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Inspired By Canada

My Canada Project banner. The image is in greyscale. There is a Canada maple leaf on the left side, with the words “My Canada Project” inside the maple leaf. On the right side of the image, text reads “A Forum for Young Canadians Initiative”.

My submission is a short essay that explores the unique characteristics of Old Montreal, focusing on its diversity, culture, heritage, history, and multiculturalism. The city is an example of what makes Canada…

Canada’s Climate Change Action

Hand-drawn artwork featuring text, graphs, and images related to Canada’s climate change action. The background is made up of silhouettes of mountains and trees in a gradient of green shades. One graph details emissions per in various countries, another graph shows greenhouse gas emissions per Canadian Province. There is a photo of a flower, and another of a mountain goat glued into the artwork.

It speaks about Canada’s climate action, how we have not yet met our goals and possible solutions for the future. Canada’s climate change action [image transcript] Canada has not met the 1.5˚C…

My Summer at SHAD and FNJA

A group photo of about 30 young people participating in the SHAD and FNJA trip to Halifax. They are standing in front of the lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove, NS, and are holding the Acadian flag. The trip was facilitated by French for the Future (https://french-future.org/).

After three years of relative isolation, my summer of 2023 was epic. I saw Canada by going to McGill University through SHAD Canada and then to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for one week…

Dreams

My Canada Project banner. The image is in greyscale. There is a Canada maple leaf on the left side, with the words “My Canada Project” inside the maple leaf. On the right side of the image, text reads “A Forum for Young Canadians Initiative”.

My project is a short essay about my immigration, my time spent in Canada, and how it has affected me personally. Dreams Nine years. That’s how long I’ve been in Canada. This…

The Crow

A photo of a crow in flight about to land on a lamppost. The crow has its wings and feet outstretched towards a perch on the lamppost, it is inches away from landing. The lamppost stands on the left side of the image. Planters full of colourful flowers hang from the lamppost.

“The Crow” is a Shakespearean sonnet that vividly illustrates that there is a strong network of support around you when you are seeking stability in a changing world. Crows represent wisdom, change…

A Place That’s Mine

My Canada Project banner. The image is in greyscale. There is a Canada maple leaf on the left side, with the words “My Canada Project” inside the maple leaf. On the right side of the image, text reads “A Forum for Young Canadians Initiative”.

My submission is a poem on the theme of gratitude. I recognize how lucky I am to live in Canada and I wanted to share my thoughts in a creative way. A…

My Country, Canada

A hand-painted landscape of Jasper, Alberta. In the foreground, the artist and her family are seated in the grass together. The father and daughter are cuddled together. In the midground, a wide blue river crosses the landscape. In the background, large mountains are illuminated on one side by the sun, the other side is cast in shadows. There is greenery visible on the mountainsides.

For me, Canada is family and nature, and I wanted to represent that in my artwork. I decided to paint a photo that my mother took of our family in Jasper, Alberta,…

What Is Canada?

A piece of digital art with a rainbow-pastel background. There is a greyscale map of Canada in the center of the image. Pasted over and all around the map of Canada, there are cartoon representations of diversity, education, democracy, religious freedom, freedom of identity, and people from various walks of life coming together.

With a background of colours as diverse as the country, the image contains photos that illustrate Canada’s multiculturalism. The voting symbols near Ottawa represent law and freedom. Being a Canadian citizen means…

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