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Khuutra on 07 November 2010
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Joelcool7 said:


Yes I would love to be educated. I got straight A's in social studies. Also didn't you say you recently got residence in Canada? Are you saying you learnt more about Canadian history in America then I did in Canada? I've read US corriculum it doesn't teach you much about Canada. I however had to memorize most of the presidents and founding fathers. I had to know all the bordering states and what their imports and exports to Canada were. Etc...etc...

Also the 1800's were the years of the underground Railroad. At its peak in 1850. If Canada was so bad in the 1800's why did all the slaves and people of other colours want to come to Canada so badly. Slavery was official abolished in the 1830's. As a country Canada respected and treated blacks as equals the government recognized their rights and enforced them.

Also for Black history month we had a women come from Toronto and talk about how American slaves fled to Canada. She also talked about how today blacks are treated in Ontario. She did say that african Canadian's still felt animosity towards white people. But she talked about how in Canada laws protect african americans and that they contribute to sociaty in every way like every other Canadian.

So Mr.American who's smarter and knows more then me? What exactly do I not know about my country?

See the above post.

The course in Canada's cultural history that I took was at the History department of Queen's University; it's not exactly all-encompassing, but it opened my eyes to a side of this country that I never knew existed.