Australian Reacts To 'Canada Heritage Minutes!'
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- Welcome to Australian Reacts, where an Australian reacts to all types of videos from around the world! In this video we check out 'Canada Heritage Minutes!'' and I see how they measure up against real knowledge from a local of "the land down-under". Overall we get to see a glimpse of what this incredible country has to offer and have some laughs along the way!
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Fun fact. During WWII the Dutch Queen and King fled to Canada. They had their baby in Ottawa and to ensure the baby would be a Dutch citizen, the government of Canada designated the delivery room as Dutch soil. To this day, the Dutch sends millions of tulip bulbs each year to say thank you and commemorate this. In Ottawa, we hold the tulip festival because of it (ya gotta do something with all those tulip bulbs!).
I'm native Canadian and Dutch. I went to Holland in my 20's with a friend of mine in the Canadian army. When we went out to drink we always had drink bought for us. Hell one guy asked if we were ok to get back to our hotel and if not we could stay at his house and his wife would make us a nice breakfast in the morning. I will never forget going there.
That's why to this day we hold the tulip festival in the capital Ottawa
Yes, indeed. My son was born in the same hospital as the Dutch princess and Ottawa's tulip festival is held within walking distance of my house. We've still got a Dutch immigrant community who settled here in the years after the war (and specialty shops that cater to them).
George’s: every year, the Dutch send over 20,000 new bulbs. Tulips are annual spring flowers. After they are finished, the bulbs are taken out, where summer flowers are planted. The bulbs are dried, then planted back in the fall, so that they rise in the spring. Very often, the tulip bulbs will grow an additional bulb, so they multiply. Over the years the population of tulips in Ottawa has reached over millions.
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The Civic Hospital. My friend's son was born in the room across the hall from where she was born. There is a small plaque beside the door that details the events of the Princess' birth.
A little known fact about Banting & Best who discovered insulin. They gave away the patent for FREE. The agreement was that insulin would be sold for COST + $1. Sadly, the pharmaceutical companies did not live up to their end of the bargain.
That's a dirty move made by pharmaceutical companies. Banting also worked on problems caused by chemical and bacteriological weapons.
They did in Canada. Insulin price gouging is an American phenomenon.
"Today the Dutch still remember the Canadians who liberated them" is *not* hyperbole. A few years ago I was on vacation in Paris, and I ran into a couple of Dutch tourists, and as soon as they found out I was Canadian they started singing Oh Canada to me. They said that they knew our entire national anthem, because they grew up learning about the Canadians who liberated them...
I can tell you a thing or two about the Dutch. .....Wooden shoes Wooden Head Wouldn't listen. You can always tell a Dutchman but you can't tell em much.
Yes! Recommend watching "The Forgotten Battle" on Netflix!
You'll be sad to hear the Dutch goverment "forgot" their liberation. Last year, they omited Canada in their victory day celebrations.
Absolutely, first time to the NEtherlands was with my parents in 1980--as soon as anyone knew we were Canadian, it always came up . Then I wnet again decades later in my 20s. My friend and I passed through a small town and I we walked by an elementary school and the windows were plastered with "Thank you Canada" pictures all the kids had made. My friend and I were almost in tears.
Facts.
As Canada and Canadians became so wrapped up in US culture and history we needed to rediscover the things that made Canada what she is and to keep us aware of many distinctions to prevent us becoming even more US centric. A success; as many Canadians rediscovered our history and a touch of reality. A useful exercise in nation building in my mind.
I was thinking the same thing a couple of days ago. I remember seeing these videos on cable. I was pondering how people don't see these anymore because less and less people watch cable tv anymore
@@curmudgeonaf Don't know what they teach Australian school kids about history but WW2 began in Sept. 1939.
Canadians often define themselves as “ not American “, which isn’t much of a way to think of your country. These Minutes offer better ways to think of what makes us Canadian.
@@Caperhere We're a very young country, we are still trying to solidify our national character.
How did Canada get to the Dutch? Wow?
My great grandfather fought in WW2, and participated in the liberation of the Netherlands.
