OTTAWA 2018

For this page I’m showing you a picture of the people I was with most of the trip. I didn’t expect to make any new friends but I made so many, but I’m specifically close to Erik and Celina. Erik is from Montreal and Celina is from Delta, BC. They are both amazing people and I’m so happy to have become friends with them. I hang out with Celina every little while and FaceTime Erik. 

Last day here in Ottawa as well as the day we depart to Vancouver!

Here is a diagram of the growth of Canada’s identity in World War I as I see it from my new knowledge. I touched on this in the beginning of this book but I think WWI brought Canada together and made Canada, Canada. If it was from some of the victory’s we had, or the death of a loved one, family member, friend, kid, parent, anyone. 

Today we were given 3 hours to walk and shop in downtown Ottawa! Here are some pictures.

“When a nation loses what is signified by its art it loses its own spirit, and when it loses the remembrance of the sacrifices and heroism by which it has gained the liberty it enjoys, it loses all the vision that makes a people great.”

On the left is my favourite picture from today. Its a picture of the National War Memorial located near Parliment. It was originally built to commemorate Canada&apos;s sacrifice in the First World War (1914–18). It now honours all of Canada&apos;s war dead. To symbolize the sacrifices made from  war, there are two bronze figures emerging through the great arch at the top. Overhead, two figures symbolize peace and freedom. When the Prime Minister Mackenzie King proposed the idea of this national memorial the opposition supported the idea but criticized the cost. Mackenzie King replied with: 

A fact relating to Parliment and Canada’s role in WWI is that the inside of Parliment is dark and gloomy to remember all the lives lost in WWI. I was surprised to hear this as you expect Parliment to be this bright bubbly place, but no. It makes sense, Canada wouldn’t have its independence without WWI, meaning Parliment wouldn’t be as important without WWI.

My favourite picture from visiting Parliment:

Today we went to the Defeinbunker, watch this video to find out what it is!

The Diefenbunker was super cool, spooky, and well, old. I’m really happy I got to explore down there as I had no idea what it was or that the Cold War existed before this day!

So this page is going to be a little check in on me, my Canadian identity and what I’ve learnt. Well before this trip I had little to no knowledge on Canada’s part of WWI so this trip was a really big learning experience. Textbooks and videos couldn’t come close to how educational this trip was. 

Here is a drawing I drew that shows the main lobby at the Terry Fox centre. I drew this because it was where I made my first new friends, and bonded with the current PLP people. Overall this space is just somewhere where it always felt welcome to sit in and talk to random people. 

If you press this audio button you will here a little jingle of sounds and then an announcement. I wanted to share this because it is what we heard 5 or more times a day 

Fun fact: They have a big rainbow tarp thing that me and my friends used frequently. It reminded us of kindergarten and was a lot of fun!

Adlih, Isabelle and I holding hands because we don’t like turbulence!

Melika, Daniel, Lucas, Logan, Maggie, Adlih and I all decided to play monopoly to kill some time as there were no planned activities. I almost won but Melika came out of no where and brutally made me bankrupt. 

For this day we Interviewed someone we did NOT know and asked them what they think Canada’s role in World War I was. Here’s the interview with a veteran named Miss Morrison.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Throughout learning about WWI, you ask your self this question: Would I join WWI if I was alive during it? Asking myself this... Would I? Probably not. 1) If I was a women during WWI I would have the choices of being a Nursing Sister, working in a factory, or being a mom and taking care of kids on my own. 2) WWI scares me... Extremely. Most people who went into WWI weren’t as educated as people are now on what they were getting themselves into. They didn’t know they could be messed up long term caused by PSTD or losing a body part. So..... my answer is no.

Here is a short video represent a aspect of daily life in WWI. 

Meet Jr. Digger MacDougall, a veteran. I asked him how he thinks WWI changed Canada’s identity. 

 A Canadian vehicle that was attacked by Serbian Troops in Croatia in 1994. We met a woman that knew the man that was shot in this attack.

Hitlers car from 1933. It is a black armoured Mercedes Benz Limousine which hitler used ass a parade car. It was captured by American troops in 1945 and brought it to Canada a few years later. 

Beautiful statues found at the National War Museum. 

This is a painting Is showing the First German Gas Attack at Ypres. 

Another interview! This time I had to interview someone I met at Encounters that doesn’t live in BC! So, I asked my friend Erik: “What is your perception of Canada’s identity?” Press the video below to listen to his answer.

So, what did I learn from asking Erik this question? I learnt that the province you live in really does effect your view on Canada’s Identity. We both experience and learn different things everyday. Everything do we everyday influences our answer to this question. Thanks to Erik for doing this interview!

Hello my name is Luca! I’m the one who wrote this book. So uuuhhh here are some facts about me! I love drawing and reading books. My best friends are what makes me happiest and I love picnics and hugs!

The assignment for this page is to draw a picture of a physical creation invented for war in World War I and how it worked, so I’m doing this on POISON GAS. During the Battle of Second Ypres in 1915, Germany used poisonous gases to kill the Canadians and French.The German Troops carried 5730 gas cylinders weighing 41 kg each to the front lines. The cylinders were then opened by hand and released chlorine gas that was carried by the wind towards there enemies. Over 6000 Canadians were hurt, blinded, or killed within 10 minutes from tissue damage in their lungs. So how does it work? Chlorine gas forms hypochlorous acid. When combined with water destroys moist tissue such as the lungs and eyes. The gas quickly filled the trenches and forced the troops out in heavy enemy fire. Poisonous gases where then used a lot in WW2.

The photo behind all of this text is a painting of the Battle or Second Ypres 

For this page I am going to talk about the topic of young men going into war, and feeling pressured to by the Government. The goal for this is to share 3 different points of view on this topic, and to discuss. POV 1, a very old way of thinking that I don’t agree with: Men should be forced to go to war to fight for our country. We need all men strong or not strong, tall or short, fit or not fit, old or young. All men, its there job. The women can stay home and take care of the kids. POV 2, a reasonable way to think: Men should be able to stay home if they want. There shouldn’t be pressure as that can cause lots of damage. No one should feel pressured to fight and kill people. POV 3: Men shouldn’t fight for there country ever even if they want to. Nor should women. War is pointless and too many people die.

Photos from inside and outside of Parliment.

Because the theme of this trip was Vimy Ridge I’m going to take this opportunity to show this painting of the Vimy Ridge Memorial in France. I saw this painting in the War Museum in Ottawa. This was the most insane Museum I’ve been to and taught me about every single war Canada was a part of. It really opened up my eyes and educated me. Anyways, back to the painting. Like I said before, its the memorial of Vimy Ridge in France. It was built in 1938 and is there to remind us of the victory at a terrible cost, with more than 10,000 killed and wounded. I think this painting was very well made and I wanted to share it in this book.

Before we embarked on the trip to Ottawa I was asked to find a photos that represents Canadas role in World War 1. I chose these because what I’ve noticed is that Canada stuck together. The brave men (and female nurses) who were a part of WWI were a team, and helped each other even if that meant they lost there own life. Selflessness was prevalent among all Canadians involved in WWI. 

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