OATH OF ALLEGIANCE: Reading Canada’s Constitution From Six Miles Deep
When a newcomer becomes a Canadian citizen, they stand in a room, raise their right hand, and swear an oath to the King. When a…
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OATH OF ALLEGIANCE: Reading Canada’s Constitution From Six Miles Deep
When a newcomer becomes a Canadian citizen, they stand in a room, raise their right hand, and swear an oath to the King. When a…
Tyendinaga Youth wins the James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Award
Tyendinaga resident Emily Workman, 12 years old, is one of six winners of the prestigious James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Awards for her poem, When Skunk Smelled like Flowers.
Danielle Brant, Emily’s mother, tells me that after Emily finished writing she told her mother, as a matter-of-fact, that she was going to win the award. But despite her confident prediction, Emily could not contain her tears while hearing the news.