Canadians?

[CleoQc]

Ok, Canadians, 'fess up.

Who/where are you? ;-)

I'm in Quebec.

[Heather in the Kootenays]

I'm in the south eastern cornor of BC - just above the Idaho Panhandle.

[ballzy]

I'm in the Lower Mainland of BC.

Colleen

[Colleen in NS]

over here in the east....

[CleoQc]

over here in the east....
So we are truly "from coast to coast":D

[Colleen in NS]

Yes, and we could be "coast to coast....to coast" (as I used to hear on Parliament Hill on Canada Day celebrations) if sherylinarctic were here!!! :)

[ArwenA]

Wow, I never new there were so many in BC! I'm on the BC coast.

[JennifersLost]

Between Prince Rupert and Prince George.

Now if we weren't all so spreeeaaaaadddd oooouuuuttttt!

[Heather in Savannah]

We are in Georgia on visa's, so I have to keep a hand in both places (Ontario and Georgia) to ensure that my children will meet the requirements of both jurisdictions.

[Sweetpeach]

I'm always interested in the Canadians on the board as well.

Howdy, all you hs'ers north of the US border!

T

[Phyllis in Canada]

Ontario--just a little south of our nation's capital. :)

[prairiegirl]

We're in south west Saskatchewan.

Julia
mom of 3 (8,7,5)

[Karin]

Do we have to still be living in Canada to post here? In my heart, I'm Canadian despite those buy American posts--I'm into buying Canadian, too. Well, I consider myself bi-national, I suppose, but I still think Canadian in many areas. I grew up on the BC coast, lived 6 years in Ontario and 5 months in Saskatchewan. My parents were born there. My family lives there. So, I'm chiming in.

[CleoQc]

We'll take you, Karin ;-)

[nancypants]

Calgary, Alberta here! :D

[Tonia]

Another Quebecer (actually American, married to Canadian living in Quebec, will have dual citizenship within a few years.)

But my grandparents are from Quebec, does that help? :0)

[Anne in Saskatchewan]

Well, Saskatchewan, obviously :-)

(Hi, Julia!)

[scottie]

I'm in S. Ontario, originally from Scotland but moved here 16 years ago with my dh & 2 children. Now we have 8 : 18years - 15 months, 4 boys/ 4 girls.
Sandra

[nmoira]

I'm a Canadian living in Portand, OR. I grew up in SW Ontario, and moved here in 1997. Livning in Portland is about as close to being in Canada as I could imagine in the US.

[KathyBC]

Southern interior of B.C., near Kamloops

[Cherrie]

In Surrey, where it snowned a lot today.:D




Mom to three, dd 27, d2 18 and my baby dd 11 and a grandson 4

[Heather in the Kootenays]

Sounds pretty Canadian to me. Welcome home.

[orangeblossom]

I'm a Canadian living in Oregon :)

[nmoira]

I'm a Canadian living in OregonJust like me. :)

[CleoQc]

You're still Canadians to us ;-)

[orangeblossom]

Are you in the Portland area Moira? Do you belong to any of the local groups? Maybe we've met!

[Punks in Ontario]

in the middle of farm country.:rolleyes:

[Karin]

Ontario--just a little south of our nation's capital. :)

How far south? I used to live in Nepean & Ottawa, and my brother did his Master's at Queens.

[Ann]

I am a Canadian living abroad. I just left Ottawa at Christmas time.

[Phyllis in Canada]

How far south? I used to live in Nepean & Ottawa, and my brother did his Master's at Queens.

I'm in Kemptville, half an hour south of Ottawa.

[Karin]

Okay. I can't remember that town anymore. Did I drive by it on the way to the highway to Toronto? (this would have been about 15 years or more ago, so I mean the old route.)

[CleoQc]

Where are the other Canadians??
Snowed in?

[AK in OK]

I am Canadian still, Victoria, BC, but have lived in Oklahoma for the last 22 years. I refuse to give up my citizenship! I love being a Canadian!!!!

[fivetails]

Hello! :001_smile:

Just joined the board today and I'm a Canadian - from Prince Edward Island. :)

[CleoQc]

Welcome aboard!
PEI is our planned destination for summer 2009!

[AK in OK]

Canadian in Oklahoma!!!!

[hana]

I'm pre-Canadian, I hope. Well, actually, kind of post-Canadian, too. Okay, maybe I'm just a Canadian wanna-be.

