L’Office National du Film du Canada vient de mettre en ligne son catalogue entier, soit plus de 10 000 films de long et court métrage. Parmi les titres animés on nous propose bien sûr le film classique Le chandail de hockey en français et en anglais.
Le critique de film américain Leonard Malthin a dit que ce n’était qu’après avoir vu ce film qu’il à compris à quel point le hockey est important aux Canadiens. Pourtant, il y a ceux qui disent que cette histoire est aussi bien une allégorie des tensions linguistiques et culturelles au Québec et au Canada.
Canadians in Tokyo got a head start on the Canada Day celebrations, kicking things off at 8:30 am with a pancake breakfast at the Maple Leaf Bar & Grill, followed by a Canada Day barbeque at Yoyogi Park including hot dogs, yakitori, a massive Canadian Flag cake, and imported Canadian beer. By 6pm things, as started to wind down at the park, people started the long trek back to Shibuya and into the Maple Leaf, where it was standing room only. Some pictures of the event.
Don’t let anyone tell you that Canada never contributed groundbreaking research to the medical field. First, the discovery and isolation of insulin by researchers at the University of Toronto; now this paper published in the British Medical Journal, co-authored by a Grade 8 student from Hamilton, Ontario.
Two last ski trips for the year. The first, at Mt. Washington, saw a beautiful attempt at a forward flip by Kevin, and Pippa ripping it up. For the second, I burned off on the 10 hour trek to Nelson, where Trav skiied until he dropped and I tried out the new Rossignol B2s.
Put a group of idiots together on skis and boards, and you’ve got a guaranteed recipe for a good time. Pictures of Tom’s 360 and Matt’s half a backflip.
Since the original I am Canadian ad, Molson has released a slew of others, but until recently, I haven’t been too impressed; however, the I Am Canadian Anthem is a hilarious 90-second snapshot of the cultural history of this country.