As ironic as it sounds, a man moved to Canada, and happened to end up living in the town that my family was from. He immediately recognized my great grandfather as one of the men who rode in on the tanks, when his small town was liberated back in the Netherlands. He was there as a child when the Canadian troops arrived.
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You're just a child if your great grandfather was in Holland in 45.
@@billhamilton2366 Great great grandfather** oof.
I'm currently 33 👌 Dad's side of the family comes from Wells, British Columbia, which was settled in the 60s as a gold panning town. I know less about the historical details beforehand, but have heard these stories from my dad about his grandfather, great grandfather and so on.
For reference Canada declared war on Germany on September 10th, 1939. A week after Britain did. Canada is a part of the Commonwealth, same as Australia. The reason they waited a week, as we are taught in school, was a bit of a "hey look we aren't a complete moms kid. We can make our own descisions".
Rose: the Canadian Parliament ratified the Statute of Westminster in 1931, which granted the Parliament the final word on foreign policy. Australia and New Zealand didn’t ratify it in their legislature before the Second World War, thus they were at war when the Uk declared war.
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@@sirdavidoftor3413 Yeah I've been out of High School for over a decade now. I was trying to remember the full thing but my brain was not co-operating with me that day I wrote the comment. 😅 Thank you for clarifying. Have a good day!
youve got to watch the terry fox one. He is in my opinion easily the most inspiring and influential Canadian in history.
It really was amazing on how he was able to run the equivalent of or close to a marathon a day. There's actually a lookout just east of Thunder Bay, Ontario dedicated to him. There it has a bronze statue of him on top of a monument. A short distance from there is a sign and post showing the actual spot where he unfortunately had to abandon his run.
1940 was during WWII. Canada also had a flight training centre in Alberta where pilots from all of the Commonwealth countries, Australia included, were trained to fly planes during the war. Jacques Cartier was basically the first European explorer to establish permanent settlements of people from France in Canada. He is considered the founder of New France (Quebec) in the same way that Americans consider Christopher Colunbus the Founder of America.
Canada was the center of Commonwealth flight training program for the entire war. Not just Alberta. Columbus first land fall was San Salvador, then Cuba then other islands in what is now called the Caribbean. before retuning to Spain His second through 4th voyages centered around the Caribbean sea and the islands therein. He was NOT the founder of America. He never set foot on what is now the United states and of course the yankees get it wrong again and are full of inaccurate stories about "America" ....The country is the UNITES STATES of America which includes Canada central America and all of South America United states is not just America. ignorant twat.
@@billhamilton2366 Arrogant prick. I know Columbus didn't discover the US. I also know that the US is only one country in the Americas. I was using that myth about their country's founding to give him.some context for comparison, because the myth of Columbus founding "America" is widely known internationally, whereas Cartier's role in Canada's found is much less known. I chose to term America, because that the way it's always been phrased when they talk about Columbus. The guy who owns this channel even refers to the US as "Anerica", as many Brits and Aussies do. You can express a difference of opinion without being an obnoxious jerk. Try it sometime.
Champlain is generally considered the founder of New France. Cartier was the first to explore the region (so he does parallel Columbus’ role in the Americas in that sense). Champlain did use Cartier’s work as a sort of historical reconnaissance. Quebec City was founded near where Cartier recorded the village of Stadacona as being located. Montreal was later founded around where Cartier recorded the village of Hochelaga being situated. Cartier never founded a colony like Columbus did in the Caribbean. Between Cartier and Champlain, there was a lengthy gap since France was busy tearing itself apart during the French Wars of Religion.
The irony, of course, being that Columbus never once set foot in "America".
@@CaptHollister You ARE TOTALLY 100% Correct, I some times tell This to Americans and they Are Surprised by the Fact.
To those of us 40 + years these people and moments were very well known as they were taught in school. However they faded out of the curriculum as time went by. The Canadian Government takes great care in trying to keep these stories alive and heritage ad's on TV were a great medium to reach younger children. Some of these are burned into mine and my children's memories. They started in the late 70's and as far as I know they still occasionally make them. the ones your watching are a little more modern. people on here referring to any of them as corny don't appreciate all we have done as a small nation and how important our past is.