My grandfather was born in Prince Edward Island and my grandmother was raised in Quebec. They met in Quebec and moved to Maine, where I was raised.

I have applied for permanent residency and hope to hear back by summer. In the short run, we would move to Ontario so that I could commute to work in Michigan. In the long run, we would move to our current summer home in Nova Scotia.

[CleoQc]

They met in Quebec and moved to Maine, where I was raised.


LOL!
My paternal grandparents met in Maine and moved to Quebec City, where my dad (and coincidentally my mom too) was raised.

our grandparents must have waved at each other when crossing the border ;-)

[Heather in Canada]

I'm in southern New Brunswick, now.
University at Dalhousie U.
Lived in PEI for a year after college, in Montague.
Originally from northern New Brunswick.

Canadian, through and through.

My dh is German though, and dd is dual, Canadian/German.

[hana]

That's funny, Cleo. :)

[melissaL]

my children are half Canadian!!!;)
my husband is Canadian, I am Australian,
We live in Australia:001_smile:
MelissaL

[fivetails]

Welcome aboard!
PEI is our planned destination for summer 2009!

Thanks! I hope you enjoy it when you come! I love living here & wouldn't move for a million bucks. Okay, I'd move out of town and get a nice old farmhouse, but I still wouldn't leave the island. :001_smile:

[fivetails]

Bumping this Canadians thread to let you guys know about the new Canadian Home Educator's Carnival Blog (http://canadianhomeeducatorscarniva.blogspot.com/) :) (it's not mine - it's being run by this lovely lady (http://jacquelinesjabberings.blogspot.com/) ..she created the blog so that the Carnival would have it's very own home - I love the way she used the red & white with all the maple leaves going down the side! :D )

There is currently a call for submissions (http://canadianhomeeducatorscarniva.blogspot.com/2008/04/call-for-submissions-for-third-carnival.html) to the third edition of the carnival and I thought that maybe some of you Canadian Home Educators might be interested in submitting a post. :)

[Janet in Toronto]

Lived in Ottawa until 6 years ago. Then five years in Atlanta and back to Canada last summer, to Toronto.

Queen's '82, U of T '83, U Ottawa '04.

Janet

PS. Love Toronto, but I miss Ottawa!

[CleoQc]

Bumping this Canadians thread to let you guys know about the new Canadian Home Educator's Carnival Blog (http://canadianhomeeducatorscarniva.blogspot.com/) :)

oooh! Thank you! I was unaware of it!

I should really get back on the wagon with my homeschooling blog... Sigh..

[JaneNickerson]

We are in Nova Scotia.

[swellmomma]

I'm in Alberta

[CleoQc]

Welcome aboard!
PEI is our planned destination for summer 2009!

Change of plan, we're going to PEI this summer. In fact, we'll be there in 2 weeks!

[Once]

We are Canadian here too. We have lived in North Dakota for about 5 years. Dd was born in Kelowna, BC. (Big wave to all our old friends out there...I know some of them started homeschooling years ago) We have lived states side for almost 8 years now. We have tried to "get back" but God wants us here. Great friends here and nice town. We are not unhappy anymore.

We (Dh and I) have lived in Kelowna, Sarnia, Kingston, Ottawa and Hamilton. How's that for moving around!

Good to be counted with ya'll. Even if I'm not officially at home. :001_smile:

Trina


PS: I had a friend that moved to Oregon back in the 80's. I wonder .....

[CleoQc]

Bump.

[4boys]

This is an old thread but I just wanted to be included! I am in southern Manitoba! No other Manitobans here?

[Karin]

This is an old thread but I just wanted to be included! I am in southern Manitoba! No other Manitobans here?

No, but my mother grew up on the shores of one of those 2 huge lakes somewhere around some town called Vogar. Does that almost count? I think there is someone living in Manitoba here.

[CleoQc]

This is not an 'old thread' ! It's the official "I am Canadian" thread!

[4boys]

Thanks, I feel better now. :D

[Marilyn Joyce]

Is there a spot on the website where I can find materials from Canadians only? Thanks.

[CleoQc]

Is there a spot on the website where I can find materials from Canadians only? Thanks.

No, but I am wishing there was!!! Shipping from the States is so expensive!

