For Canada Day, we"re peering up at "Passage migratoire" ("Migratory Passage"), an art installation of hanging woven canoes in Old Québec City. It was part of the 2016 edition of Passages Insolites (Unusual Passages), an annual public art exhibition in the historic Petit-Champlain and Saint-Roch districts of the city. The canoe has long been associated with Canada"s national history, linked with early explorers, fur traders, Indigenous peoples, and colonists who ventured out into the wilderness of the great north. The artist behind this installation, Giorgia Volpe, was inspired by "the idea of migration and its influence on the formation of our society and our territory." Canada welcomes on average about 200,000 immigrants each year, many of whom will become Canadian citizens. The migrations continue…
Celebrating migrations
Today in History
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Here, fishy!
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The frog prince?
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It’s Giving Tuesday
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Wildlife crossing, Wierden, Netherlands
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Groundhog Day arrives—beyond a shadow of a doubt
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Over and under the delta
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Indigenous living
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Prague, Czech Republic
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Pride 2022
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Surfer s paradise
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Bluespotted ribbontail ray
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Incense making, Vietnam
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World Reef Day
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Hezké svátky
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Children at play for International Day of Friendship
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Legacy mural in Philadelphia
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A memorial in Germany
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International Nurses Day
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A bull, some flowers, and a stratovolcano
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The meeting point of the winds
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Avatar Mountains, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China
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Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
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3,000 years of history
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Celebrating women in science
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Gray days ahead in Monterey
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Earth Science Week
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Paradise, found
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
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The mighty, mighty mushroom
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Swinging into International Jazz Day