In “Of hockey, Medicare and Canadian dreams”, Stephen J. Toope argues that Canada deserves to be celebrated for more than just hockey and Medicare, the most commonly associate emblems of the country, and instead to be directed by visionaries, and their decreased sense of humility. Additionally, Toope specifies that Canadians must confront their errors and understand their strengths, in order to further themselves as a strong country, and “grow up” (abstract). Over the many years of Canada’s existence, its citizens and base fundamentals have managed to solidify a society revolving around an openness to immigration, resulting in a rare evolution of a nation that is to be cherished. In relation, Toope expresses that it is a truism that many
In Shema Khan’s essay, “I was a Teenage Hijabi Hockey Player”, Khan exposes us to her relationship with the game of hockey. She provides readers with relatable memories, as both a fan and a player, and punctuates her stories with the view from a Muslim woman’s perspective. Khan excitedly reminisces about some of her earliest encounters with the game, describing the electric nature of hockey in 1970’s Montreal. Her love of the game continued into her post-secondary schooling; she even spearheading the formation of a women’s house league at Harvard. Throughout her recollections, Khan expresses her thrill at successfully encouraging others to join her on the ice, no matter their skill level, so that they too could experience the joy of the
Ron Ellis, a player on Team Canada, said, “The pressure put on both teams to win was unbelievable. I found myself doing things that were uncharacteristic for me as well, and it was because of the emotion. We felt like we were representing our way of life.” Players on both teams were not only focused on winning the hockey game, but also the thought of defending their nation’s pride. Eventually, nationalism led to impudence.
Jessica put it rightly when she gives an example of the game where parents started fighting with each other over a children's game. All of this leads to making children feel like that the sport is more sort of a job where they have to prove themselves rather than something they could
Canadian nationality has always been a question clouded with suspicion and a covered with a blanket of doubt. Out of all the different perspectives, and about all the different opinions of what it means to be a canadian, which one can be argued as fact? Are canadians able to develop an easily identifiable sense of nationalism? Through its extremely large population inhabited by people each with different opinions, its diverse range of cultures, and current attempts, it is safe to say that Canadian nationalism is not going to be easily identifiable.
The NHL, which is one of the hardest hockey league in the world, is mostly Canadian. The Russians still stand their ground as a brilliant hockey community ,but, there is a reason why Canadians are better. When you compare Russian hockey and Canadian Hockey, the first thing you'll watch is the Olympics to see who is superior. The Olympics is one of the world's largest sporting festival that build rivalries and to cheer for your nation. The Winter
The writer further explains that the idea of winning sometimes causes severe injuries that may prevail for a lifetime. In these games, a child may crash into one another accidently that creates a fear of getting hurt. Just to protect themselves some children back out of many games and are left behind when it comes to the development of their bodies. The rest of the children who are part of these games are in a constant pressure from their parents and coaches that cause the stress and anxiety. Furthermore, the writer states that this “sport becomes job like”.
It’s rough and rugged too. Hockey allows body checking and fighting. In the next few paragraphs you’ll learn the key information to knowing and mastering the sport of hockey. As you might already know hockey is the national sport of Canada. It is a cold sport originally played on frozen ponds and lakes.
Canada winning the Olympic Women’s Hockey gold in 2002 was significant to Canadian identity because of the sense of pride it evoked, its encouragement of women in sports, and the impact it had on international relations between Canada
Although Canada has two official languages, in 1969 bilingualism was also made official in Canada as well. This is important because it was one of few countries that actually took focus and interest of other cultures other than that of its own. Although it still focused on its official languages, Canada made sure that other both cultures, British and French, feel safe and at home. This helps shape nationalism because Canada can see new cultures almost everyday and learns new things. Those are some big impacts of nationalism though, something small could be as simple as the languages in the grade eleven class.
The game sparked a wave of change and excitement across America. The Miracle on Ice, as it is now called, not only changed who won Olympic Gold, it changed American culture and international history. The Miracle on Ice specifically altered three major areas in American culture and international history. The first of these was the game’s
Learning to teach in a way that accommodates and incorporates multiple cultures, religions, and world views is an important aspect of a teacher’s job. Culture includes a person's or groups' “beliefs, values, and behaviours” and is “embedded in everything that we do” (James, 2003, 25). Canada continues to rely on immigration to function as a nation, consequently Canada is “one of the world’s major immigrant nations” (Ghosh, 549). In the five year period between 2001 and 2006, the percentage of the population born outside of Canada grew from a little over three percent to almost twenty percent (James, 2003, 179). Canada’s culture, therefore, is a combination of cultures that originate from across the globe, and they cannot be ignored.
As more women begin to exercise hockey from the 70’s and onwards, these women had to obtain facilities from the community, but it wasn’t easily granted to them. In Williams, Women’s Hockey: A Heated Debate describes the issues experienced by a female hockey player by the name of Blainey. Blainey depicts that, comparing to her brother, whom also plays hockey, the girl’s team had restricted and inconvenient times and the locations provided for them to practise were set far out of their community. Furthermore, “the quality” of their resources was not effective to succeed in this sport.
CBC became the first broadcast station to open in Canada. Sports like hockey were finally being visualized on the television. Hockey became an important part of
Hockey plays fast and physically on skates and you need to acquire fast speed and agility and high thinking to play and succeed. Hockey demonstrates toughness and a strong body physically and you need to be mentally tough as well as you play at higher