[fivetails]

Ditto to that! ^^^^

Hey, maybe if we approached the moderators, they might split a small section of the sale & swap board off for Canadian sales & swaps..... couldn't hurt to ask, right? It would just be a little subforum - easy to make. I've seen the odd person selling from Canada (I did a search), but maybe if there was a spot specifically for that, more might post --- I know I haven't bothered to post any WTB or for sale simply because I see that 99% of the buyers and sellers are in the states....thinking others will see that and not bother either...but having a specific section might increase the posts and people's willingness to post.....

I do know of a few Canadian yahoo groups for buying/selling:

Homeschooler Haven (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschoolerhaven/)
Canadian Homeschool Resource Exchange (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHRExchange/)
Canadian Book Exchange (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Canbookexchange/)

But I don't use them much - I despise the set up of yahoo groups, ugh. This type of forum is *so* much better. :)

[CleoQc]

I did ask once, by posting in the parent board for sale&swap, and the post never appeared. I also think it would get used if created.

[KathyBC]

I third that. I'm subscribed to all three yahoo groups, but I suspect that a subsection of this forum would be vastly more effective.

[fivetails]

I sent a pm through to the admin account about the possibility of creating a subforum for Canadian sales/wtb/swaps - hopefully they can do it...there's a fairly big group of us here and it sure would be great. I'll post back here if/when I get a response. :)

[fivetails]

The pm is listed as unread, so no reply yet... but I posted something on the general board that any Canadians may want to check on - Maple leaf product recall thread (http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51560) ...they're recalling 23 different products, so check your fridges for that stuff. ;)

[Northernmom]

Hi, :)

I'm new to the board. We reside in the Ottawa area so I thought I'd check in! I have three boys who all are in school so I guess I'm more of an afterschooler right now. My middle child is rather advanced and I've been forced to go outside of school to get him an appropriate math curriculum. The future plan is possibly to homeschool him and younger brother in the next couple of years (oldest wants to stay in school), probably through an online program. Mostly I'm perusing the board to get ideas for the future!

[Colleen in NS]

Hi, :)

I'm new to the board. We reside in the Ottawa area so I thought I'd check in! I have three boys who all are in school so I guess I'm more of an afterschooler right now. My middle child is rather advanced and I've been forced to go outside of school to get him an appropriate math curriculum. The future plan is possibly to homeschool him and younger brother in the next couple of years (oldest wants to stay in school), probably through an online program. Mostly I'm perusing the board to get ideas for the future!

Welcome! We lived in Ottawa from 1994-1996 - beautiful city!!

[Northernmom]

Welcome! We lived in Ottawa from 1994-1996 - beautiful city!!

:iagree:Yes, I agree! We've only been here a little over a year but it is a very nice place - provided you can get used to all that snow!

[Colleen in NS]

:iagree:Yes, I agree! We've only been here a little over a year but it is a very nice place - provided you can get used to all that snow!

Funny you should mention snow. On Mother's Day of 1996, it snowed (actually we were living in Hull PQ that year, which I guess is now called something else, but it's across the Ottawa River anyway), and that is the day we made our decision to move to Nova Scotia. I am serious, we were so sick of all the snow and freezing cold! But at least in Ottawa, you get spring in March or April - here, you might see spring by June. It rains all April and part of May usually.

Oh well! :)

[scrappymom]

Newbie homeschooling in SW Ontario here!!

[CleoQc]

The pm is listed as unread, so no reply yet...

Any news by now? Or should we deluge them with PMs?

[dawn of ns]

It rains all April and part of May usually.

Oh well! :)

Pretty much all of August too this year!

[Chocobean]

I live in Vancouver, BC

[fivetails]

Any news by now? Or should we deluge them with PMs?

Unfortunately, the pm is still marked as being "unread" (ie, it wasn't opened) ....I'm not sure why it hasn't been....I went to the 'admin' account, assuming that was the appropriate place (it usually is), but I'll look for another...maybe one of the moderator accounts....SWB's account itself is set so that it doesn't accept pm's at all.....

[fivetails]

K, found the main mod account and copied the original pm to that account as well - hopefully that one will get read. :)

[fivetails]

w00t - got a reply from the moderator account...she said it's a good thought and that she'd see what she can do. :)

[Karin]

I live in Vancouver, BC

Oh--I was just in Vancouver Wed & Thurs am visting relatives. I made it to the Sunshine Coast and Kamloops, as well.

