PRELIM GROUP

TASK
PERFORMANCE
Leader:
Joya G. Araneta
Members:
Via Maria Arevalo, Aubrey Endencio
Kyla Marie Catolico, TJ Tabligan
NORTH AMERICA
 BANNOCK
FOODS
- Bannock is a type of fry bread, which
originates from Scotland but was eventually
adopted by the Indigenous peoples of
Canada, particularly the Métis of western
Canada. 

The bread was brought to Canada by

Scottish explorers and traders, where the
Indigenous adopted the recipe over the
18th and 19th centuries, using corn flour or
plants rather than the wheat flour of the
Europeans.  The Scottish cooked the bread
on a griddle called a Bannock Stone, which
they placed on the floor in front of a fire.

POUTINE - Poutine is a dish of French fries and

cheese curds topped with a brown gravy. It
emerged in Quebec, in the late 1950s in the
Centre-du-Québec region, though its exact
origins are uncertain and there are several
competing claims regarding its invention.
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CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede happens each year in
July in Calgary, Alberta. It's known as the
'Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth' and involves

STAMPEDE concerts, rodeos, carnival rides, exhibitions,

parades and agricultural competitions. It's
core objective is to "preserve and celebrate
western heritage, culture and community
spirit". The Stampede is one of Canada's
biggest traditions, as over one million people
from around the world visit every year. The
festival is at the heart of Canadian culture,
bringing the old with the new and celebrating
all that's great about Canadian traditions.
- Halloween is one of the most important and
exciting times of the Canadian year. People
around the world celebrate this harvest
festival, and it's an equally big deal in Canada.
It is thought to be worth over a billion
Canadian dollars a year!

HALLOWEEN In the city of Vancouver, residents set off

fireworks to celebrate from their back
gardens as it is the only holiday they can
legally do so. They must get permits however,
and must be over the legal age to buy
fireworks, which is 19. The city can get very
loud on the night of Halloween!
 FAITH/RELIGION
- Religion in Canada encompasses a wide range of groups and beliefs.
Christianity is the largest religion in Canada, with Roman Catholics having the
most adherents. Christians, representing 67.2% of the population in 2011, are
followed by people having no religion with 23.9% of the total population. Other
faiths include Islam (3.2%), Hindus (1.5%), Sikhs (1.4%), Buddhists (1.1%), and
Jews (1.0%).Rates of religious adherence are steadily decreasing. The
preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms refers to God. The
monarch carries the title of "Defender of the Faith". However, Canada has no
official religion, and support for religious pluralism and freedom of religion is
an important part of Canada's political culture. Before the European
colonization, a wide diversity of Aboriginal religions and belief systems were
largely animistic or shamanistic, including an intense tribal reverence for
spirits and nature. The French colonization beginning in the 16th century
established a Roman Catholic francophone population in New France,
especially Acadia (later Lower Canada, now Nova Scotia and Quebec). British
colonization brought waves of Anglicans and other Protestants to Upper
Canada, now Ontario. The Russian Empire spread Eastern Orthodoxy to a small
extent to the tribes in the far north and western coasts, particularly
hyperborean nomadic like the Inuit; Orthodoxy would arrive on the mainland
with immigrants from the Soviet Union, Eastern Bloc, Greece and elsewhere
during the 20th century. With Christianity in decline after having once been
central and integral to Canadian culture and daily life, Canada has become a
post-Christian, secular state despite the majority of Canadians claiming an
affiliation with Christianity. The majority of Canadians consider religion to be
unimportant in their daily lives, but still believe in God. The practice of religion
is now generally considered a private matter throughout society and the state.
On Sundays, between 15 and 25 percent of Catholic Canadians attend Mass
(15 percent weekly attenders and another 9 percent monthly).
 CUSTOMS
- The customs of Canada embodies the artistic, culinary, literary, humor, musical, political
and social elements that are representative of Canadians. Throughout Canada's history, its
culture has been influenced by European culture and traditions, mostly by the British and
French, and by its own indigenous cultures. Over time, elements of the cultures of Canada's
immigrant populations have become incorporated to form a Canadian cultural mosaic.
Certain segments of Canada's population have, to varying extents, also been influenced by
American culture due to shared language (in English-speaking Canada), significant media
penetration and geographic proximity. Canada is often characterized as being "very
progressive, diverse, and multicultural". Canada's federal government has often been
described as the instigator of multicultural ideology because of its public emphasis on the
social importance of immigration. Canada's culture draws from its broad range of
constituent nationalities, and policies that promote a just society are constitutionally
protected. Canadian Government policies—such as publicly funded health care; higher and
more progressive taxation; outlawing capital punishment; strong efforts to eliminate
poverty; an emphasis on cultural diversity; strict gun control; the legalization of same-sex
marriage, pregnancy terminations, euthanasia and cannabis — are social indicators of the
country's political and cultural values. Canadians identify with the country's institutions of
health care, military peacekeeping, the national park system and the Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms. The Canadian government has influenced culture with programs, laws
and institutions. It has created crown corporations to promote Canadian culture through
media, such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the National Film Board of
Canada (NFB), and promotes many events which it considers to promote Canadian
traditions. It has also tried to protect Canadian culture by setting legal minimums on
Canadian content in many media using bodies like the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).