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What do teachers need from curriculum guides? This question was posed in the September Educational Leadership column, “Among Colleagues.” Five of the 2010 ASCD Annual Conference Scholars got the ball rolling with their answers. What are your thoughts?Question:As a curriculum specialist, I’ve learned to begin with the end in mind: What do I want students to understand when teachers have finished instruction? I also have to account for research, standards, scientific evidence, and diverse student needs. With so many priorities to address, the curriculum guide sometimes becomes the “everything bagel”—full of pages of information surrounding each skill. I don’t want teachers to put these guides on the shelf because they don’t have the time or energy to dig into them. What’s the best way for me to provide the materials and lessons teachers and principals need without creating monster guides that no one will use?—Tracy Broccolino, Manager, Connections Virtual Academy, Baltimore, Md.Comments:A good curriculum is more about what gets left out than what gets put in. The greatest curriculum gift I ever received was in my first year as a teacher, when I asked my 8th grade language arts partner, Cheryl, what I was supposed to teach. She replied, “Teach whatever you want. Just make sure they pass the test.” Then she shared some of her units as well as some savvy advice about the skills kids needed to meet the North Carolina standards.I learned more from that freedom than I ever did from the many overstuffed curriculum binders that came my way. Everyone under the sun wants to tell teachers what to teach and how to teach it. But paint-by-number curriculum guides that specify every lesson from day one to the end of the school year are not the way to grow good teachers.My advice is to err on the side of Cheryl. Less is more. Give teachers a guide, not an “everything bagel.” You might have a sample unit or two, maybe lots of examples, but stick to the big ideas. What we need is not the perfect curriculum guide, but teachers who are able to take the reins and design their own curriculums to meet the needs of the diverse students they teach.—Jen Morrison, Teacher Educator, Newberry College, Newberry, S.C.As a teacher of the gifted and talented, I’ve been writing curriculum for my department for the last five years. During the summer, I freelance as a facilitator, and I was recently hired to present new curriculum enhancements to 275 teachers and instructional specialists for four days. Participants were given a three-ring binder filled to capacity with strategies, lesson plans, learning standards, research articles, and data. As I was showing the attendees how to navigate through the binder, I looked out over a sea of despondent faces and decided that I had to change gears or I would lose their attention and focus. We built the remainder of the session on the question, “What does this look like in my classroom?” By slowing down and learning the teachers’ perspectives, we made the workshop much more useful.I take two lessons from this workshop experience. First, if we cut to the chase and focus on showing teachers how the curriculum would look in their classrooms, maybe we could chop the first 150 pages out of curriculum guides. Second, the staff development that supports the new curriculum is just as important as the curriculum itself. We have to address teachers’ comfort level with the material. If we can make it happen for them in their minds, they can make the magic happen in their classrooms.—Michelle Neely, Teacher, Henry B. Gonzales Elementary School, Dallas, Tex.As a high school English classroom teacher, I sympathize with your dilemma. At times, the amount that we need to cover in one semester seems overwhelming. What’s most important is identifying 5–10 key learnings that students should demonstrate. As you said, you must “begin with the end in mind” and start with these objectives. Once you establish the key learnings, you can group the skills and sample products associated with these learnings under their headings. This focused approach means that beginning teachers can feel in control of the content, intermediate teachers can begin the refine their practice, and expert teachers can go deeper. The curriculum becomes a working document that is much more usable in the classroom.—Joanne Eliuk, Teacher, Iroquois Ridge High School, Oakville, Ontario, CanadaAs a teacher who has had experience in curriculum planning, I’m familiar with your dilemma. When I’m using a teaching guide, I personally find it useful for the objectives and teaching points to be right on top of the page. Important curriculum information should be written in bite-size pieces that teachers can access easily; information that is not essential but good to have should be placed in a section for additional reading.Jon Saphier’s book The Skillful Teacher recommends that teachers should have some experience in writing and planning the curriculum. Hence, it is in the interest of the school or institution to provide some professional development in this area to help the teachers make more sense of their curriculum guides. By teaching them to fish rather than giving them the fish, you reduce the amount of text needed to explain the curriculum in detail.—James Han, Teacher, St. Anthony’s Primary School, SingaporeYou certainly have hit the “sweet spots” related to the challenges that curriculum developers face in providing vital information without overwhelming teachers. I think your reflection, “I’ve learned to begin with the end in mind,” is a logical place to begin.It’s important to acknowledge that developing and then delivering a high-quality course is arduous work. Teachers must analyze the course documents, synthesize the information, and vicariously walking through how it will look in practice. This requires time, patience, and the acceptance that there will be occasions in which lesson delivery may not go well right out of the gates.Curriculum guides should start by distilling the most essential elements from state standards and benchmarks documents, as well as the assessments that have thus far been developed and administered. It’s ideal if teachers can jointly examine these and develop possible lessons to help students meet the curriculum’s goals and benchmarks. Beginning teachers can benefit from working with experienced peers, who can help them with lessons from their lesson bank that have worked well in helping students meet learning targets.It’s also important that teachers have the guides to help monitor and reflect on all aspects of the course. Keeping notes on what works, what doesn’t, and what tweaks were effective can serve as a vital source of information about the efficacy of the course in meeting the stated goals and thereby set the stage to begin the cycle of continuous improvement.—Dana Paykos, Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction, Rancocas Valley Regional High School, Roebling, N.JHope this helps!!!!Please do Upvote & Share if you like !!!!Also Follow me for more such answers.

