Citizenship Week (May 22 -28, 2023)

May 22 – 28, 2023 is recognized as Citizenship Week, an annual opportunity for Canadian citizens to reaffirm their citizenship and celebrate what it means to be Canadian.  

There are many ways you can celebrate being Canadian: 

• Take part in our citizenship
  • Attend or host a citizenship ceremony, organize a reaffirmation ceremony and celebrate Canada Day and Citizenship Week
• Teacher’s Corner
  • Resources and games to teach citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism subjects
• Canada: Day 1
  • How newcomers made Canada their new home
• Canada: A history of refuge
  • Learn more about the history of refugees in Canada
• Francophone Immigration in Canada: a part of our history
  • How Francophone immigration contributes to Canada’s cultural richness and socioeconomic development
• Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
  • Equality of women and men, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and defending Canada
• Canadian identity and society
  • Anthems and symbols, languages, Indigenous peoples and cultures, human rights and multiculturalism

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