The bad news is I’m very sleepy, typing from a cozy bed, and I’m not going to last long. The good news is that I’ve got a collection of tweets to share with you, BuzzFeed-style, before I lose consciousness.
1. Bet you didn’t know Labrador has a flag, well it does
It's Labrador's Flag Day and they have a very nice one pic.twitter.com/F2DHcZ1bVY
— Andrew Fifield (@prehensiletail) March 31, 2017
2. Winnipeg’s Portage Avenue is so wide because of carts
Ever wonder why Portage Avenue is so wide? Pierre Burton knew… pic.twitter.com/zq4hnO3Ob7
— Brent Bellamy (@brent_bellamy) January 11, 2017
3. This is what the Toronto TD Centre looked like when it was built
Easy to forget how much of a departure the TD Centre was when built – Toronto circa 1969 via @Stephen_Job #modernism pic.twitter.com/YtRvjq0Cdy
— Jason Thorne (@JasonThorne_RPP) February 20, 2016
4. Canada’s anti-Nazi war propaganda was great
Canada vs the alt-right, 1941. pic.twitter.com/3zvaizTBYx
— Adam Bunch (@TODreamsProject) February 7, 2017
5. Also from WWII, whatever this is
Canadian newspaper prints altered Hitler photos: "Would you know Der Fuhrer’s face if he settled in Western Canada?" https://t.co/ym97eUPzpQ pic.twitter.com/4MkkwK6G81
— WW2 Tweets from 1939 (@RealTimeWWII) April 24, 2017
6. A visualization of human history in the land now called Canada
here is a graph I did a few yrs ago using conservative dates for Indigenous and non-Indigeous multi-year settlement in what is now Canada: pic.twitter.com/glJTsKjH2V
— Adele Perry (@AdelePerry) June 23, 2017
7. This crazy stat (though note the “Canadian” qualifier is what makes this true)
Queen Elizabeth II has appointed every single Canadian Governor General. All 11, soon to be 12, starting with Vincent Massey. Think of that. pic.twitter.com/iT4TnaYS2n
— David Akin 🇨🇦 (@davidakin) July 13, 2017
8. This perspective on the recentness of colonization
First contact with europeans didn't happen very long ago. For perspective, I'm of the first generation to speak english as my first language
— Martin Heavy Head (@mheavyhead) July 22, 2017