Do you believe the USA should be reopened to aid the economy or stay closed to defeat COVID-19? What is your reasoning?Yes, I believe much of the economy should be reopened.. All indications are that COVID-19 is just one strain of corona virus that will keep recurring over the years as with previous RNA strains. The economy cannot support such a disruption. This doesn’t mean that I don’t think it can’t be deadly to to those with a defective immune system. People should continue to wear masks in market areas as respect to those with COPD. However, those that believe they have a healthy immune system should be free to frequent restaurants and other establishments at their own risk. We still have a lot to learn about the pandemic and its origins but fear can only lead to further distress and degradation of natural defenses. Below you will find one document that traces the origins of the pandemic from a point of view that is often dismissed but one that I believe should not be ignored.CREATION OF THE MYCOPLASMA A LABORATORY-CREATED BIO WARFARE PATHOGEN BY THE U.S. MILITARY & CIA APRIL 21, 2019APRIL 21, 2019 / LISSAHUMANELIFE Weaponized mycoplasma is a bio weapon designed to achieve a soft kill of the population on a massive scale. Big Pharma was instrumental in this research along with the military bio weapons R&D agencies in increasing the efficacy, transmission and contagion factors of this bio weapon. This disease agent is not a bacteria, and not a virus; it is a mutated form of the brucellosis bacteria, mutated with a visna virus, from which the mycoplasma, is extracted. Research from Dr. ShyhChing Lo also names the mycoplasma as a cause of cancer. The U.S. Public Health Service also closely followed the progress of biological warfare research and development from the very start of the program, and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States were working with the military in weaponizing these diseases. Level9News, By: Elias Alias, The Mental Militia (JADE HELM 2015: MindWar and PSYOP: Part One questions-and-reflections/) [TMM], November 21, 2016 Donald Scott is a retired high school teacher and university professor who is currently president of the Common Cause Medical Research Foundation and adjunct professor of the Institute of Molecular Medicine. He has extensively researched neurosystemic degenerative diseases over the past five years and has authored many documents on the relationship between degenerative diseases and a pathogenic mycoplasma called Mycoplasma fermentans. His research is based upon solid government evidence. Donald Scott is a veteran of WWII and was awarded the North Atlantic Star, the Burma Star with Clasp, the 1939-1945 Volunteer Service Medal and the Victory Medal. I – THE MYCOPLASMA A COMMON PATHOGENIC MYCOPLASMA: There are 200 species of mycoplasmas. Most are innocuous and do no harm; only four or five are pathogenic. The Mycoplasma fermentans (incognitus strain) probably comes from the nucleus of the brucellosis bacteria. This disease agent is not a bacteria, and not a virus; it is a mutated form of the brucellosis bacteria, mutated with a visna virus, from which the mycoplasma, is extracted. Dr. Maurice Hilleman, chief virologist for the pharmaceutical company of Merck, Sharp and Dohme, stated that this disease agent is now carried by everybody in North America and possibly most people throughout the world. The mycoplasma used to be very innocuous. Only one person out of 500,000 would get multiple sclerosis; one out of 300,000 would develop Alzheimer’s; one out of 1,000,000 would develop CreutzfeldtJakob disease. Before the early 1980’s, nobody ever died of AIDS because it didn’t exist. The mycoplasma is also the disease agent in AIDS, and I have all the documentation to prove it. BIOWARFARE RESEARCH: Between 1942 and the present time, biological warfare research has resulted in a more deadly and infectious form of the mycoplasma. They extracted this mycoplasma from the brucellosis bacteria, weaponized it and actually reduced the disease to a crystalline form. According to Dr. Shyh-Ching Lo, one of America’s top researchers, this disease agent, the mycoplasma, causes among other things, AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, Wegener’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Crohn’s colitis, Type I diabetes, and collagenvascular diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer’s. The mycoplasma enters into the individual cells of the body depending upon your genetic predisposition. You may develop neurological diseases if the pathogen destroys certain cells in your brain, or you may develop Crohn’s colitis if the pathogen invades and destroys cells in the lower bowel. Once it gets into the cell, it can lie there doing nothing sometimes for 10, 20 or 30 years, but if a trauma occurs like an accident, or a vaccination that doesn’t take, the mycoplasma can become triggered. Because it is only the DNA particle of the bacteria, it doesn’t have any organelles to process its own nutrients, so it grows by uptaking preformed sterols from its host cell, literally kills the cell, and the cell ruptures and what is left gets dumped into the blood stream. DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE: My conclusions are entirely based upon official documents: 80% are United States or Canadian official government documents, and 20% are articles from peerreviewed journals, such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, and The Canadian Medical Association Journal. The journal articles and government documents complement each other. We also have a document from Dr. Shyh-Ching Lo which names the mycoplasma as a cause of cancer. Dr. Charles Engel who is with the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, stated at an NIH meeting on February 7, 2000, “I am now of the view that the probable cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and fibromyalgia is the mycoplasma”. II – CREATION OF THE MYCOPLASMA MYCOPLASMA PATENT: Many doctors don’t know about this mycoplasma because it was developed by the U.S. military in biological warfare experimentation, and it was not made public. This pathogenic mycoplasma disease agent was patented by the United States military by Dr. Shyh-Ching Lo, who was the top researcher for the military biological warfare research facility. I have the documented patent from the U.S. patent office. A LABORATORY-CREATED PATHOGEN BY THE U.S. MILITARY: Researchers in the United States, Canada and Britain were doing biowarfare research with the brucellosis bacteria as well as with a number of other disease agents. From its inception, the biowarfare program was characterized by continuing in-depth review and participation by the most eminent scientists, medical consultants, industrial experts and government officials, and it was top secret. The U.S. Public Health Service also closely followed the progress of biological warfare research and development from the very start of the program, and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States were working with the military in weaponizing these diseases. These are diseases which have existed for thousands of years, but they have been weaponized which means they were made more contagious and more effective. And they are spreading. A program developed by the CIA and NIH to develop a deadly lethal pathogen for which humanity had no natural immunity (AIDS) was disguised as a war on cancer and was part of MKNAOMI (ref. Special Virus Cancer Program: Progress Report 8, prepared by National Cancer Institute, Viral Oncology, Etiology Area, July, 1971 and submitted to NIH Annual Report in May, 1971 and updated July, 1971). COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM: Many members of the Senate and House of Representatives do not know what has been going on. For example, the US Senate Committee on Government Reform had searched the archives in Washington and other places for the document titled The Special Virus Cancer Program: Progress Report No.8 mentioned above and couldn’t find it. Somehow they heard I had it, called me and asked me to mail it to them. Imagine. A retired school teacher being called by the United States Senate and asked for one of their secret documents! The United States Senate through their government reform committee is trying to stop this type of government research. BIOLOGICAL WARFARE RESEARCH AGREEMENT: All the countries at war were experimenting with biological weapons. In 1942, the governments of the United States, Canada and Great Britain entered into a secret agreement to create two types of biological weapons (one that would kill and one that was disabling) for use in the war against Germany and Japan, who were also developing biological weapons. They primarily focused on brucellosis, and they began to weaponize the brucellosis bacteria. CRYSTALLINE BRUCELLOSIS: In a genuine U.S. Senate Study unclassified on February 24, 1977, the title page of this government record reports that George Merck, of the pharmaceutical company, Merck, Sharp and Dohme (which now makes cures for diseases they at one time created), in 1946, reported to the Secretary of War in the United States that his researchers had produced in isolation for the first time, a crystalline bacterial toxin extracted from brucellosis bacteria. The bacterial toxin could be removed in crystalline form and delivered by other vectors (in nature they are delivered within the bacteria). But the factor that is working in the brucellosis is the mycoplasma. Brucellosis is a