P.S. the Terry Fox one is the most important because no one changed the spirit of a nation like Terry Fox the greatest Canadian ever.
1940 would have been the Battle of Britain among other things. In 1944, Canada was responsible for assaulting one of the 5 beaches at Normandy during D-Day. After, establishing a beachhead, they proceeded to liberate The Netherlands.
Juno Beach 😊 my grand father died there during ww2
June 1944 was D day
@@ferociousfil5747 Ya, I meant 1944. Will edit.
I was really hoping you'd watch the one about women getting the vote (it's called "Nellie McClung"). It was one of my favourites.
I'd also recommend the one called "Winnie".
I grew up seeing these "ads" on tv, they often highlighted the lesser known parts of Canadian history that weren't really taught in school. And being a video, it helped bring history to life in a way that just reading something a text book didn't.
Thanks, I'll have to check them out
If you ever visit Ottawa, you will find the wonderful statue of Oscar Peterson near the National Arts Centre. It's life-size, and it's designed so that you can sit down with Oscar on his piano bench. Possibly the most loved statue in the country. Every spring, the Dutch send millions of tulips to Ottawa in gratitude for the liberation of the Netherlands by Canadian forces. When I first stepped out of the train station on Amsterdam, I asked someone for directions from an elderly couple. When I told them I was Canadian they treated me like a long lost brother.
And Terry Fox near Parliament Hill. There is also Maurice Richard just across the Alexandra Bridge (in Gatineau Québec) near the Canadian Museum of History.
@@helenevoyer5317 Quand j'étais petit, Maurice Richard n'était qu'un tout petit peu au-dessous du bon Dieu.
@@philpaine3068 je te crois. Moi c'étais Guy Lafleur. Le gars de Thurso. Pis Stéphane Richer de Ripon. :)
@@helenevoyer5317 J'ai malheureusement révélé mon âge, étant un dinosaure ayant vécu avant l'époque de Gretsky et Lafleur.
@@philpaine3068 je suis près de la cinquantaine. J'ai vu Wayne Gretzky jouer, Guy Lafleur aussi. Par contre, trop jeune pour avoir vu Maurice Richard sauf dans des documentaires.
O-M-G! "Heritage Minute!" I grew up with these and probably learned more about our history through these than at school! The other was "Hinterland Who's Who" that taught us about all our native animals, birsds and flora. The Heritage ones I think really were the start of Canadians getting to know ourseleves, our own history and our accomplishments and move away from an identity based on a comparrison to the US, or to a lesser degree the UK or France. EG. As a teen I had no clue Oscar Peterson or insulin were Canadian until I saw these. And the surprises kept coming, we would mention them with each other at school, even today I will drop something in a convo that I only learned from one of these minutes. Thank you for reminding me of these.
These commercials are played on TV still to this day, in Canada. As a Canadian , I can tell you that I have learned alot by watching these snippets. At a time when Canadians seemed to be losing our identity to the USA, these snippets on TV gave us pride in our history!
As a Canadian. Thank you for learning about us.
Most of these people aren't particularly famous in Canada, or if they are, it's probably BECAUSE of these videos. For the most part the modern ones are less cheesy and focus on a greater variety of cultures within Canada. But my absolute favourite has always been the Halifax Explosion, it was one of the ones I grew up watching and it makes me tear up every time. Laura Secord is a great one great too.
You are just very poorly informed and you probably have not taken an interest in Canadian history. I have the advantage of an education from a time that no longer exists. long before calculators were invented let alone encouraged in class. In my day one was required to THINK.
@@billhamilton2366 Thanks for the laugh, I've never had someone actually talk to me in that stereotypical "back in MY day" boomer voice like that before. Sorry you are so insecure apparently.... like seriously is this a troll?
@@billhamilton2366 Trolling is not very Canadian buddy
You need to read more Canadian history. None of these people or events are unknown to my family members or me.
