Now, 72 works by some of Canada's best-known artists -- Alex Colville, Charles Comfort and four Group of Seven painters among them -- have emerged from storage in a bus barn for a show at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Titled Canvas of War: Masterpieces from the Canadian War Museum, at least half have never been on public display before, says historian and war museum chief Jack Granatstein. ... The state of the war museum's multimillion-dollar art collection proves his case, he says. ... Over the Top, by Alfred Bastien -- Image from Canadian War Museum And Ja...

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Canada is a part of Commonwealth led by queen Elizabeth II, submitted in Canada by the general-governor. Political build of Canada - constitutional monarchy. ... Ottawa is bests known as Canada's capital, but it is also a leader in the new economy and its residents enjoy an enviable quality of life. ... There is a great number of museums in Ottawa: Bytown museum, Canada Aviation museum, Canada Science and Technology museum, Canadian museum of Civilization, Canadian museum of Nature, Canadian Postal museum, the Canadian War museum and etc. ... Tourism also pays a significant role contribu...

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Niagara Canada My visit to Ontario Canada was exciting and very informative. ... I didn't think that there was going to be a lot to see in Canada but I soon found out that I was completely wrong. ... It is actually a museum/haunted house. ... The legal age for drinking in Canada is 19. ... It is Canada's leading producer of premium VQA wines. ...

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Organization Presentation The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is an incorporated not-for-profit organization under the Law of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. ... The auditor's report for the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is addressed to its members. ... Major Accounting Choices The MMFA made the decision to prepare its 2011 financial statements in accordance with the Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. ... The museums long term debt balance dropped by $3.4 M, to reach $16.4 in 2011. ... This change is mainly due to the use of two lines of credits specially set up for the...

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Roberta Bondar - A Biography In January of 1992, Roberta Lynn Bondar made Canada very proud when she became the first female Canadian to go into space. ... Bondar has also photographed all of Canada's national parks for a millennium project entitled 'Passionate Vision - Discovering Canada's National Parks', which began touring Canada as an exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature in June of 2000. It completed a four-month showing at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and opened in April of 2001 at the Regional Art and Historical Museum in London, Ontario. The exhibit...

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(Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2001) FAMOUS DISCOVERIES Some of the most famous discoveries in the bogs was Tollund man (1950) and Yde Girl (1897), as mentioned. ... (Drents Museum, 2003). ... (Drents Museum, 2003). ... The mayor informed the Drents Museum (in the Netherlands) about the find and fortunately the museum was interested in preserving the body, including the woolen cape that was also found with her. ... (Drents Museum, 2003) CONCLUSION Thanks to modern scientific and archaeological technology (such as Carbon 14 dating and facial reconstructions), we can rev...

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This put a huge strain on English - French relations in canada. ... The English speaking Canadians pointed out that only four percent of the man power involved in the war were French Canadians, yet forty percent of the men between eighteen and forty-five are French Canadian. ... (Canadian War Museum, par 1) So Mackenzie King introduced an act that called for a countrywide registration of suitable men and approved conscription for home defense called the National Resources Mobilization Act. ... (Canadian War Museum, par 3) The results of the plebiscite show how divided French and English ...

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Yousuf's parents decided to send him to Canada, where his uncle volunteered to sponsor him. ... He thought that Ottawa was the best place for a studio for reasons such as Ottawa being his first home in Canada and because he knew that with Ottawa being the capital many important people would be in the area. ... (www.bellisland.net) In early 1943 Yousuf was arranged to by the Canadian government to sail overseas to photograph wartime leaders and others in England. ... But his work is still found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of...

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Finally we land, I have arrived, Toronto airport, Ontario, Canada. ... Another thing about the Canadians is that they are all really polite and they are nearly always smiling. Okay, enough of me praising the Canadians, lets get going. ... I am in Ingersoll, the home of the famous cheese factory, no really, Ingersoll is a really small town where the highlight of its attractions is the cheese factory museum. ... In nearly every town in Canada there is a chain of coffee houses called Tim Hortons, it's the type of place where you are really reluctant to try, but as soon as you take your f...

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There were schools in every province and territory in Canada except Newfoundland & Labrador. Native Canadians are the backbone of much Canadian history, and still, the Native Canadian children were deprived, abused, and secluded for years in these schools. ... These schools, run by religious people, were not a choice for Native Canadians. ... There were a total of 130 schools across Canada, and over 90 000 children attended them. ... The Aboriginal Healing Foundation of Canada has been working for years to make Canadians today aware of the Residential schools for Native Canadians and the effec...

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The Wiley-Dander Seaway Act stated that the United States Government would work with the Canadian Government to develop a 114-mile navigation channel in the St. ... His actions toward world diplomacy by working with other countries like Canada and Russia began a new economic trend with other countries. The Dwight David Eisenhower museum in Abilene, Kansas is full of mementos from his family life, his military career, and his presidency. His childhood home has been completely restored and is located on the museum site. ...