[Karin]

Funny you should mention snow. On Mother's Day of 1996, it snowed (actually we were living in Hull PQ that year, which I guess is now called something else, but it's across the Ottawa River anyway), and that is the day we made our decision to move to Nova Scotia. I am serious, we were so sick of all the snow and freezing cold! But at least in Ottawa, you get spring in March or April - here, you might see spring by June. It rains all April and part of May usually.

Oh well! :)

I lived there for 4 years; 2 in Nepean & 2 right in Ottawa, but back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The first few winters there was less snow than normal, but there was an awful lot of it that last winter.

But I never called March spring in Ottawa;). That came in May or June. Of course, having grown up in southwestern BC I grew up being used to crocuses in February and all the deciduous trees growing their leaves in March, not to mention that the grass stays green all winter there.

[Chocobean]

Oh--I was just in Vancouver Wed & Thurs am visting relatives. I made it to the Sunshine Coast and Kamloops, as well.
I hope you had a good time there =) I love the Sunshine Coast

not to mention that the grass stays green all winter there. I was in Calgary and Three Hills Alberta one winter and I *thought* they had green grass as well (underneath the snow?) =) but then again it was my wedding week so perhaps I am inclined to remember incorrectly ~

A lot of American moms on the forum seem to support teaching Spanish, which makes sense there I think. Any Canadians trying to teach Chinese? Home schooling is illegal in my home country (Hong Kong), so there doesn't seem to be a lot of resources about home schooling Chinese =(

[CleoQc]

Any Canadians trying to teach Chinese?

We're thinking about it. I'd like my kids to have a bit of mandarin under their belt before they move to Spanish. I am teaching them Latin, and they know French, so Spanish shouldn't be hard to pick up in their teens, but Mandarin is a totally different beast, so the younger they are, the better. I think.

[Julie Smith]

Any Canadians trying to teach Chinese?(

I am, or will be starting soon. We live in an English household, but with lots of French activities. My eldest has no problems understanding French, and can speak basic French sentences.

Next week I will be signing him up for Chinese Mandarin preschool. It's a Saturday preschool class for 3 hours every Saturday. Once we get started in that I'm hoping to add in extra stuff from the library. What's neat is I can take classes at same time - or take an almost free tia-chi or country line dancing class at the same time. :001_smile:

[Karin]

I am, or will be starting soon. We live in an English household, but with lots of French activities. My eldest has no problems understanding French, and can speak basic French sentences.

Next week I will be signing him up for Chinese Mandarin preschool. It's a Saturday preschool class for 3 hours every Saturday. Once we get started in that I'm hoping to add in extra stuff from the library. What's neat is I can take classes at same time - or take an almost free tia-chi or country line dancing class at the same time. :001_smile:

Something Laura in China (okay, now in Scotland, but not likely to read this thread) strongly recommends is a tutor as it takes a lot of practice to learn the tones, etc in Mandarin. She once gave an example of a Chinese word that sounds like ma, but means a number of different things depending on the tone. A westerner needs a lot of help to really learn to speak it. Her sons, who are already fluent after growing up in China, will be continuing their Mandarin studies and being tutored in Scotland so that they don't lose it.

Last night we were watching a Frasier rerun, and there was a funny scene where Frasier tries to impress an American Chinese woman with a compliment in Mandarin, and he basically said something like "You have a lovely chicken beak"--he didn't have the tones correct.

I recommend anyone who is interested in this ask on the curriculum board because there are others besides Laura who know a fair bit about this.

[Julie Smith]

I have already read all the posts by Laura in China. I was taking part in them. If things go according to plan, (And you know that always happens. :glare:) that after 1 to 2 years in Saturday school he will have had enough exposure to the Mandarin language and be mature enough that hiring a tutor would be really worth it.

But I feel that finding a mandarin tutor for a 4 wiggly four year old would be difficult. Right now I just want him to get use to hearing the language. I honestly don't mind if he doesn't speak it at all. As long as he enjoys the class and seems to be content being in a Mandarin atmosphere I'll be happy.

[Karin]

I have already read all the posts by Laura in China. I was taking part in them. If things go according to plan, (And you know that always happens. :glare:) that after 1 to 2 years in Saturday school he will have had enough exposure to the Mandarin language and be mature enough that hiring a tutor would be really worth it.

