Canadian Values: Social and

Political Perspectives
PREPARED BY : WENFANG, SETARE, EILEEN, ABU, WAMIQ
PREPARED FOR : RITA / EAP2 BLENDED CLASS
PRESENTATION DATE : OCT,21,2019
  Canadian Values
 Two Canadian Icons
 Two Important Events
 What happened
 How it happened

OUTLINE 


Why it happened
Lessons learned
 Impact on a personal, academic,
professional level
 Conclusion
 Thank you slide
 References
 Inspirational quote
 Louis Riel
October 22, 1844 – May 20,
1885

• Canadian politician
• Founder of Manitoba
• Political
leader of the Métis
people
• 2 rebellions
Terry Fox • Scholarly attention

July 28, 1958 - June 28, 1981

• Canadian athlete
• Humanitarian
• Cancer research
Two Canadian Icons
activist
• Long distance runner
  Enthusiastic athlete
 One leg having been
amputated due to
cancer
 Marathon Of Hope

Terry Fox

Two Important
Events  Red River Rebellion 1869–1870
 Exacerbated by an influx of
Anglophone Protestant settlers
 preserve Métis rights and
culture Louis Riel
 What happened

Marathon of hope
How it
happened
• Supported by some companies &
his friend
• Starting from Newfoundland
• Facing with bad weather, hard
ship & collecting a little money
• Receiving help from Sharp
• End the marathon
 Why Marathon of hope
happened?

Terry got angry of

He watched other
During his treatment little money for
patients
cancer research

“I could not leave knowing these faces and

The 16 months of feelings would still exist even though I would be
treatment marked set free from mine,”
Terry with new “Somewhere, the hurting must stop… and I was
purpose determined to take myself to the limit for those
causes.”
What we
learned from
Terry Fox

 Hope – Follow dream

 Patience – Never give
up
 Inspiration – Motivate
people
Impact
 Personal
take care other (who needs help)

 Academic
To date over $700 million has been raised for cancer
research in Terry's name.

 Professional level
Make health system more perfect and Canadian's life
more beautiful
Conclusion

 Based on the information in all slides, I think Terry Fox was an

admirable person because he exhibits the fallowing qualities as
mentioned above in slides !!
 Thankyou slide

On behalf of my instuctor & peers, I would like to thank-you all for listening our presentation &
taking out time from your busy schedule. I hope that this was a useful presentation for all of you.
Once again, thank-you so much!!
 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/
louis-riel
 https://terryfox.org/
 Coupland, D. (2005). Terry. Berkeley, CA: Douglas &
McIntyre
 Terry fox Quote

References  https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2011
/10/19/terry_fox_to_be_inducted_into_medical_hall
_of_fame.html
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BzyHYZgMz8
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2wo-
azdmmA
 https://terryfox.org/terrys-story/marathon-of-hope/
Inspirational Quote