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PROUD BE CANADIAN [6 records]

Record 1 2017-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Sociology of Women
OBS

Canadian Girls in Training(CGIT) : Accepts girls as they are, recognizing that every girl is unique. Challenges girls to develop their leadership skills through participating, learning, planning, and camping. Assists girls to grow in their faith while learning to Cherish Health, Seek Truth, Know God, and Serve Others. Listens to girls in a supportive way through small group discussions. Links girls with a leader who will be their friend, help them to understand their problems, and share in their dreams. Encourages girls to build on their strengths and to be proud of being who they are. Provides girls with opportunities to discover ways of helping others. Helps girls develop a network with others across the country... a lifetime of support to help them live a life with a purpose. Shows girls how to center their life in Christ, so that they can become the girls God would have them be.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Sociologie des femmes

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intergovernmental Bodies and Committees
OBS

Canada's national, provincial and territorial park agencies work together, through the Canadian Parks Council, to ensure that Canadians can continue to be proud of the role parks and protected areas play in preserving our country's natural capital.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités intergouvernementaux
OBS

Les organismes des parcs nationaux, provinciaux et territoriaux travaillent ensemble [...] pour assurer que les Canadiennes et les Canadiens peuvent être fiers de la contribution des parcs et des aires protégées à la protection des abondantes richesses naturelles du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Protection of Life
OBS

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is proud to sponsor this wonderful program aimed at keeping kids safe in the woods. Inspired in 1981 by the search for nine year old Jimmy Beveridge in southern California, this program was initiated by Ab Taylor to teach children how to survive in the woods if they ever become lost. The program focuses on the most basic and vital survival principles and although specifically designed for children between the ages of 7 and 11, it can be effective with slightly younger and older children as well. Hug-A-Tree and Survive" is a children's Search and Rescue(SAR) prevention program aimed at children from kindergarden to Grade 6. The main purpose of this program is to teach them; how not to become lost in the woods; what to do if they do become lost; how not to come to harm; how they can help searchers find them.

Key term(s)
  • Hug-a-Tree and Survive

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Sécurité des personnes
OBS

La GRC est fière de parrainer ce merveilleux programme conçu pour aider les enfants perdus en forêt. Inspiré en 1981 par la recherche en Caroline du Sud de Jimmy Beveridge 9 ans, ce programme fut initié par Ab Taylor pour apprendre aux enfants comment survivre en forêt si jamais ils s'y perdent. Le programme est basé sur les éléments essentiels de survie et bien qu'il vise les enfants de 7 à 11 ans il peut aussi être enseigné à des enfants un peu plus jeunes ou un peu plus vieux. Pour survivre, reste près d'un arbre est un programme de prévention en recherche et sauvetage visant les étudiants de la maternelle à la sixième; il a pour but de leur montrer : comment ils peuvent éviter de se perdre dans la forêt; ce qu'ils doivent faire s'ils se perdent; comment éviter les blessures; comment aider les sauveteurs à les retrouver.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Ice Hockey
OBS

The Ontario Provincial Junior "A" Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Junior A Hockey League and is bound by the rules and regulations of both organizations. The league dates back to 1968 with teams based in the Greater Toronto Area, Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, and Northeastern Ontario. The OPJHL is proud to be the largest junior league in all of Canada. The OPJHL prides itself on its professional presentation as an amateur sports league and provides talented young players an opportunity to play at a competitive level of hockey. One of the main goals of the OPJHL is to further the players's educational goals and to develop their hockey skills by exposing them to college and professional coaches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Hockey sur glace

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
  • Rail Transport
CONT

Canadian Pacific is proud to be the official rail freight services provider for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
  • Transport par rail
CONT

Ontario Northland est un important fournisseur de services marchandises ferroviaires à l'échelle du Nord-Est de l'Ontario, transportant des produits forestiers, minéraux et chimiques.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

VSO Canada is proud to be the Canadian partner of Voluntary Service overseas(VSO). VSO is an international development agency that works through volunteers. We promote volunteering to fight global poverty, by supporting people to share skills, creativity and learning with communities around the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

VSO Canada est une agence de développement international qui agit par l'intermédiaire de volontaires : notre organisme préconise, en effet, le volontariat pour aider les pauvres et les défavorisés à s'en sortir. Il regroupe des personnes désireuses de partager leurs compétences, leur créativité et leurs connaissances dans le but de bâtir un meilleur monde.

Spanish

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