@@cherylmosher6026 I do know who they are. I was speaking from the personal experience of seeing these on tv since before I was even in kindergarten. So I knew these little tidbits before I even had a formal education. I am trying to explain that they do a good job of creating an interest in Canadian history, which is their purpose since a huge number of people didn't know much about Canadian history in Canada before they existed! It's why they were made! I'm here watching a reaction to to them because I love them so much. Why else would I be here?? I don't know why you are acting as if I personally called you dumb in my comment when I was talking about what I'd personally seen as a 26 year old interacting with other 20-somethings. Your holier than thou attitude is really gross. Learning should be fun and encouraged instead of shitting on people for not knowing random facts. The amount of assumptions you made about me is honestly blowing my mind.
Fun fact for the WWII Netherlands bit. The Queen of the Netherlands was pregnant but was evacuated to Canada. Problem was, an heir to the throne needs to be a Netherland citizen. So, for the day that the baby was being born, Canadian Parliament declared the maternity ward at the Ottawa Civic Hospital as extraterritorial so Princess Margriet could inherit her mothers citizenship and be Dutch rather than being a Canadian citizen due to being born on Canadian soil... and hence she remained as an heir to the throne.
That sounds like a logistical nightmare so well done to whoever pull that off in the blink of an eye
TV commercials for history - this was always a great idea. My favourites have been: Superman, Underground Railroad, Halifax Explosion, Avro Arrow, and Expo 67.
Superman? What did Canada have to do with Superman
@@owendeliebs1894 Joe Shuster, one of the creators of Superman, was from Toronto.
@@owendeliebs1894 did you actually watch the video? Lois in the video CLEARLY indicates that Joe is Canadian.
I remember most of these videos from when they were still new. You have a great deal of material to cover just on the history of both World Wars, not just Canadian involvement, but the events in general. Like the other Dominions (Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, as well as India) Canada was involved in both conflicts from the very few first days.
And other than the Battle of Hong Kong, most Canadians saw action in WW2 in Europe and the North Atlantic
i can't believe nobody has commented about smelling burnt toast. i always thought that was the most famous one. no i'm not having a stroke
My Dad was with the forces that liberated Holland. He stayed with a family overnight, and left them his rations, refusing any payment. When he next stopped, he found six tiny silver spoons in his kit - they had obviously hidden them to pay him. I still have those spoons.
To this day the Dutch still send tulips to us in memory of the liberation the Netherlands from WWII
they send tulips because one of their princess' gave birth to her child in canada and the canadian government officially made the birthing room dutch territory so that the baby could be born into the royal family.
@@jaredkingsley2243 yes I know I'm Dutch by birth
Visited the Netherlands (Amsterdam) in 1971. They still do love Canadians.
Love these some much. It’s great to see you react to them, my favourites are Chenie Wenjack, Laura Secord, and the Halifax Explosion.
Thanks I'll have to check them out sometime!
Google Canada and the Netherlands. They still celebrate Canada on liberation Day yearly. They still put flowers on every (100,000) graves in the Dutch cemetery of the Canadian dead.
Yes, I was surprised when I saw on the news a few years ago how they have parades to honour Canadian soldiers and thank them to this day. I'm 35 and don't know anyone who was in the war, but it made me cry. When we learn about the WWI and II in school the teachers speak proudly of the sacrifices and accomplishments we made but I never realized how much gratitude there was from other countries. It was really touching.
These stories were meant to highlight to us the incredible accomplishments of our fellow Canadians. 🍁
Peanut butter was invented by a Canadian in 1884. A peanut spread popular in parts of the world, but a staple in North America.
The basketball one was always my kids' fav. We still say 'Hey I need my peach basket back', no matter what's missing and everyone still has a laugh.
I dated a Canadian/Dutch fellow. His parents emigrated to Canada because of our liberation them. They were very proud to be Canadian!
As a Canadian, I have witnessed the love and respect Dutch people have for the Canadian soldiers who helped liberate them from the Nazis.
Yes, these ran as commercials during programming.. Most of the people are not famous to most Canadians, and it is the government's way of reminding Canadians of their heritage.
The reference to the planes being 'in the skies as we speak' refers to the Battle of Britain, which the planes were being sent to fight in, and which was taking place at the given time of the video.
While the spitfire fighter plane stole a lot of the glory for winning the Battle Of Britain, It is actually the Hurricane that was the backbone of the RAF during the early part of 1940. It took a long time to build a modern fighter airplane in 1940. Elsa McGill found ways to streamline the production process and bring up the numbers. If not for her, the skies over Britain would have been dominated by the Luftwaffe.