But I feel that finding a mandarin tutor for a 4 wiggly four year old would be difficult. Right now I just want him to get use to hearing the language. I honestly don't mind if he doesn't speak it at all. As long as he enjoys the class and seems to be content being in a Mandarin atmosphere I'll be happy.

Such a memory I have! :o Too bad there aren't Mandarin speaking playmates on your street (or are there?) When I was 3 I picked up a German dialect very, very quickly that way. But you're right, hearing those sounds once a week for a couple of years will definitely help.

[Chocobean]

Thank you very much for all the advice, ladies. :001_smile:

[Sarah CB]

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[CleoQc]

w00t - got a reply from the moderator account...she said it's a good thought and that she'd see what she can do. :)

In the meantime, I've started marking my own For Sale as Canadian only.

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57514

[CleoQc]

Hey gals!
I've created a social group for Canadians! Join up! It will be easier to keep track of people that way.

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/group.php?groupid=4

[Karin]

Hey gals!
I've created a social group for Canadians! Join up! It will be easier to keep track of people that way.

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/group.php?groupid=4

So if I said yes to being your friend (I did, before seeing this) then I'm automatically in the group? Cool.

[CleoQc]

I don't think so. I think it's two completely separate things...

[Karin]

I don't think so. I think it's two completely separate things...

Okay. I tried the link, but it said I was logged out, even though I'm logged in here.

ETA--I'm in. Turns out I had to log in again. Thanks.

[Becca]

Hi all

I'm a Canadian who has been living in the states for the past few years. Our oldest is Canadian (born in K-W), but the younger 2 are American. Prior to moving here I lived in several towns/cities in Southern Ontario: Sarnia area, Toronto area, the shores of Lake Huron, Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo.

My parents still live in Ottawa so we visit there a couple of times a year. I love Ottawa, especially in the summer. This past summer we took our kids to the Canada Day celebrations at Parliament Hill. It's the first time I have done that in years! Brought back lots of memories!

[nmoira]

I'm a Canadian who has been living in the states for the past few years. Our oldest is Canadian (born in K-W), but the younger 2 are American. Prior to moving here I lived in several towns/cities in Southern Ontario: Sarnia area, Toronto area, the shores of Lake Huron, Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo.I was raised in Sarnia, have lived in Kitchener-Waterloo, Windsor and Kingston, and am also living in the US. :D

[Karin]

Hi all

I'm a Canadian who has been living in the states for the past few years. Our oldest is Canadian (born in K-W), but the younger 2 are American. Prior to moving here I lived in several towns/cities in Southern Ontario: Sarnia area, Toronto area, the shores of Lake Huron, Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo.

My parents still live in Ottawa so we visit there a couple of times a year. I love Ottawa, especially in the summer. This past summer we took our kids to the Canada Day celebrations at Parliament Hill. It's the first time I have done that in years! Brought back lots of memories!

Welcome!

Did you know that you can apply for Canadian citizenship for your American born dc? All 3 of mine have dual citizenship, which may come in handy later when they go to university.

[Becca]

I was raised in Sarnia, have lived in Kitchener-Waterloo, Windsor and Kingston, and am also living in the US. :D

So are you following me or am I following you? LOL

[Becca]

Welcome!

Did you know that you can apply for Canadian citizenship for your American born dc? All 3 of mine have dual citizenship, which may come in handy later when they go to university.

We had heard that somewhere, but haven't looked into it yet. Just don't want the hassle of the paperwork yet, but I suppose we should get around to it sometime....although we still have a good ten years or so to take care of it. And yes, that certainly would help with university!

[nmoira]

So are you following me or am I following you? LOLWest coast, east coast or in between? I'm in Oregon.

:D

[Karin]

We had heard that somewhere, but haven't looked into it yet. Just don't want the hassle of the paperwork yet, but I suppose we should get around to it sometime....although we still have a good ten years or so to take care of it. And yes, that certainly would help with university!

I waited a good 10 years or so from the time my eldest was born, but the price does go up from time to time. The older the dc are, the fussier they are about the photo specifications, too. We haven't got them Canadian passports yet, though.

[nmoira]

The older the dc are, the fussier they are about the photo specifications, too. We haven't got them Canadian passports yet, though.It's an odd specification too, with a white strip at the bottom. There's only one place here in Portland that can take pictures in accordance with it. However, if you visit Canada often you can always get the pictures there. I really do need to get the girls' applications in... :blush: