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*"Discover Canada" - open editing initiative* The Canadian government recently released a new document, "Discover Canada<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/pub/discover.pdf>" (pdf) that is the basis of the citizenship test for new Canadians. It contains a fairly significant section on Canadian history and, as you might expect, many Canadian historians who weren't consulted on the project have opinions about shortfalls in the document. The other day, Andrew Smith<http://andrewdsmith.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/discover-canada-errors/>posted a blog entry that suggested: "maybe we should investigate using a Wikipedia-type process to write a real guide for new citizens. A more widely distributed process would be the best way of coming up with a statement of consensus values in modern-day Canada." So, I’ve created a wiki and added the text from the “Canada’s History” section of the document. I encourage anyone interested in Canadian history to feel free to edit it as you see fit. Once everyone has had an opportunity to add their input, I will pass along the result to the Canadian government as a recommendation for improving the guide. The wiki is located at: http://discover-canada.wikispot.org/ You can add to, subtract from, or make any changes you like. Adam Crymble [Ed. note: Maclean's latest editorial on Nov. 23 issue has a positive view on this recent citizenship guide. The editorial is not yet available on Maclean's website, but should be later this week. The editorial is on page 2 and titled "A textbook for Canada".]
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