disease agent that doesn’t kill people; it disables them. But they found that if they had mycoplasma at a certain strength, actually ten to the tenth power, it would develop into AIDS, and the person would die from it within a reasonable period of time because it could bypass our natural human defenses. If it was 108, the person would manifest with chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia. If it was 107, they would present as wasting; they wouldn’t die, and they wouldn’t be disabled, but they would not be that interested in life, they would waste away (ref. Dr. Donald MacArthur of the Pentagon appearing before a Congressional Committee, June 9, 1969, Department of Defense Appropriations, p.114, 129). Most of us have never heard of brucellosis because it largely disappeared when they began pasteurizing milk, which was the carrier. One salt shaker of this pure disease in a crystalline form could sicken the entire population of Canada. It is absolutely deadly, not in terms of killing the body, but in terms of disabling the body. The advantage of this crystalline disease agent is that it does not show up in blood and tissue tests because the bacteria has disappeared and only the pure disease agent remains. So the doctor thinks that it’s all in your head. CRYSTALLINE BRUCELLOSIS AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: About three years ago in Rochester, New York, a gentleman gave me a document and told me, “I was in the U.S. Army, and I was trained in bacteriological warfare. We were handling a bomb filled with brucellosis, only it wasn’t brucellosis; it was a brucellosis toxin in crystalline form. We were spraying it on the Chinese and North Koreans.” He showed me his certificate listing his training in chemical, biological, and radiological warfare. Then he showed me 16 pages of documents given to him by the U.S. military when he was discharged from the service. It linked brucellosis with multiple sclerosis and stated: “Veterans with multiple sclerosis, a kind of creeping paralysis developing to a degree of 10% or more disability within two years after separation from active service may be presumed to be service-connected for disability compensation. Compensation is payable to eligible veterans whose disabilities are due to service.” In other words, “If you become ill with multiple sclerosis, it is because you were handling this brucellosis and we will give you a pension. Don’t go raising any fuss about it.” The government of the United States, in this official document revealed evidence of the cause of multiple sclerosis, but they didn’t make it known to the public, or to your doctor. In a 1958 report, Drs. Kyger and Haden suggest “…the possibility that multiple sclerosis might be a central nervous system manifestation of chronic brucellosis”. Testing approximately 113 MS patients, they found that almost 95% also tested positive for brucellosis. We have a document from a medical journal which concludes that one out of 500 people who had brucellosis would develop what they called neurobrucellosis, in other words, brucellosis in the brain which settles in the lateral ventricles where the disease multiple sclerosis is basically located. CONTAMINATION OF CAMP DETRICK LAB WORKERS: A report from the New England Journal of Medicine, 1948, Vol.236, p.741 called “Acute Brucellosis Among Laboratory Workers” shows us how actively dangerous this agent is. The laboratory workers were from Camp Detrick, Frederick, Maryland where they were developing biological weapons. Even though these laboratory workers had been vaccinated, wore rubberized suits and masks, and worked through holes in the compartment, many of them came down with this awful disease because it is so absolutely and terrifyingly infectious. The article was written by Lt. Calderone Howell, Marine Corps, Captain Edward Miller, Marine Corps, Lt. Emily Kelly, United States Naval Reserve and Captain Henry Bookman. They were all military personnel engaged in making the disease agent brucellosis into a more effective biological weapon. III – COVERT TESTING OF THE MYCOPLASMA TESTING BRUCELLOSIS UPON AN UNSUSPECTING PUBLIC: Documented evidence proves that the biological weapons they were developing were tested on the public in various communities without their knowledge or consent. The government knew that crystalline brucellosis would cause disease in humans. Now they needed to determine how it spread, and the best way to disperse it. They tested dispersal methods for Brucella suis and Brucella melitensis at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, June and September 1952. Probably, 100% of us now are infected with Brucella suis and Brucella melitensis. (ref. p.135, table 4 of Special Virus Cancer Program: Progress Report 8) . Another government document recommended the genesis of open air vulnerability tests, and covert research and development programs to be conducted by the army and supported by the Central Intelligence Agency. At that time, the government of Canada was asked by the government of the United States to cooperate in testing weaponized brucellosis, and Canada cooperated fully with the government of the United States. They wanted to determine (i) if mosquitoes will carry the disease and (ii) if the air will carry it. A government report stated that “… open air testing of infectious biological agents is considered essential to an ultimate understanding of biological warfare potentialities because of the many unknown factors affecting the degradation of micro-organisms in the atmosphere”. TESTING BRUCELLOSES VIA MOSQUITO VECTOR IN PUNTA GORDA: A report from The New England Journal of Medicine, August 22, 1957, p.362 reveals that one of the first outbreaks of chronic fatigue syndrome was in Punta Gorda, Florida, back in 1957. It was a strange coincidence that a week before these people came down with chronic fatigue syndrome, there was a huge influx of mosquitoes. The National Institutes of Health claimed that the mosquitoes came from a forest fire 30 miles away. When the forest fire broke out, the mosquitoes all said, “Well, let’s go over to Punta Gorda – there will be a bunch of people over there, we can have a picnic, and then we will go home”. The truth is that those mosquitoes were infected in Canada by Dr. J.B. Reed at Queen’s University. They were bred in Belleville, Ontario, and taken down and released in Punta Gorda. Within a week, the first five cases ever of chronic fatigue syndrome were reported to the local clinic in Punta Gorda, and it continued until finally 450 people were ill with the disease. TESTING BRUCELLOSIS VIA MOSQUITO VECTOR IN ONTARIO: The government of Canada established the Dominion Parasite Laboratory in Belleville, Ontario, and raised 100 million mosquitoes a month which were shipped to Queen’s University and certain other facilities to be infected with this disease agent. The mosquitoes were then let loose in certain communities in the middle of the night so they could determine how many people would become ill with chronic fatigue syndrome, or fibromyalgia, which was the first disease to show. One of the communities they tested it on was the St. Lawrence Seaway valley all the way from Kingston to Cornwall in 1984. They let out absolutely hundreds of millions of infected mosquitoes. Over 700 people in the next four or five weeks developed myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome. IV – OTHER SECRET GOVERNMENT TESTING MAD COW DISEASE IN THE FORE INDIAN TRIBE: At the infamous Japanese Camp 731 in Manchuria, they contaminated prisoners of war with certain disease agents. They also established a research camp in New Guinea in 1942, and experimented upon the Fore Indian tribe, and inoculated them with a minced-up version of the brains of diseased sheep containing the visna virus which causes mad cow disease (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease which is known to you as mad cow disease, but which was known to the Fore Indian tribe as kuru). About five or six years later, after the Japanese had been driven out, the poor people of the Fore tribe developed what they called kuru which was their word for wasting, and they began to shake, lose their appetites, and die. The autopsies revealed that their brains had literally turned to mush. They had contracted mad cow disease