Remembrance Day
Why white poppies are a good addition to your Remembrance Day
November 7, 2020by Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor If you pay even the slightest bit of attention to Remembrance Day every year, you will have noticed the red poppies that seemingly everybody wears. Lesser known, however, is the movement to wear white poppies in addition to red ones — a movement that I recently learned about and wish I had known about much sooner because it is more inclusive of all victims of war. Created in the United Kingdom in 1933 by the Women’s Cooperative Guild, white poppies were made to be a symbol of the anti-war movement in Britain. They…
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This November 11 consider that history comes in more colours than white
November 10, 2019By: Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer Right at the start of November, cadets in uniform appear in the malls or in front of supermarkets exchanging poppies for donations to support veterans and their families. People are encouraged to wear poppies this…
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Never forget: Stories for Remembrance Day
November 4, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok and Alex Bloom Everyday Heroes Everyday Heroes: Inspirational Stories from Men and Women in the Canadian Armed Forces is a collection of stories of Canadian Forces personnel edited by Canadian army sniper Jody Mitic. …
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Beyond Flanders Field: poetry from the First World War
November 11, 2017Compiled by: Gabrielle McLaren The sea of red poppies across Canada commemorating Canadian troops burst from a single poem. Though eyewitness accounts vary, Canadian medical officer John McCrae is thought to have written “In Flanders' Field” while overlooking the field…
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What does Remembrance Day mean to millennials?
November 11, 2016Ninety-eight years ago, the “war to end all wars” came to an end. In this global conflict, Canada mobilized 620,000 soldiers. Of these soldiers, 20,000 were under the age of 18 when they volunteered. So many of these brave souls…
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Remembering our troops through poetry
November 10, 2014John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields” is rightly included in any anthology of poetry from the First World War. It alone has become required reading for most Remembrance Day memorials, and can also be credited with making the poppy the symbol…
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