Scan this booklet and make a list of official icons. Then do an online search of various icons ( e.g. Canadian flag), and find out where they have been used.
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Take notes & add to to each icon on your list:
1) URL of site....................................
2) Type of site ( for profit, government etc) ....................................
3) Emotions meant to be invoked by publishers of symbol ....................................
4) Attempting to sell what?- a product ....................................
- an idea?....................................
Question: what are some informal symbols of Canada - are they meaningful to you & others?
"Canadian Bacon”
Anne of Green Gables
AVRO Arrow
Beaver
Bob and Doug McKenzie
Canadarm
Canadian Tire
CBC and Radio Canada
CN Tower
Hockey Night in Canada
Hudson's Bay Blankets
Hudson's Bay Company
I am Canadian!
Inukshuk
Loonie
Maple Syrup
Mister Dressup
Niagara Falls
RCMP
Smarties
Snow
Stanley Cup
Totem Poles
Twonie
West Edmonton Mall