from the Japanese experiments. When World War II ended, the Japanese General Doctor who was in charge of biological warfare experimentations in Japan, Dr. Ishii Shiro, was captured. They gave him the choice of a job with the United States army or execution as a war criminal. Not surprisingly, Dr. Ishii Shiro chose to work with the United States military to demonstrate how they had created mad cow disease in the Fore Indian tribe. In 1957, when the disease was beginning to blossom in full among these Fore Indian people, Dr. Carleton Gajdusek of the National Institutes of Health of the U.S. headed down to New Guinea to to determine how the minced-up brains of the visnainfected sheep affected these people. He spent a couple of years in New Guinea studying the Fore tribe, wrote an extensive report on it, and won the Nobel Prize for “discovering” kuru disease (also known as mad cow or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) in the Fore Indian tribe in New Guinea. TESTING CARCINOGENS IN RUSSIA: In 1953, the Americans developed a carcinogenic chemical which they wanted to test, but they didn’t want to test it in the United States so they flew over Russia, accidentally wandered off course, and sprayed this stuff. Many people started getting cancer. And the U.S. had some jokes about this. One American researcher, Dr. Maurice Hilleman of Merck, Sharp and Dohme, joked, “We are going to win the next Olympics because all the Russians are going to turn up with 40- pound tumours.” They thought it was a big joke. TESTING CARCINOGENS IN WINNIPEG: Next they said, “How about testing it in Canada?” In 1953, the U.S. asked the government of Canada if they could test this carcinogenic chemical over the city of Winnipeg. It was a big city with 500,000 people, miles from anywhere. They sprayed the chemical in a 1,000% attenuated form, which they said would be so watered down that nobody would get very sick. However, if people came to clinics with a sniffle, a sore throat, or ringing in their ears, the researchers would be able to determine what percentage would have developed cancer if it had been full strength. When we located evidence that the Americans had tested this carcinogenic chemical over the city of Winnipeg in 1953, and informed the government that we had this evidence, they denied it. However, finally, on May 15, 1997, a story out of the Canadian Press in Washington, D.C. by Robert Russo, published in the Toronto Star, stated that the Pentagon of the United States admitted that in 1953 they had obtained permission from the government of Canada to fly over the city of Winnipeg and spray this crap out, and it sifted down on kids going to school, housewives hanging out their laundry, and people going to work. US Army planes and trucks released the chemical 36 times between July and August 1953. The chemical used was zinc cadmium sulfide, a carcinogen. They got their statistics, which indicated that if it had been full strength, approximately a third of the population of Winnipeg would have developed cancers over the next five years. The Pentagon called a press conference to admit what they had done. One professor, Dr. Hugh Fudenberg, MD, who was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize wrote a magazine article which stated that the Pentagon has come clean on this because two researchers up in Sudbury, Ontario, Don Scott and his son Bill Scott had been revealing this to the public. The US Army actually conducted a whole series of simulated germ warfare tests in Winnipeg. The Pentagon lied about the tests to the mayor, saying that they were testing a chemical fog over the city, which would protect Winnipeg in the event of a nuclear attack. A report commissioned by US Congress, chaired by Dr. Rogene Henderson, lists 32 American towns and cities used as test sites as well. V – BRUCELLOSIS MYCOPLASMA AND DISEASE AIDS: The AIDS pathogen was created out of a brucellosis bacteria mutated with a visna virus; then the toxin was removed as a DNA particle called a mycoplasma. They used the same mycoplasma to develop disabling diseases like MS, Crohn’s colitis, Lyme disease etc. In a United States congressional document of a meeting held June 9, 1969, the Pentagon delivered a report to Congress about biological weapons (described on page 129 of the document). The Pentagon stated, “We are continuing to develop disabling weapons.” Dr. MacArthur, who was in charge of the research said, “We are developing a new lethal weapon, a synthetic biological agent that does not naturally exist, and for which no natural immunity could have been acquired.” Think about it. If you have a deficiency of acquired immunity, you have an acquired immunity deficiency. Plain as that. AIDS. In laboratories throughout the United States and a certain number in Canada, including the University of Alberta, the U.S. government provided the leadership for the development of the AIDS virus for the purpose of population control. After they had it perfected, they sent medical teams from the Centers for Disease Control to Africa and other mid-eastern countries where they thought the population was becoming too large. They gave them all a free vaccination for smallpox. Five years after receiving this smallpox vaccination, 60% of them were suffering from AIDS. They tried to blame it on a monkey, which is nonsense. There was a report in the newspapers a while back about a professor at the University of Arkansas who claimed that while studying the tissues of a dead chimpanzee, she found the HIV virus. The chimpanzee that she had tested was born in the United States 23 years earlier. It had lived its entire life in a U.S. military laboratory where it was used as an experimental animal for the development of these diseases. When it died, its body was shipped to a storage place where it was deep-frozen and stored in case they wanted to analyze it later. Then they decided that they didn’t have enough space for it, so they said, “Anybody want this dead chimpanzee?”, and this researcher from Arkansas said, “Yes. Send it down to the University of Arkansas. We are happy to get anything that we can get.” They shipped it down and she found the HIV virus in it. That virus was acquired by that chimpanzee in the laboratories where it was tested. CHRONIC FATIGUE: Chronic fatigue syndrome is more accurately called myalgic encephalomyelitis, not chronic fatigue syndrome. That nomenclature was given by the National Institutes of Health in the United States because they wanted to downgrade and belittle the disease. An MRI of the brain of a teenage girl who had chronic fatigue syndrome displayed a great many scars or punctate lesions in the left frontal lobe area where portions of the brain had literally dissolved and had been replaced by scar tissue. This caused cognitive impairment, memory impairment, etc. And what was the cause of the scars? The mycoplasma. So there is very concrete physical evidence of these tragic diseases even though doctors continue to say they don’t know where it comes from or what they can do about it. APPEALS TO CANADA PENSION: Many people with chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalo-myelitis and fibromyalgia who apply to the Canada Pension Plan will be turned down because they cannot prove that they are ill. Over the past year I have conducted several appeals to Canada Pension and Workers Compensation on behalf of people who have been turned down. I provided documented evidence of these illnesses, and they were all granted their pensions on the basis of the evidence that I provided. In March of last year, for example, I appealed to the Workers’ Compensation on behalf of a lady with fibromyalgia who had been denied her pension back in 1993. The vicechairman of the board came up to Sudbury to hear the appeal, and I showed him a number of documents which proved that this lady was physically ill with fibromyalgia. It was a disease which caused physical damage, and the disease agent was a mycoplasma. The guy listened for three hours and then he said to me, “Mr. Scott, how is it I have never heard of any of this before? I said, “We brought a top authority in this area into Sudbury to speak on this subject and not a single solitary doctor came to that presentation.” VI – TESTING FOR THE PRESENCE OF MYCOPLASMA IN YOUR BODY THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TEST: Information is not generally available about this agent, because first of all, the mycoplasma is such an infinitely small disease agent. A hundred years ago certain medical theoreticians conceived that there must be something smaller than the bacteria and the virus, which are the most common living forms of disease agents. This pathogenic organism is so infinitely small that normal blood and tissue tests will not reveal the source of the disease. Your doctor may diagnose you with Alzheimer’s and he will say, “Golly, we don’t know where Alzheimer’s comes from. All we know is that your brain begins to deteriorate, cells rupture, the myelin sheath around the nerves dissolves, and so on.” Or if you have chronic fatigue syndrome, the doctor will not be able to find any cause for your illness with ordinary blood and tissue tests. This mycoplasma couldn’t be detected until about 30 years ago when they developed the polymerase chain reaction test in which they examine a sample of your blood, remove damaged particles, and subject that damaged particle to a polymerase chain reaction. This causes the DNA in the particle to break down. Then they place it in a nutrient which causes the DNA to grow back into its original form. If they get enough of it they can recognize what it is, and determine whether brucellosis or another kind of agent is behind that particular mycoplasma. THE BLOOD TEST: If anybody in your family has myalgic encephalomyelitis, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, or Alzheimer’s, you can send a blood test to Dr. Les Simpson in New Zealand. If you are ill with these diseases, your red blood cells will not be normal donut-shaped blood cells capable of being compressed and squeezed through the capillaries, but will swell up like cherry-filled donuts, which cannot be compressed. The blood cells become enlarged and distended because the only way the mycoplasma can exist is by uptaking preformed sterols from the host cell. One of the best sources of preformed sterols is cholesterol, and cholesterol is what gives your blood cells flexibility. If the cholesterol is taken out by the mycoplasma, the red blood cell swells up, doesn’t go through and the person begins to feel all the aches and pains, and all the damage it causes to the brain, the heart, the stomach, the feet and the whole body because blood and oxygen is cut off. And that is why people with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome have such a terrible time. When the blood is cut off from the brain, punctate lesions appear, because those parts of the brain die. It will get into portions of the heart muscle, especially the left ventricle, and those cells will die. Certain people have cells in the lateral ventricles of the brain that have a genetic predisposition to admit the mycoplasma, and it causes the lateral ventricles to deteriorate and die and this leads to multiple sclerosis which will progress until they are totally disabled and frequently die prematurely. It will get into the lower bowel and parts of the lower bowel will die and cause colitis. All of these diseases are caused by the degenerating properties of the mycoplasma. About two months ago a gentleman in Sudbury phoned me and told me he had fibromyalgia. He applied for Canada Pension and was turned down because his doctor said it was all in his head and there was no external evidence. I gave him the proper form and a vial, and he sent his blood to Dr. Les Simpson of New Zealand to be tested. He did this with his family doctor’s approval, and the results from Dr. Simpson showed that only 4% of his red blood cells were functioning normally and carrying the appropriate amount of oxygen to his poor body, whereas 83% were distended, enlarged and hardened, and wouldn’t go through the capillaries without an awful lot of pressure and trouble. This is the physical evidence of the damage that is done. THE ECG TEST: You can also ask your doctor to give you a 24- hour Holter ECG. You know, of course, that an electrocardiogram is a measure of your heart beat, which shows what is going on in the right ventricle, the left ventricle, and so on. Tests show that 100% of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia have an irregular heart beat. At various periods of time, during the 24 hours, the heart, instead of working happily away, going “bump-BUMP, bump-BUMP”, every now and again, it will go “buhbuhbuhbuhbuhbuhbuhbuhbuh”. The T-wave (the waves are called P, Q, R, S, and the last one is T) is normally a peak, and then the wave levels off and starts with the P-wave again. In chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia patients, the T-wave flattens off, or actually inverts. That means the blood in the left ventricle is not being squeezed up through the aorta and around through the body. My client did this test, and lo and behold, the test results stated: “The shape of T and S-T suggest left ventricle strain pattern, although voltage and so on is normal”. The doctor had no clue as to why the T-wave was not working properly. I analyzed the report of the patient who had been turned down by Canada Pension and sent it back to them. They wrote back and said, “It looks like we may have made a mistake. We are going to give you a hearing and you can explain this to us in more detail.” So it is not all in your imagination. There is actual physical damage to the heart. The left ventricle muscles do show scarring. That is why many people are diagnosed with a heart condition when they first develop fibromyalgia, but it’s only one of several problems because the mycoplasma can do all kinds of damage. BLOOD VOLUME TEST: You can also ask your doctor for a blood volume test. Every human being requires a certain amount of blood per pound of body weight, and it has been observed that people with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis and others do not have the normal blood volume their body needs to function properly. Doctors aren’t normally aware of this. This test measures the amount of blood in the human body by taking out five cc, putting a tracer in it, and then putting it back in the body. One hour later take out five cc again and look for the tracer. The thicker the blood and the lower the blood volume, the more tracer you will find. The analysis of one of my clients stated: “This patient was referred for red cell mass study. The red cell volume is 16.9 ml per kg of body weight. The normal range is 25 to 35 ml. per kg.” This guy has 36% less blood in his body than the body needs to function”. And the doctor hadn’t even known the test existed. If you lost 36% of your blood in an accident, do you think your doctor would tell you that you are all right, just take up line dancing and you will get over it? They would rush you to the nearest hospital and start infusing you with blood transfusions. These tragic people with these awful diseases are functioning with anywhere from 7% to 50% less blood than their bodies need to function. UNDOING THE DAMAGE: The body undoes the damage itself. The scarring in the brain of people with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia will be repaired. There is cellular repair going on all the time. But the mycoplasma has moved on to the next cell. In the early stages of a disease, doxycycline may reverse the disease. It is one of the tetracycline antibiotics, but it is not bactericidal; it is bacteriostatic. It stops the growth of the mycoplasma, and if it is stopped long enough, then the immune system takes over. (Nicholson, G.L., Doxycycline treatment and Desert Storm, JAMA, 1995, 273: 618-619), GULF WAR RESEARCH: Professor Garth Nicholson, Ph.D., of the Institute for Molecular Medicine is one of the top experts on mycoplasma. He has been given an $8 million grant to study 450 Gulf War veterans, because Gulf War illness is caused by the mycoplasma. Dr. Les Simpson has done most of the research in detecting the disease by the polymerase chain reaction blood test. You may contact Dr. Nicholson at 15162 Triton Lane, Huntington Beach, Ca, 92649-1401 (tel:92649-1401), tel 714-903-2900 (tel:714- 903-2900). In summary, there is a disease agent that is called a mycoplasma. All of these neurodegenerative systemic diseases are caused by a particle of a bacterial DNA, a mycoplasma, that enters into the cells of living organisms and takes the cells apart, sterol by sterol, leaving scar tissue, and causing all the range of symptoms that you see in people with these diseases. The military and the National Institutes of Health and the government are all dedicated to keeping this mycoplasma as covert as they possibly can. For more information and references, please refer to The Brucellosis Triangle and The Extremely Unfortunate Skull Valley Incident by Don Scott and William Scott, both available at Consumer Health Organization. Other recommended reading is Osler’s Web by Hillary Johnson and Emerging Viruses: Aids and Ebola by Leonard Horowitz. Don Scott also produces The Journal of Degenerative Diseases. You may contact Donald Scott at: 190 Mountain St., Ste. 405, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3B 4G2. 