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Canadian art refers to the visual (including painting, photography, and printmaking) as well as plastic arts (such as sculpture) originating from the geographical area of contemporary Canada. Art in Canada is marked by thousands of years of habitation by Indigenous peoples followed by waves of immigration which included artists of European ...
Throughout Canada's history, its culture has been influenced firstly by its indigenous cultures, and later by European culture and traditions, mostly by the British and French. [1] Over time, elements of the cultures of Canada's immigrant populations have become incorporated to form a Canadian cultural mosaic.
NordArt is an international contemporary art exhibition and a non-profit cultural initiative of the ACO Group and the cities of Büdelsdorf and Rendsburg. It has taken place annually in the summer since 1999 at Carlshütte, a former iron foundry. The site features 22,000 m² of interior space and 60,000 m² for outdoor installations.
The prime ministership is part of Canada's constitutional convention tradition. The office was modelled after that which existed in the United Kingdom at the time. John A. Macdonald was commissioned by the Viscount Monck on 24 May 1867, to form the first government of the Canadian Confederation. On 1 July 1867, the first ministry assumed office.
In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802027849. External links. Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate at IMDb; Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate in the NFB collection catalog
List of landforms of Canada. Canadian Arctic. Fjords of Canada. Glaciers of Canada. Great Lakes. Mountain peaks of Canada. Appalachian Mountains. Pacific Cordillera. List of mountains in Canada.
The Archdiocese of Canada is a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Its territory includes parishes , monasteries , and missions located in nine provinces and territories in Canada — Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Newfoundland & Labrador , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Quebec , Saskatchewan , and Yukon .
George VI and his royal consort, Queen Elizabeth, walking through Queen's Park, Toronto, May 1939. The 1939 royal tour of Canada by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was undertaken in the build-up of world political tensions to the imminent Second World War (1939-1945), as a way to shore up sympathy for the United Kingdom among her dominions and allies, should war break out in Europe.