Identités et échanges
English · Première générale · BO : B1+ ; visée B2 vers C1
Worksheet
My worksheet. Print it or copy it. Fill in one line after each session.
| Session | Key date, figure or quotation | What newcomers gave / received |
|---|
S1
Why Leave? The Last of the Clan | | |
S2
Black Loyalists: A Promise of Land | | |
S3
The Last Best West: Choosing Settlers | | |
S4
Closed Doors: The Head Tax and the Komagata Maru | | |
S5
Pier 21: Gateway to Canada | | |
S6
“No Official Culture”: Multiculturalism | | |
S7
Refugees and Today’s Debate | | |
Five quotations to remember
- “I think a stalwart peasant in a sheep-skin coat … is good quality.” (Sifton, 1922)
- “This was a grave injustice, and one we are morally obligated to acknowledge.” (Harper, 2006)
- “Those passengers chose Canada. And when they arrived here, they were rejected.” (Trudeau, 2016)
- “although there are two official languages, there is no official culture” (P. E. Trudeau, 1971)
- “…owned not a single blade of grass in the glen that was once all our own.” (Faed, 1865)
My answer to the question
Has Canada kept its promise of welcome, and what have newcomers and their host country given each other?