Canadian Armed Forces

Activity description

Learn to read, write and say “Canadian Rangers” in several languages!

More than 60 percent of Canadian Rangers serving with the Canadian Armed Forces are Indigenous. Canadian Rangers live in more than 200 communities across Canada. They speak more than 25 different languages!

Let’s honour their service and recognize their diversity. Using the list below, read and hear the words “Canadian Rangers” in several languages. We’ve included some of the most spoken Indigenous languages in our country.

Who are the Canadian Rangers and what do they do?

Activity description

Students will learn about the Canadian Rangers by exploring the 5 Ws (who, what, when, where and why). They will work in teams to become “experts” on each aspect of the Rangers’ important work before reforming into mixed groups to share their findings. Students’ contributions will fit together into a puzzle forming an image representing a Canadian Ranger.

Aim

Youth will gain an awareness and understanding of the challenges faced by 2SLGBTQI+ Canadian service members during a time known as “The LGBT Purge.”

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Through this activity, youth will:

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Youth will gain a greater awareness of human rights in Canada and an understanding of some of the serious discrimination that 2SLGBTQI+ people have experienced while serving in uniform over the years. They will use this new knowledge to create an activity or artwork recognizing the service of 2SLGBTQI+ Veterans.

Aim

To increase youth awareness of Canadian Armed Forces efforts in the Gulf War.

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To increase youth awareness of Canadian Armed Forces efforts during the 1990-1991 Gulf War.

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To encourage youth to write thank you letters to Canadian Veterans who served in the Gulf War.

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