Word: canadianism
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...Canadians may look like Americans and talk like Americans-almost. But our neighbors to the north differ in at least one important way: they celebrate Thanksgiving in October. As they have for the past 15 years, the Harvard Canadian Club, in an attempt to create a familiar atmosphere for Canucks abroad at Harvard while distancing themselves from crass U.S. customs, coordinated with the Dining Services staff to set up an elaborate annual buffet...
...night begins as large, muscular people sit at tables cordoned off from the chickwich-eating freshmen in Annenberg. As if the maple leaf-themed clothing isn't enough to prove their Canadian pride, when the Harvard University Band lines up to play "Oh, Canada," all 60 of the diners stand up and sing along. When conversation turns to hockey and Quebec separatism, there is no doubt that this is an authentic Canadian Thanksgiving...
...true Canadian style, the actual physical differences between the American and Canadian ways of celebrating are minor. Both are opportunities for family and friends to get together over the same traditional Thanksgiving cannon of turkey, stuffing, cranberries and mashed potatoes. The similarities stem from the fact that the holiday was originally American and only became a Canadian event after it was established in the U.S. Ryan D. Steingard '00, originally from Victoria, does not let this fact disturb him. "The U.S. had the original Thanksgiving, but we're just thankful were not Americans," he says...
Fields medal winners also receive a cash prize of $15,000 Canadian dollars, which is the equivalent of about $9,500 U.S. dollars, because the medal was established in 1936 by Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields...
With protest songs such as Big Yellow Taxi and classic folk-pop albums like Blue, the Canadian-born Mitchell established herself as one of the most important singer-songwriters in rock. But she doesn't consider herself a folkie; she sees herself somewhere between Miles Davis and Bob Dylan--unclassifiable. She has bebopped with Charles Mingus and explored African rhythms with the warrior drums of Burundi. A record store of younger artists--Seal, Sarah McLachlan, even Janet Jackson--has acknowledged her influence. Virtually every act on the first Lilith Fair owed her a debt, if not royalties. But because...