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Canada’s most closely guarded secret: October is Women’s History Month
OK, all of you readers who are Canadian women, raise your hand if you knew that October is Canada’s Women’s History Month, so almost over? I’m not raising my hand, or at least I wouldn’t have a few days ago. … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Leadership, Women
Tagged Alice Munro, Beatrice Worsley, Canada, Canada's Women's History Month, Carrie Derick, Donna Strickland, Elizabeth Bagshaw, Emily Carr, Famous Five, feminism, history, Laura Secord, Persons Day, Roberta Bondar, science, Ursula Franklin, voting rights, Women's History Month, women’s rights
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Map Monday: looking at the history of maps
Thanks to a suggestion from a kind reader (thanks, Karl), today we’re going to take a quick trip through the history of world maps. Stop and think about it for a minute. As I’ve tried to show through past Map … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged Catalan Atlas, explorers, history, history of maps, maps, Ptolemy, world maps
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A new project finally begins
A new project means different things to different people. It could mean starting a new woodworking project, a new writing project, a new painting, a new garden plot, or maybe a new venture altogether, like beekeeping. Whatever you feel passionate … Continue reading
Posted in Quilting
Tagged blogging, Creativity, family, goals, happiness, history, inspiration, motivation, quilting, quilts
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Evangeline, Acadia, Refugees, and Resilience
Today, August 15, is National Acadian Day – la fête nationale de l’acadie. Not only is today National Acadian Day, but our Maritime provinces are in the midst of hosting the 2-week long World Acadian Congress, aka le congrès mondial … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged Acadia, British, cadians, Canada, deportations, Evangline, expulsions, French, Great Upheaval Day, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, history, inspiration, Maritimes, National Acadia Day, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, World Acadian Congress
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Yes, New Brunswick deserves its own day!
Few people outside the small eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick will know that today is New Brunswick Day. Even fewer will care! In fact, there is nothing historically significant about today – or the first Monday in August – … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Odds and Ends
Tagged civic holiday, Fall, history, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Day, photography, spring, summer, University of New Brunswick, winter
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Guadeloupe: there’s more to sun destinations than just sun, especially learning about new places
When we tell people that we’ve just come back from a week in Guadeloupe, it’s surprising how often the response is, “Where’s Guadeloupe?” It’s right in between several other popular Caribbean winter getaways that we northerners seek out – even … Continue reading
Posted in Sun destinations, Travel
Tagged bananas, France, French, Guadeloupe, history, Iles des Saintes, photography, rum, sugarcane, travel, tropical rain forest, winter
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