“We’ve known for a long time that water is alive. Water can hear you. Water can sense what you are saying and what you are feeling… Give it respect and it can come alive. Like anything. Like a person who is sick… if you give them love, take care of them, they’ll come alive.” Josephine Mandamin,

Anishinaabe elder, water-rights advocate, Anishinabek Nation Chief Water Commissioner

Today in Canadian History

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20
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Environmental Movement in Canada

The environmental movement seeks to protect the natural world and promote sustainable living. These questions are based on the real citizenship test taken by newcomers on the path to citizenship.

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Environmental Movement

The environmental movement seeks to protect the natural world and promote sustainable living. It had its beginnings in the conservation efforts of the early 1900s, when conservationists aimed to slow the rapid depletion of Canadian resources in favour of more regulated management.

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Canada History Week 2020: Environmental History Learning Tool

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