705-670-0180 (tel:705-670- 0180). Note: Dr. David Webster at Sudbury General Hospital, a wonderful person, with whom I have had conversations about these awful diseases can tell your doctor about the Blood Volume test. http://www.consumerhealth.org/home.cfm (http://www.consumerhealth.org/home.cfm) Weaponized Mycoplasma Bio Warfare: A 'Soft Kill' Solution - Level9News (Weaponized Mycoplasma Bio Warfare: A 'Soft Kill' Solution - Level9News) Daily Posts BLOG AT WordPress.com: Create a Free Website or Blog. Create your website at WordPress.com: Create a Free Website or Blog Get started

It depends on your opinion of the place and what environment you like. If you like beaches then go to USA. UK has a different culture than the USA. Canada is some what similar to UK. Canada has similar government to UK. Canada is loyal to the UK. But UK is still like other European countries than US and Canada. If I moved to UK from those 2 western countries that aren't used to European life than I would be unhappy. UK and Canada love each other and are similar.Which do you prefer?Canada and the UK are two countries with strong historical links, many of which still exist today. After all, Queen Elizabeth II is the reigning monarch of both countries. However, there are some truly distinct differences between the nations which is perhaps not surprising considering the geographical distance between them plus the massive disparity in size between both lands.When you consider the lifestyle of the two nations, you can quickly see that being a Canadian is indeed very different from being a Brit!Zoë Dawes, the author behind The Quirky Traveller , shares her opinion on Canada’s lifestyle: “It’s got a winning combination of British and French influences wrapped up in a unique country with its very own diverse history, sports and activities, culture, cuisine and landscape and most importantly, people.”And we haven’t even mentioned the weather and geographical diversity of Canada, lending itself to everything from sunny days on the beach to snowboarding in the mountains! The UK can’t quite compete, which has led many Brits to look across the pond at their cousins with envy.In this article, we are going to take an in-depth look at the differences alluded to, contrasting and comparing Canada to the UK, and seeing why some Brits might wish they could spend a little more time in the Great White North.With exciting family holidays to Canada available, there are plenty of opportunities to plan multiple visits. Let’s take a look!Jump to sectionCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#TraditionsCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#TraditionsCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#FoodCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#FoodCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#SportCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#SportCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#LifestyleCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#LifestyleCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#WildlifeCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#WildlifeCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#PersonalityCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#Personality%20TestCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#CompetitionCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#CompetitionTraditions and cultureWhile Canada and the UK have a lot in common, there are indeed distinct differences between the two—many of which are evident when you start to look at traditions and culture.Hospitality and friendliness are a great example of this, with Canadians being widely known around the world for being incredibly polite and welcoming, ranking even above the Brits.In a survey of the friendliest countries by InterNations, Canada ranks inside the top 10, with the UK placing outside the top 50. After one visit across the pond, Brits will find themselves quickly booking their next holiday to Canada, thanks to the friendly and helpful attitude of locals.FoodThe food and cuisine of a country tend to be connected to its geographical landscape, as well as the animals that are native to it. In the UK, you will see a lot of pork, lamb, beef, and chicken-based dishes (with favourites being the likes of shepherd’s pie and roast beef, as well as taking advantage of the nation’s island status, often resulting in its infamous fish and chips. But how does Canada compare?SportSomething that Canada and the UK certainly have in common is the fact that both countries are proud sporting nations and are home to some of the world’s most gifted sports stars. From hockey and curling to lacrosse and rugby league, sport is a big deal for our cousins across the Atlantic.LifestyleA report recently deemed Canada to have the best quality of life!In the U.S News and World Report’s 2019 Best Countries Report, produced with the BAV Group and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 20,300 respondents from 36 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa were asked to score 80 countries based on 65 attributes.WildlifeCanada boasts some of the world’s greatest untamed lands and wilderness and is home to a range of impressive animals. It is the last stronghold for animals such as black, brown (or grizzly), and polar bears. Off the nutrient-rich waters of Newfoundland and BC, you’ll find whale species like orcas and humpbacks.Traditions and cultureWhile Canada and the UK have a lot in common, there are indeed distinct differences between the two—many of which are evident when you start to look at traditions and culture. Hospitality and friendliness are a great example of this, with Canadians being widely known around the world for being incredibly polite and welcoming, ranking even above the Brits.Canada is renowned for its friendlinessIn a survey of the friendliest countries by InterNations , Canada ranks inside the top 10, with the UK placing outside the top 50. After one visit across the pond, Brits will find themselves quickly booking their next holiday to Canada, holiday to Canada, thanks to the friendly and helpful attitude of locals.Lia & Jeremy Garcia, the travel bloggers behind Practical Wanderlust , tell us how the people in Canada made them fall in love with the country.“I find that the quality of life in Canada is due almost entirely to the people who live there. In my experience, Canadians are kind, generous, friendly people who are always willing to go out of their way to help a complete stranger. In the USA, where I live, friendliness and courtesy to strangers are uncommon these days, and it was incredibly refreshing.