The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics: A Significant Event For Canada

The opening ceremony of the Invictus Games was certainly a highlight. The ceremony included a Parade of Nations, with Canada coming last as it’s the

The Summer Olympic Games in 2000 was held in Sydney. It was an opportunity for Australia to prove to the world they were able to host a major international competition which left a positive impression of Australia. The Impact on Australia was beneficial to the country in a cultural, social, architectural and tourism perspective. From these games there were many unforgettable Australian sporting achievements. This presentation will give an account of the way the 2000 Olympics influenced the Australian way of life.

Why is it that when I picture Canada I am able to see snow falling, the night setting, with teenagers, children, and adults walking towards a rink with their the laces of their skates tied together and thrown over their shoulders, all getting ready to play the great Canadian game. What is it that makes hockey so profoundly important to Canadian identity, and a representative of our country? To start off, all across the country, on frozen backyard ponds, community rinks and state-of-the-art arenas Canadians are playing hockey which is Canada’s national sport. I believe that hockey is a representation of Canada because, the maple leaf, a familiar Canadian emblem, is found on Canadian hockey jerseys, and major chains selling our favourite food, donuts, were started by hockey greats Tim Horton and Eddie Shack.

Sometimes it is easy to forget the game played on frozen ponds and backyard rinks, and get lost in the overwhelming professional sport known as hockey. However, we strive to remember that hockey became Canada's game because it made our never-ending winter months more bearable . The game gradually became a sport, then an entertainment industry. It seems like the lockout was one of the biggest news stories of the year. Part of the amazing nature of the game is that it's origins are fairly vague. However, we always remember that hockey is our game. It may not be our official sport, like lacrosse is, but hockey is what Canada seems to be most well-known for, and it continues to have immense influence on our free society, with its unique style

There are many contributions made this community to Canadian society. Rocky Railway High, an art project that showed the strength of Chinese railway workers and their families. This art project recognizes the contributions of Chinese railway worker, who worked under harsh conditions. This showed how everyone could work together and create something beautiful. Chinese not only brought good business skills but they brought their rich culture with them. Their beliefs of working hard to earn money and especially of working together has made our society develop into a community who welcomes anyone with open heart and collaborates with them. They contributed with their cultural traditions of family and especially peace and harmony. They showed Canadian society the importance of family and how one another should take of each other & also how we are all a big family living together with different values and culture. They showed the society that by working together and giving one the respect they deserve keeps peace and harmony in a society. Their cultural contributions have evolved our society into a better place.

The First World War ending created a boom in the lifestyle for those in Canada. People spent money and supported themselves without a problem. Life came without any problems. Then, the stock market crash of 1929 occurred leading to the Great Depression. The roaring twenties came to an end. This event is significant to Canada because of its impact economically, politically and socially on the country.

Originally, ice hockey played a different role for the two countries. Hockey provided Canada an opportunity to develop a distinctive national identity. However, hockey allowed the Soviet Union to gain more recognition around the world. For the Soviets, the Series was an opportunity to demonstrate the dominance of socialism, surprise Canada with their skills and claim the Canadian game as their own. Whereas for Canadians, hockey was a way to build closer ties with the Soviet Union, and demonstrate their independence from the United States. Canada winning the series showed the world that they were a powerful nation ultimately showing democracy-beating communism. Canadians used the Summit Series as means of coming together to support their team and defend their national symbol, hockey. Moreover, for Canadians the Summit Series was intended to be a celebration of their global supremacy in ice hockey. Over the course of the month, the games captured the imagination of both nations; where players were swept away with the extra-sporting significance that the games had produced.

this has been a positive role for Canada because it highlights Canada’s willingness to help other countries fight natural disasters and provide them with

The article on Canada’s presence during the Sochi Olympics in 2014 shows a changing Canadian national identity. The article highlights a shift towards a more patriotic nation-state, one focused on success and pride. Canada’s success in the Olympics skyrocketed after the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, resulting in a surge of patriotism and confidence in the Canadian people. The Canadian government granted the Own the Podium program more funding, gaining $78.8 million over 8 years (Terlep & Bachman 2014). Canada’s increased interest and success in the Olympics has revived Canadian national pride. Canadians have become much more present during the Olympics, over 6000 tickets to the Sochi Games were bought by Canadians (Terlep & Bachman 2014). The people have also become more loud in their expressions of national identity, proudly wearing red and white, and maple leafs. The Canadian athletes displayed enthusiasm and vigour, taking selfies with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and nicknaming him “Vlad”, when he visited the Canadian House. Canadian politeness has seemingly been replaced with shameless swagger (Terlep & Bachman 2014).

