u00a0in Canada, with more than half of them located in British Columbia and Ontario. Throughout these communities, more than 50 distinct languages are spoken. 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