🇨🇦 Canada National Day 🇨🇦
July 1
On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act
was passed, uniting the three distinct colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia,
and New Brunswick. Originally called Dominion Day, Canada Day was not
officially celebrated until its 50th anniversary in 1917.
The diversity of those three distinct colonies was not lost or
diminished. Canadians take great pride in their country’s multicultural,
integrated, and inclusive citizenship.
In recognition of these
fundamental beliefs, Canada enacted the Multiculturalism Policy of
Canada in 1971. The first of its kind in the world, this policy
confirmed the rights of Aboriginal peoples and the status of Canada’s
two official languages.
Today’s Doodle depicts celebratory desserts that reflect the
country’s vast regional and ethnic diversity by highlighting the 13
provinces and territories.
Bonne Fête Canada!
Indulge your sweet tooth
with the delights depicted in the Doodle:
- German krapfen
- Chinese mooncake
- Portuguese pasteis
- Italian tiramisu
- English jelly
- French chocolate eclairs
- Turkish delight
- Spanish churros
- Inuit bannock
- Punjab jalebi
- American doughnuts
https://www.google.com/doodles/canada-national-day-2017
Tom Longboat
Tom Longboat, a Canadian long-distance runner celebrated as one of the greatest marathoners of all time.
Longboat was a member of the Onondaga Nation, born in 1887 on Six Nations Reserve, south of Brantford, Ontario.
He first began racing in his early teenage years, inspired by Bill Davis, another First Nations runner who finished second in the Boston Marathon in 1901.
Alternate concept of the Doodle below featuring
Tom transitioning between marathon and military runner
Tom transitioning between marathon and military runner
Animation by Matthew Cruickshank
It didn’t take long for Longboat to chase Davis’ legacy. He began racing in 1905 as an amateur and won his first Boston Marathon just two years later, in 1907, making Longoat the first member of the First Nations to win the Boston Marathon. In fact, during his career as an amateur racer, Longboat only lost a total of three races! Two years after winning the Boston Marathon, he went on to become a professional racer.
Longboat was one of the first athletes to use a training technique involving rotating training days of hard workouts, easier workouts and recovery days. While these training methods are widely accepted today, he faced skepticism from coaches and media despite consistent victories and multiple world records.
During his professional racing career, Longboat also served in the Canadian Army as a dispatch runner in World War I. He largely ran across France, delivering messages between military posts. This was dangerous work, and he was actually mistakenly declared dead twice during his service! Once he finished his service for the military, he retired to the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, where he lived for the remainder of his life.
Tom Longboat’s legacy lives on as one of Canada’s greatest athletes.
June 4 is his birthday, it is officially “Tom Longboat Day” in Ontario!
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