Newfoundland

Ontario where I currently am still living in. My parents, as well as their parents, were born Newfoundland, Canada. Both of my parents come from hard working fishing families and from the countless times of visiting Newfoundland, I can say that Ontario and Newfoundland are vastly different in terms of culture, history, and way of living. My Newfoundland Heritage has without a doubt had an effect on me. Newfoundland and Labrador are known for their friendly people. Real and genuine, warm and…

For this article, we'll be taking a look at my fave five facts about Newfoundland. 5. The first to receive a transatlantic signal. Guglielmo Marconi was an inventor from Bologna, Italy. In 1901, Marconi received the first transatlantic radio message on Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland. 4. Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills get schooled about the seal hunt. In Spring 2006, former premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Danny Williams, had a debate about Canada's annual seal hunt with…

I remember when I use to live in Newfoundland, it was so different for me since I was born and raised in Brampton Ontario, and there was no multi culture on this island. When I first moved there I remember people would stare at me and look at me differently because of my skin color they would automatically assume I wasn’t from Canada or not Canadian because I wasn’t “white”. They wouldn’t consider me as a “Canadian” as well as a “Newfie” because I didn’t have the “Canadian” accent. Another…

In the play jacob’s wake by Michael Cook a major focus is on the kitchen of the house. Culturally in newfoundland the kitchen is the hub of the household. A majority of the time it was the only place in the house where there was heat was thus becoming a congregating ground. The symbol of the newfoundland kitchen ties the newfoundland family together. The kitchen not only ties the family together in a symbolic way, but also in a physical way, being the kitchen is one of the only warm places in…

America, and returns to his ancestral home of Newfoundland. While in Newfoundland, Quoyle experiences unprecedented personal growth, becoming a better father to his two young daughters, and a more self-sufficient…

The author of “The Lost Salt Gift of Blood”, Alistair Macleod, has presented whoever the reader is with a wonderful, vivid image of Newfoundland. The story shows how much effort the author put into the imagery in order to give the reader a great painting in the mind. Saying that “even far out, somewhere beyond Cape Spear lies Dublin and the Irish coast; far away but still the nearest land, and closer now than is Toronto or Detroit” (Macleod) helps us understand that John (the son) would not like…

twelfth chapter of the text, Atlantic Canada: A History, authors Hiller and Conrad cover the economic crisis and adaptations to mass consumer culture within the Maritimes and Newfoundland during this period. This chapter explores the economic struggle of the Maritimes during this time, and the troubles that the Maritimes, Newfoundland and the First Nations people faced. It also examines the Maritimes' response after these events, as well as their adaptation to mass consumer culture and…

The Inuit People of Newfoundland and Labrador Introduction Once known as the Eskimos, the Inuit (The people) are a group of indigenous people originating in Asia. The Inuit have a worldwide population of approximately 155,000 (2). Of this 155,000 approximately 59,000 live within Canada, with the rest of the population living in Alaska, Greenland, and Russia (2). In Canada the Inuit live in four regions, one of these being Nunatsiavut; a recent self-governed region approved in 2005 under the…

David French is a well-known Canadian playwright and his play Salt-Water Moon showcases Canadian identity in many ways. Through the dialect spoken by the protagonists, Mary Snow and Jacob Mercer, in a Canadian accent instead of the Newfoundland accent the play intended, the Canadian identity is questioned. Also, with the play being focused around Mary and Jacob living in the aftermath of World War One and the battle of Beaumont Hamel, French makes known the battle that ultimately slaughtered…

in their own barbed wire. (Newfoundland and the Great War, 2014) Private Anthony Stacey, who watched the assault from a forward trench, recalled he “could see no moving, but lots of heaps of khaki slumped on the ground.” (Veterans Affairs, 2014) The few Newfoundlanders who made it to the German lines realized the week-long artillery barrage that preceded the battle had not cut the German barbed wire. In 30 minutes, it was all over. Over 700 members of the Newfoundland Regiment were killed,…