“In my visits to Canada, I've experienced everything from a stranger paying for my coffee to a stranger handing me the rest of their parking pass to cover my parking, not to mention the kind and generous interactions with everyone from taxi drivers to servers! It's so refreshing to experience a basic level of respect and universal kindness.Canadians celebrate their cultureWhile many people across the world are proud of their countries, Canada certainly ranks highly in this regard and enjoys celebrating this fact with fantastic traditions such as the Calgary Stampede , which is an annual event that celebrates culture, heritage, and community spirit with concerts, rodeos, and parades.This ten-day event is billed as ‘The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth’ and attracts a massive one million plus visitors per year. Want to see what all the fuss is about for yourself? Take a look at our guide for where to stay in Calgary .But at the top of your bucket list should be to get some photographs of the lake that has captured the imagination of famous artists and mountaineers for centuries.The great outdoorsOne truly defining characteristic of Canada is its vast open spaces, meaning that exploring the great outdoors is an integral part of Canadian culture.Alexandra, from the Vancouver lifestyle blog To Vogue or Bust , mentioned this to us when speaking about her favourite Canadian traditions:“Being originally Québécoise before moving to Vancouver as a child, I have early memories of rolling up strips of still-hot maple syrup on snow! I think Canadian traditions are very much centred around the outdoors: camping, going to my cabin on the Sunshine Coast, canoeing or kayaking and going hiking are everyday things for those of us lucky enough to live here on the west coast, and they're all such distinct Canadian traditions.”Vanessa from the travel blog We Are Travel Girls , has lived in London and spent time in Canada, coming to love both countries, and thinks that while wildlife and wilderness are factors in the cultures of both, the UK has a more city centred culture than Canada:“Canadians have a deep respect for their wilderness and wildlife. The great outdoors is a huge part of Canadian culture and embodies who Canadians are on many levels. The few times I have travelled through Canada I was in awe of the natural beauty there.”Opportunities like this are truly few and far between in the UK and hardly comparable to what is available in Canada. So, for visiting Brits, this is certainly something to be taken advantage of. We asked Alexandra from ‘To Vogue or Bust’ what she thinks are some of the best ways to do so:“There are just so many things to explore, whether it's the skiing of Whistler, hikes on the North Shore mountains, paddle boarding in False Creek, or even just a long leisurely bike ride along the Stanley Park sea wall.“The biggest mistake I see visitors doing when visiting Vancouver, in particular, is just limiting themselves to wandering around the downtown area.“Having said that, cities like Toronto and Montréal (and of course, Vancouver) among others have a lot to offer from a metropolitan standpoint as well, and I think they all really represent a lot of amazing arts and cultures.“There's a very distinct Canadian element to a lot of our arts and cultures that feels very universalist of cultures/religions, along with a respect for nature that is very uniquely Canadian. I think it has something to do with having the sweeping, stunning landscapes all around us (often even in cities) along with our mosaic of cultures.”Forbidden Vancouver , helps visitors explore the culture and history of the city with walking tours. and, as such, the team spoke to us about the best way visitors can immerse themselves in Canadian culture during their time in Vancouver:“The best way to experience Canadian culture is to meet and spend time with Canadians,” they said. “We really are a friendly bunch! Vancouver is a beautiful and super diverse modern city, but with a fascinating history. People here really take pride in their hometown and you'll find locals love to share their city with visitors.“Joining one of our many tours will give visitors the chance to hear a local's perspective. In my experience, the tour guide community in Vancouver is super passionate and engaged and the range of tours available means there's a chance for everyone to experience a dose of Canadian culture!”Culture of Canada's Indigenous PeoplesOne huge distinction between Canada and the UK is the Indigenous presence in Canada. Canada’s Indigenous peoples—the original inhabitants of the land and often referred to as First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples—make up nearly 5% of the population.As a result, the Indigenous peoples play an important part of Canada’s culture and, of course, have their own unique traditions (some of which you can read about in our article: Insight into Canada’s First Nations).Jaime Morse from Indigenous Walks , who puts together guided walks through Downtown Ottawa from an Indigenous perspective, spoke to us about the role Indigenous people and their history play in Canada’s culture. Jaime told us that while this is an important part of Canada’s culture, more can be done in terms of tourism:“With over 865 First Nation reserves, urban territories, Inuit communities, urban destinations and rural destinations plus Métis Settlements, eco-tourism, non-Indigenous and Indigenous tourism-focused companies, there’s quite a lot to think about.“In British Columbia, there’s a big inclusion of Indigenous cultures, whereas in somewhere like Ottawa, it’s quite a minimal aspect of Ottawa tourism.” Jaime certainly think there is a lot of potential here and with a huge number of museums/events welcoming tourists to learn more about Indigenous culture, there’s a lot to look forward to. For example, the whole village of Alert Bay in British Columbia is home to Indigenous peoples and they even have a culture centre dedicated to their history.Canada DayAnother integral part of Canadian culture and a yearly tradition is Canada Day. Taking place on 1st July, this holiday commemorates the coming together of Canada’s three provinces as one nation in 1867. Celebrated as Canada’s birthday both in Canada and around the world, this is certainly a tradition that can’t be experienced in the UK.Canadians commemorate the occasion with outdoor events like parades, carnivals, festivals, barbecues fireworks, music and much more. The day is something to look forward to and a chance for Canadians to come together and rejoice as a nation.You can read all about Canada Day and how to celebrate this fantastic occasion in our article: What is Canada Day and where should I go to celebrate it?ThanksgivingMany people associate Thanksgiving with the United States, but Canada also has its own Thanksgiving celebration. We Brits, of course, get to enjoy family get-togethers and feasts for the likes of Easter and Christmas, but missing out on Thanksgiving is certainly a sore point and another point in Canada’s column.Canada’s Thanksgiving tradition isn’t identical to that in the USA, although turkey still plays an integral role. Taking place on the second Monday of October, the feast looks to celebrate the harvest and other blessings of the past year and has been a holiday since 1879.Foods traditionally served during Thanksgiving include turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet corn, and pumpkin pie. Canadian football is also a part of the celebration, with what is known as the Thanksgiving Day Classic, a doubleheader held by the Canadian Football League nationally televised on the occasion.French culture and traditionsSomething that makes Canada a truly unique place to live is its strong French culture, with many inhabitants speaking the language fluently. French Canadians trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in Canada from the 17th century onward.French is actually the mother tongue of 7.2 million Canadians (about 20% of the population), with the majority of native speakers living in Québec.This obviously has a significant effect on Canadian culture, especially in regions with a large presence of French native speakers. As such, many French customs and traditions can be found in Canada, including everything from cuisine, greetings, and celebrations such as the New France Festival, which celebrates the arrival of the first Europeans and includes costumes, gourmet, artistic, and culinary events.Don’t forget to take a look at some of our fantastic holidays to Canada if you feel inspired to visit.Canada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#jumpFoodThe food and cuisine of a country tend to be connected to its geographical landscape, as well as the animals that are native to it. In the UK, you will see a lot of pork, lamb, beef, and chicken-based dishes (with favourites being the likes of shepherd’s pie and roast beef, as well as taking advantage of the nation’s island status, often resulting in its infamous fish and chips. But how does Canada compare>Karen Anderson, CEO of Alberta Food Tours , gave