Propaganda is a pre-planned use of any type of public announcement or for a large source of communication designed to influence the minds and trigger emotions on a given group for a certain purpose, whether for an economic, political or military purpose. The reason for propaganda is to gain the support of the viewers on an issue that usually presents false or misleading information, which has been used in both the winter and summer Olympics. The Olympics are supposed to an inspiration to many people around the world and bring nations closer together. For Canadians there has been many Olympics moments that have brought the country together from 1996 Summer Olympics in Seoul when Donavan Bailey won gold in the men’s 100 metre dash

The nation of Canada is well known for one sport that is in both America and Canada. Ice hockey has always been Canada’s first national sport. Two other sports are played professionally only in Toronto, Canada, and the U.S.; baseball and basketball. Basketball and baseball are not as relevant in Canada as hockey is. Canadians that are not from Toronto are usually less keen about basketball than Canadians that live in or near Toronto. Most Canadians love the sport with a passion, as it

Hockey became a sport that everyone could bond over. From natives, immigrants, and locals, hockey was able to form a community’s collective identity regardless of where they were from and their socio-economic status. According to Bairner, “there is certainly a perceived Canadian way of playing the game that is celebrated as being in some manner indicative of a national character—rugged, honest, utilitarian” (Bariner,125). This “Canadian way” could have effected Canada’s Olympic Performances because they do not want to be put in the same box as their southern counterpart, the United States. Even though the two countries are connected, Canadians pride themselves on being different from the United States and their standards. They do not want to be categorized together and the Olympics is an opportunity for them to distinguish themselves from Americans. As another powerful nation, the Olympics becomes a time for Canadians to prove that they are a contender among the United States, Russia, and China. The grit that is needed in hockey and the “Canadian way,” is then passed along to all the other Canadian athletes in the games. Hockey pretty much sets the tone for all the other athletes in the summer and in the winter

The history of Canada spans over hundreds of years. There have been endless defining occasion’s in our country's history that have constructed, and shaped our country. Canada has shaped as a nation politically, economically and socially through many consequences we have faced and many moments we have celebrated. Events such as the women's suffrage, Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope, and Stephen Harper apologizing to aboriginal people regarding what happened with the Residential School System have had a lasting impact on our country. Their significance to Canadian history is evident through the impact they have had on many of our citizens. They have played a leading role in carving our history to be the way it is today.

The Canadian culture is diverse and the Canadian people consider themselves friendly to outsiders and humorous. Ice hockey is the most common sport in Canada with a huge following, it is vastly considered the national sport of Canada, and as such, Canada has gone own to host the winter Olympics most recently the 2010 winter Olympics. Canadian football is the second most followed sport in Canada. Other widely followed sports include soccer rugby and

The Olympics help even the most rigid political and government leaders to come together and compete for their country. All of this helped our countries and the olympics become what they are today. Most of the facilities built for the 1980 Olympics continue to be effectively used up to this day because of how sturdily they were built. People who compete and watch the olympics have been inspired and their lives have been changed(especially those who have competed in the Games). The boycott of the Olympic Games hugely assisted the creation of the 1980 Games' legacy, especially when it came to new technologies. Many of the world's leading technology companies helped to create new and inspiring technology to be updated into what we have present day. One of the things that the Olympics helped to develop was, because many news crews were banned from Moscow, they needed to figure out a way to cover the Games. Therefore they came up with better camera and ways to communicate with the world outside of Moscow, Russia. All was well with the Olympics for a while(after 1984), until