Essays Archive

• 2February 25, 2010

  Where Is Home, by Bethany Deml

  Let’s discuss the meaning of the word patriotism…

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• 1February 12, 2010

  Because I’d Rather Be Flag Burning, by Adam Lewis

  Patriotism. Nation. State. Nationalism. Allegiance. Duty. Flag. Words perhaps not so different within the context of the modern world in...

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• 0February 12, 2010

  In Defence of Canada, by Teghan Barton

  Why do I study Canada? That is a question I have been asked a lot and it is a question...

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• 0February 12, 2010

  Citizenship, by Laura Adelman

  What does it mean to be a citizen of Canada? Or a citizen of the world? I think that to...

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• 0February 12, 2010

  Korean-Canadian Poet, by Janice Lee

  Growing up my parents told me I was Korean-Canadian. I resented that. Why couldn’t I just be Canadian like the...

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• 0February 12, 2010

  Confessions of a Third Culture Kid, by Waleed Hafeez

  I can distinctly remember quarrelling with my eldest cousin over the concept of patriotism. He told me it was something...

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• 0February 12, 2010

  Palestine: Life Under Occupation, by Laura Ashfield & Hannah Carter

  I’m not going to write about the history of the conflict in Israel-Palestine. I’m not going to write about the...

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• 1February 4, 2010

  Our Home on Native Land, by Sterling Stutz

  Patriotism is more than standing tall, wearing my red and white and proclaiming to all what a wonderful country Canada...

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• 1January 28, 2010

  It’s An Island, by Lindsay Davison

  Everyone loves to complain about love. It is glamorous to be miserable in love, skeptical or commitment-phobic. It’s sexy to...

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• 1January 14, 2010

  For The Love of Her Child, by Sarah Macdonald

  When I was sixteen, we were walking through the mall and I saw a screaming child on the ground next...

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