Friday, February 17, 2012

Nine Things Foreigners Should Know About Canada

          On YouTube I recently stumbled over a video, where a young foreigner was planning to move to Canada. She had absolutely no idea what it was like living in Canada. She wanted to know more about it: specifically about the people,and their natural behaviour, clothes, food, high school, and more. So this blog post will be aimed for and dedicated for those curious people.

Here are nine things I think all foreigners should know before coming to Canada:

  1. Canada is a multicultural country where, thanks to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, (http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/charter/page-1.html#l_I) all people of different religions and races are accepted.
  2. We don't abuse our children nor our dogs.
  3. Remember to BRING or buy a winter coat/jacket, mittens, a scarf, because our climate is considered quite cold.
  4. French and English are the two official languages of Canada.
  5. In Alberta, High School often starts in the beginning of September all through June, and July & August are the two months for summer vacation.
  6. Name any fruit you know and about 90% of the time we got it imported here.
  7. Just like the people we have a huge diversity in food, and restaurants; anything from Chow mien, to spicy chicken curry.
  8. DO NOT constantly go to fast-food restaurants, especially Mac Donald's! The main reason why we do have a number of obese individuals waddling around is because they end up eating too much junk food.
  9. MOST IMPORTANTLY, DON'T FORGET YOUR CULTURE. Living here since the day I was born, I have seen many foreigners loose sight of their own cultural traditions, and become "white-washed." They truly loose them selves in a way. They forget about who they were when they got here. They forget their language. They choose to neglect their heritage. They slowly move away from it and forget it all. I advise that you remember and cherish your culture, for the next generations to come.
Hoped this helped.

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