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The different climates and natural resources found throughout Canada attract Canadians. ... Canada's geography has helped to raise Canada's economic prosperity. On the other hand the geography of Canada has also cost Canada economically. ... Many Canadian's know nothing about the Northern region of Canada. ... Although Canada has a great abundance of resources, Canadians have to use them wisely. ...

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Canadian-American artist Agnes Martin is best known for geometric paintings based on grid patterns. ... Agnes Martin was born in Maklin, Saskatchewan, Canada on March 22, 1912. ... A number of works by Agnes Martin and some of her former neighbors, among them the painters Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, James Rosenquist, and Jack Youngerman, were brought together in the exhibition "Nine Artists/Coenties Slip," held at the downtown branch of the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1974. ... Guggenheim Museum in 1966. ...

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It is not only the metaphysical city of tolls, hills and monuments but also the town with the highest density of poets and museums in South-Eastern Europe. ... Food and other products are very cheap compared to Canadian prices. ... In Iasi every rock "speaks of the past" through the high number of monasteries, museums, cultural buildings, reason for which we can say that the city is a national museum through its cultural treasures...

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David Suzuki is Canada's finest science broadcaster. ... Like most Japanese-Canadians living on Canada's West coast, as a consequence of a war-time measure by the government, the Suzuki's were sent to an internment camp at Slocan, British Columbia in 1942. ... He turned his room into a little museum of rocks, fossils, freshwater fish, insects, etc. ... He returned to Canada by enrolling in the University of Alberta. ... During this year the Canadian Booksellers Association named Suzuki Author of the Year. ...

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Many Iroquois tribes who fought for the British moved to Canada. ... Pennsylvania has a number of great museum like Carnegie in Pittsburgh and The Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Houdini Museum is located in Scranton and is the only place in world dedicated to the famous magician. ... From the outdoors to music festivals, museums and zoos; Pa. may be the place for you....

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Central Malakula, Iapkotas village Burial Plaque (nenglataki), 20th century Tree fern, leaves and grasses, mud, pigments 96.5 x 10.4 x 17.7 cm. 1992.190 Museum purchase, with funds realized through the deaccession and sale of gifts from Marjorie van Andel and Tjeerd van And Oceania encompasses about 25,000 islands clustered in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, and the collection addresses both of these regions comprehensively. ... Tlingit people Northwest Coast, Canada, Queen Charlotte's Island Crest Hat, late 19th century Carved and painted cedar inlaid with abalone shell ...

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Ronald Burgos 9/28/00 Period1 The Rosetta Stone In 1799, when Napoleon's army was dismantling a wall in Rashid, Egypt, they discovered the Rosetta Stone. Little did they know that this 11-inch thick piece of rock would be one of the greatest discoveries in history! It contained Egyptian scri...

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Philip Currie is a world-renown paleontologist, and curator of dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta. His work takes him all around the globe, including places like China, Canada, Montana, Mongolia, and even the Arctic. ... At one location in Alberta, Canada, Currie found over a hundred centrosaurus. ...

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Once a classy, power hungry coordinator at Toronto's Museum of Natural History, she has become lazy, appearing old and lifeless. ... Lesje is Nate's lover and Elizabeth's coworker at the museum. ... Tiny, but muscular, he also worked at the museum. ... Setting Life Before Man is set in Toronto, Canada. ...

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A new demand for Nature-based, adventure and eco- tourism has risen significantly in Canada over the past decade, creating a major window of opportunity for Canada's tourism industry (Buckley, 2002). ... New protected areas are being drafted and implemented in all parts of Canada in hopes of equal monetary distribution (Lansing, 2002). ... It already employs one sixteenth of the world's work force and generates annual worldwide revenue of over 2.5 trillion Canadian dollars. ... This organization runs the museum in Algonquin Park, has two bookstores, and organizes tours, lectures and...

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In 1998 Mexico tallied 19.8 million visits by tourists with most coming from the U.S. or Canada.... Then it's a visit to the National Museum of Anthropology, the expansive Zocalo Square, and the National Palace before marveling at the floating gardens of Vochimilco. ...

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Galt, was also a superintendent of the British development firm "Canada Company". ... Guelph is considered one the first planned towns in Canada. ... The Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway and the Guelph Junction Railway run through Guelph and are used to transport industrial goods and resources. ... Agri-food generates $63 billion a year in Canada. ... Guelph's unemployment rate is smaller than Canada's. ...

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Part 1: Book Summery Truth and Bright Water are dual communities separated by a river and the Canadian/American border. ... Upon arrival in Toronto, Swimmer got a job at the Royal Ontario Museum, and attempted, unsuccessfully to sell paintings of animals on the weekends. ... Pg. 129 He became renowned for his ability to restore other museum art. ...

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Also, 660 were founded in Britain and Ireland, 156 in Canada, and a handful of libraries were also scattered in New Zealand, the West Indies, and even Fiji. ... Also benefiting from Carnegie's charity includes various Carnegie museums of history, science, and art, Carnegie Hall in New York, and other public-spirited organizations. ...

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