The guy who produced these was Robert Scully (known as Bob Scully)... he has a good interview show called The World Show (I would do the transcripts for it from time to time)... he is a brilliant interviewer, from movie stars to scientists.
I love your interest in learning about Canada. Thank you for letting me relive the heritage minutes. I'm going to see if there is something similar about Australia on CZcams
Growing up Australia was the only place I wanted to visit. Now I'm older the spider to human ratio is way to high for me 🤣 great video. These are burned in the brain of all Canadians.
When I was sixteen with my parents...Dad had a Canadian flag stitched on his knapsack in the sleeping bag area. There were some mature man with their shovels digging out a ditch in Amsterdam when Mom, Dad, and I passed kthem by. They saw the flag and happily greeted us almost in a salute honouring we Canadians.
If you’re looking for more Canada content this short clip was from 2010 Winter Olympics, it includes some really cool factoids you might not have known about Canada.
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I spent 4 months travelling around Australia,New Zealand and Fiji and Hawaii. My grandfather was Dutch. The Dutch Royal Family spent their time during the 2nd World War in Ottawa and Toronto. I have friends in Southern Ontario who were good friends with Queen Juliana. They visited them quite often.
I'm just discovering your channel now. A little context: Those heritage minutes sort of came out of a need to make sure that Canadians didn't lose track of their own history, since we live so close to the US and are inundated on the daily by their media.
The newer ones are part of a re-launch of the programme, and the series looks at the kind of stuff that Canadians tend to not know about their own history. The fact that Canada did ridiculously well at war is something we tend not to know, because Hollywood forms our public opinion of history. No mystery there: Hollywood is more interesting than history texts. But yes, those Hawker Hurricanes were over England trying to keep the German air force from bombing the place to bits, and the liberation of the Netherlands created a tight friendship between the two nations.
My own feelings about how well we do at war are... ambivalent. I personally like the fact that we created the idea of the UN peacekeeper more, but because it gels better with our country's image, but at the end of the day, countries are complex.
OJB, I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYONE who can speak so much, so fast, in one sentence and without breathing or pausing. It’s AMAZING! I really love these videos reacting to Canadian Heritage Minutes. Thanks for that. As for speaking, fair dinkum , mate. You are a biological wonder.
HA, well I'm not sure about "wonder", but glad you like the videos! :)
These were produced in the 80's and 90's but then they started production again in the 2010's.
That explains the gap in production I saw
As a Canadian, I would say maybe half (or less) of these stories are common knowledge. Probably the discovery of insulin is the best known. Regarding the liberation of the Netherlands in WWII, there is a new movie about that on Netfix, "The Forgotten Battle", it's pretty good.
Now they are - but they never used to be. Back when I was a kid in the 70s, we heard all about the US and their heritage, and nothing about ours. The fact that they are now known is just proof that the idea was a good one
Everyone should read Canada First by Ralph Nader. He said he wrote the book because he didn’t think Canadians were getting enough credit for their contributions to the world.
The Aussies AND Canadians were huge in both world wars and often planned operations together. It's amazing how few Aussies know that today.
Yep! We have a community in northern Alberta named Anzac.
Canadas military history is far more interesting than you would think.
More heritage minutes please!!
I worked inToronto General Hospital, across the street from the building where insulin was invented, the Banting and Best Institute. Proud to be Canadian.
These Heritage Moments are based on Canadian history. Government sponsored and shown as commercials on public television. Quick clips of history, short and sweet. Canadian here
I love the overdramatics of the "how we got our name" one because it feels like it's making fun of how us european descendents pump up The Founding Of Canada as this grand thing, when we were really just bumbling dorks (at best, but the monsters we were at worst would be a different heritage minute that I *believe* they've done now? If not done, I know they're working on a native "school" one and it should be out soon), perfectly shown by mistaking the word for village with the name for the nation/region.
Just the big swell of This Is Our Historical Heroes, See How Important This Was, and then immediately undercutting it with "pretty sure he's just talking about the settlement my dude"... //chef's kiss// 10/10 Canadian humour.
They used to have to deny the children food in order to keep them from going into a diabetic coma. It was heartbreaking. They eventually died.
When you were scrolling through the videos and I saw Jennie Trout I was literally yelling to the screen hoping you’d choose that one 😂 additionally to that video, the Laura Secord and Wilder Penfield ones are definite must watches. It’s great to see a non Canadian react to these!
Thanks! I'll have to take a look sometime!
Doctor. I smell burnt toast!
FYI OJ the Dutch remember Canada every year because we liberated them. The population turn out in the streets to remember.
I believe that the Dutch tend to the graves of the fallen Canadian soldiers in the Netherlands too, but someone may know.
Wow that's certainly news to me, but an amazing historical gesture
Yes, I was surprised when I saw on the news a few years ago how they have parades to honour Canadian soldiers and thank them to this day. I'm 35 and don't know anyone who was in the war, but it made me cry. When we learn about the WWI and II in school the teachers speak proudly of the sacrifices and accomplishments we made but I never realized how much gratitude there was from other countries. It was really touching.
Heritage Minutes are a little odd but were deemed necessary due to huge gaps in knowledge Canadians had about their own country. US media is so dominant/omnipresent that Canadians often learn about Canada based on what Americans tell them about Canada..... so Canadian history/contributions are usually relegated to a small footnote, explained through a US lens, or erased altogether. Few Canadians know that 'American' Football, the telephone, or light bulb come from Canada, for instance.
I see, and that exact influence extends over to Aus as well...
How was the telephone a Canadian invention? I know Bell lived and died in Canada, but he was Scottish-born and invented the telephone while living in the United States, at least that's what I've read.
@@OJBReacts The Heritage Minute "Responsible Government" has some impact on Australia. It's about the Idea of having a Governor General represent the Queen. Which of course was then done in other Commonwealth States.
@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 Bell actually developed the phone here in Canada but was unable to get it patented here. He was however, able to do so in the States.
Canada joined WWII at the outset of it in 1939 they brought food and supplies to Britain with a great deal of danger as the Merchant marines had very little protection once they left Canadian waters and were an easy target for German U-boats. They quickly built the navy and with fast Corvette boats were able to turn the tide on the Germans. They also supplied training for plane crews across the prairies and they trained the majority of the allied countries through the hundreds of Canadian Commonwealth Flight Schools during WWII. The Royal Canadian Army, Navy and Air Forces played large rolls in both world wars and it was Canadians who freed Holland, and the Netherlands during WWII. Most of these heritage moments were done to celebrate the 50th anniversary of D-day and the end of WWII.
There's a TV show in Canada called This Hour has 22 Minutes that does some pretty good spoofs of these, worth looking up for a good laugh.
These were shown on TV as commercials- some of these are more recent and you sometimes see them on CPAC. This batch seem to be showcasing WWII. One of my mom's uncles brought home wooden shoes when he came back from the war. The France one is WWI. The band played waltzing matilda was WWI, to put it in perspective.
"1940 I don't know, would there have been a war? Maybe it was just for showcase... 🤔"
Seriously 🤣
One of my friend's mum was a Dutch war bride. She came to Canada post WW2 to get married to a Canadian man. They had three daughters. My friend is their youngest.
Thanks! I've seen some of these, others I have not. They are like mini movies.
Man that demon from the Great Peace segment used to scare the crap out of me as a kid, used to hold the pillow up to my face during that part.
My dads aunt was one of our heritage minutes. "La Bolduc". A movie made on her also happens to be on Netflix right now.
can you sing too?? :)
@@reneeangele4766 No, not great anyways. Those genes missed me. Lol
Canadian soldiers who died in Germany during the war were buried in neighboring countries including the Netherlands. The Canadian cemetery in the Netherlands has maple trees in it.
The misnaming of Canada one is legendary here.
Not only did he discover Insulin he sold the patent for $1.00. WWII started in 1939 she built the planes we used to defend Britain. We entered the war long before the Americans did. These are a series of commercials the government used to educate to allow us to be proud to be Canadian. In 1940 we were a British Colony so declaring war on Britain meant you were at war with us as well. We did invent the pacemaker.7 I guess you could say it's propaganda but it's true and accurate.
I went to one of the last shows Oscar Peterson gave, in 2005 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. He played his own compositions in the first part of the concert, and then public requests (mostly Gershwin pieces) in the second part. It was terrific!
Chanceuse !
@@vincentlefebvre9255 En effet, j'ai été chanceuse: il est décédé deux ans après que je suis allée le voir en récital, alors je ne pouvais pas manquer cette occasion!
@@marie-heleneleclerc3181 Ce sera pour vous un souvenir inoubliable 😁.
Banting & Best: The Discovery of Insulin. On that date in 1921, Dr. Frederick Banting, a Canadian surgeon and Charles Best, a medical student, successfully isolated the hormone insulin for the first time.
650000 canadians served in WW1 and over a million in ww2, we were not exactly straggler travellers to help, Canada was also declared combatants against axis forces from the beginning of both wars to live up to our commonwealth commitments
To truly understand Canadians, you have to understand that other than the native peoples, we had come from all over the world, as pioneers. With nothing but they could carry, and build a home before winter started, or freeze. If you could get through all of that your confidence would be through the roof. We of course, had a lot of help from the native peoples, but also held a pretty tight connection to the "old" country. Most felt that they were the toughest and had to help our relatives back in the "old" country. We went with confidence to anywhere we were sent in knowledge that we Would win, and we did in many "suicide" missions.
Today we still carry that confidence. We do not feel the need to prove anything to anyone. We easily apologize for any wrong doing, we laugh at ourselves, and allow Americans to tell their stories however they like, because it makes them feel better, and we know the truth. Just don't piss us off, because we still know that we are tougher!
I know this is about canadian history but the nursing minute reminded me of a great tv series called ANZAC girls about nurses from australia and new zealand
1940 was The Battle of Britain. The war started in 1939. She meant that their Canadian built Hurricanes were taking part in that battle over England.
Wow, I was born in Canada and grew up seeing these a lot starting in the 90's but there's a few in this video I have never seen before. Interesting.
Re Jacque Cartrier, what Coois to the SOuth Pacific, Cartier is to Canada. The reason the music is so grand is it's suppose dto be the first rime these two Peoples meet each other.
The point of the Jacques Cartier video was just to explain that our country was named because of a linguistic misunderstanding
OJB: " I tried to get away from the army ones..." Kind of hard, a lot of Canada's state formation and coalescence revolves around our WW I and WW II experiences.
I remember when many these aired on Canadian TV over 20 years ago. I had no idea there were so many of them. I recognize only a few. The one about Canada means the village is the most iconic one of them all. That one and the ones about Superman and Winnie the Pooh.
I once travelled to Belgium to visit the WW1 memorial museum in Ypres. I visited the commonwealth cemeteries. I really do believe people in the lowland countries Belgium and Netherlands love Canadians.
At what point do we all start the house hippo chant?
House hippo house hippo !!!
At the end of WW2 the Canadian soliders help liberate the Netherlands from the Nazis, my great uncle Burgess was one of those soliders and unfortunately was stabbed in battle the day before the war ended. He didn't recover and is one of the servicemen buried at the Canadian military cemetery in Groesbeek, Netherlands
The sad part is that every year up until my grandfather could watch the Rememberance Day ceremony from Groesbeek he could pick out his brother's grave ( he & 2 other brothers returned from the war)
For the English-speaking Canadians, John Cabot is the discoverer of Canada (he discovered Newfoundland and its gigantic shoals of cods); for the French-speaking Canadians, it is Jacques Cartier (he discovered the St. Lawrence River and went up to the Island of Montreal). In facts, both are wrong, as the first known Europeans who came to Canada were the Norsemen (they were thrown out by the harsh weather and the First Nations' members).
These videos are still being produced to highlight Canadian historical events and people. Some of these events are common knowledge to Canadians, others are not. Our teaching of Canadian history wasn't that focused on Canada when I was in school (the 60's and 70's). Some, like the Jacques Cartier one is an early one, the liberation of Holland is from within the last year or two.
The ads ran on CBC usually around News program
The Netherlands 🇳🇱 constantly express their love for Canada: czcams.com/video/akZ-Qx2Pmzk/video.html
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The Canadian Armed Forces are celebrated, loved and cherished by the Dutch people. The Canadian Military showed kindness and respect for the Dutch people in the Liberation of the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War. Further, Ottawa Canada was home to the Dutch Royal Family during the War. Princess Margriet was born at Ottawa's Civic Hospital...Parliament even ceded the territory of the hospital room so that she could be born with Dutch citizenship. ..upon birth the room was returned to Canada.
Lacrosse was a native game in the Americas by the natives as not only a weapon for war, considering how fast and hard you can throw, but also training for war, toughen the body, and skulls and rocks were hurled from the sticks.
Living next to a media goliath means that you can easily and quickly lose your identity. The Canadian government ensures the memories of our heritage so we do not forget. These vignettes are what you are seeing now.
Canadian women built thousands of planes, tanks, jeeps, ships, corvettes, destroyers, mobile canons, etc. I fully believe if it was not for the efforts of Canadian women we would have not won WW2. My Mother was responsible for financial transitions related to German prisoners held here.
FYI: for you as a young Australian ... my Icelandic father was a Flight Lieutenant for the Canadian Air Force ... based in Banfield BC ... and trained Australian pilots before they were sent to the front.
I British but born in England and moved to Canada when I was 24 years old and I have learned a lot about what the Canadians did in the !st; and the 2nd; World Wars. The Canadian army was trusted much more than the US army. Much better trained better with there orders and in completing there task with great sucsess. You need to understand more about Canada and what it has done and is still doing around the world.
Also, I highly recommend watching the North American house Hippo and other truth in advertising commercials. I remember legit thinking “wtf, I’ve never heard of one of those.” To “oh, we gotta question literally everything don’t we?”
Hold on to your hat!
If you have one on the invention of penicillin thsts an important contribution to the world made by a Canadian. Too late to affect the casualty losses in the second world war it made a huge difference on surviving battle injuries during the second world War.
And then the Canadians were there, tears are running down my face. My Grandfather was one of those men who liberated Holland. To say I’m proud is an understatement. There is a really good documentary that is on You Tube that tells a short history it’s called | Canadian Veterans Celebrated in The Netherlands. Check it out!! ❤🇨🇦
Actually these began airing on TV here in 1991.
Literally canada is known for its peacekeeping and helping others in all situations.
Banting and Best discovered insulin in my hometown of London Ontario Canada 🇨🇦. They sold the patent for a dollar because they wanted to give it to the World!❤
Banting and Best discovered insulin in Toronto on the University of Toronto campus in the Department of Physiology.
the Canadians were part of the D-Day normandy invasion. The US and UK went more franceward while the Canadians took the northern parts like Netherlands and Belgium from the Germans.
My favourite one is the Laura Secord one
A statue of Oscar Peterson playing the piano, sits outside the Arts Centre on Ottawa.
During the war all of England 🇬🇧 gold reserves were shipped and stored in Canada 🇨🇦
The videos are more defined to show We as Canaians can be proud even liveing next to out big brother next door there's a constant fear of losing our identity
Check out the story of Bombardier a total Canadian manufacture of the best planes and trains in the world
from what I recall we still had residential schools still existed when the "Peacemaker" one was funded and aired by the same government that got into a stand off with indigenous people and was going to bring in the military, just a couple years before it aired. I love my country but we still have a long way to go.
I guess culture/society and state/corporate functions aren't really the same.
WW2 began in September of 1939. He's probably thinking Pearl Harbour December, 1941.
Fun fact: The dutch goverment sends the canadian goverment a crap ton of tulip bulbs every year to commemorate the liberation of the Netherlands by the canadians and it's a big thing when they bloom every year.
These are moments that defined my country mostly to ourselves as being a mature country able to go it alone. We were, like Australia, part of the British Commonwealth. We fought in WW1 and WW2 and there are moments in both where we proved to ouselves and the world that we stood on our own. We remind ourselves that we are not British nor American but something influenced by both but belonging to neither. We are Canadian!
Canadians are still very welcome in Holland!