us her opinion of what makes Canadian Food so special and distinctive:“Canadian food reflects the natural beauty and the massive amount of land our country is blessed with. From the fresh fisheries of our three coasts to the bison, beef, vegetables and grains that thrive on the great plains to grape growing regions in Niagara and British Columbia (BC), we are blessed with abundance.”But how can visitors to Alberta get the best of its much-praised culinary scene? Karen offers the following advice: “Alberta has seven signature foods: beef, bison, canola, honey red fife wheat, root vegetables and saskatoon berries, which are not to be missed. Our food tours make sure your experience is all hits and no misses plus you'll have a friendly knowledgeable guide to make recommendations as well. Pro tip: Alberta grows world-class barley and visitors can taste its goodness in over 120 craft breweries and dozens of distilleries!”Cultural influences on Canadian cuisineAnother aspect that has greatly influenced Canada’s food scene is the country’s diversity, bringing many different dining habits to the table.This is something that Diana Chan, from the Canadian food and travel blog, Foodology , highlighted when speaking to us about what makes Canadian food distinctive, particularly its exceptional Asian cuisine:“Canadian cuisine varies from west to east coast and what makes it so special is its diversity. We are the second biggest country in terms of land mass, welcoming more than 17 million immigrants since 1867. Diversity has played a role in forming the history of our country and also our food. It is not just the typical poutine, ketchup chips, butter tarts, or Montréal Smoked Meat. We have some of the best Chinese, Japanese and Korean food outside of Asia.”Diana also offers a top tip for how visiting Brits can best experience Canada’s unique food scene: “Whichever province you decide to visit in Canada, the best way to experience the culinary scene is to ask a local what their recommendations are. There are a lot of hidden gems that are family-run restaurants with huge passion behind the food that they craft.”Mayssam from the Montréal food and travel blog Will Travel For Food spoke to us about how the climate and sourcing of foods help create Canada’s distinctive culinary scene: “What makes Canadian cuisine so distinctive is our unique climate and access to regional plants that don't grow anywhere else.“Canadian chefs are relying more and more on foraging wild edibles and local species to include in their cuisine, from heirloom varieties of grains and vegetables that are being regrown and brought back to wild indigenous plants that are being rediscovered.”Chloe Gunning, from the UK travel blog Wanderlust Chloe , has spent time in Canada during her travels and has come away with great affection for the country, including the food:“I love how diverse the food scene is in Canada. I visited Montréal early this year, where there's an amazing mix of cuisines. Over a few days, we ate steak frites, Vietnamese pho, spicy kebabs, tangy ceviche, healthy poke bowls and of course plenty of Canada's finest poutine!”.SEE MOREEat like a local in Toronto | Canadian AffairBooked a flight to Toronto? Find out how to eat like a local by exploring our guide to popular restaurants and cafes across the capital of Ontario.https://www.canadianaffair.com/blog/eat-like-a-local-in-toronto/Eat like a local in Ottawa | Canadian AffairThere are so many fantastic places to dine at in Ottawa but where are the best locations to eat like a local? We let you know in this handy guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/blog/eat-like-a-local-in-ottawa/Which food tours exemplify Canada’s finest cuisine? | Canadian AffairEnjoying a holiday in Canada is a multisensory experience. One of the elements to enjoy is the flavours that Canada offers through its incredible cuisine.https://www.canadianaffair.com/blog/best-food-tours-canada/Canada rules breakfastWhen it comes to breakfast, there truly is no contest between the two nations. While we Brits enjoy our toast and cereal, occasional shaking things up with a big old fry-up, the delicious offerings that are commonplace in Canada help it to truly rule the breakfast scene.Taking advantage of the waffles and fluffy pancakes on offer at Canada’s many restaurants and pancake houses is something many Brits dream of. While we can try our best to recreate these dishes at home, nothing beats an authentic Canadian breakfast, especially when it comes to maple syrup.SEE MORECanadian Pancake Guide | Canadian AffairGo across the pond for Lent this year and check out not only where you can find the best pancakes in Canada, but how you can make them at home.https://www.canadianaffair.com/blog/canadian-pancake-guide/Healthy eating habitsAnother distinguishing feature between Canada and the UK when it comes to food is the healthy eating habits. While Canada has many delicious treats that can be enjoyed for those who have a sweet tooth, the country ranks well in Forks National Historic Site when it comes to eating habits.While Canada isn’t light years ahead of the UK on the list, it does sit in 16th place compared to Britain’s 19th place. So, visitors to Canada can relax in the knowledge that there is plenty of healthy offerings to be found to go alongside those maple syrup-soaked pancakes we all crave so much.Eating outOne category that Canada certainly excels in is its wonderful eating out scene. While we Brits certainly have some terrific options available to us, and we all have our favourite local chippy, the sheer variety and diversity of options on offer in Canada is something to behold. From world-class restaurants and diners replete with mouth-watering comfort food to sugar shacks, there is so much to enjoy.If you transport a food-loving Brit to Canada, they will truly be in paradise. But what about specifics? We spoke to Calgary based food lover Tanya from the blog Eat With Me Canada , who offered some of her top picks for where to eat in her home town:“Calgary is a city filled with a vast array of restaurants that represent so much more than just Alberta beef. You can find French patisseries, Italian pizzerias, Indian delicacies, vegan delights, street food, handmade gelato, Korean BBQ, Chinese hot pot and amazing Japanese sashimi, just to name a few. You can eat in the dark (a sensory experience one must try!), standing on a street corner, or watching the city go by from a rotating restaurant high up in the sky. While it's truly unfair to list just a handful of restaurants one must try in Calgary, here are a few of my favourites:- Q Haute for a unique and artistic sensory experience (and you get a tour of the kitchen!)- River Cafe for a beautiful summer brunch on the patio- Shokunin for traditional Japanese dishes and a photo op with Chef Darren MacLean from Netflix's The Chef's Table- Foreign Concept for delicious and creative Asian fusion- The King Eddie for traditional southern comfort food and live music”Image credit: Le Relais des PinsLe Relais de Pins in Québec provides a friendly atmosphere for a delicious friendly atmosphere for a delicious bite to eat, allowing guests to sample their maple products while learning about the maple syrup craft itself.Speaking to us about what makes sugar shacks such a big part of Canada’s food scene, the team at Le Relais des Pins said: “Maple syrup season has always been a reason to celebrate. It has historically announced the start of spring and the end of the rough winter.“Families were big and maple syrup producers used to invite everyone in their house for a meal so everything was put on the table and people would serve themselves. It is tradition to party during maple syrup season with family and friends around a big table full of food with music such as accordion, violin and guitar. It is a part of our history and that is why we still celebrate it every year and that it is a big part of our food scene.“We offer a typical Canadian experience to our customers so everyone, from locals to people from all around the world can live a true experience as our ancestors used to.“People can come all year round to taste our fresh homemade products and eat maple taffy, even in summer. Dancing and live music are also available. You can even join the musician with traditional wooden spoons. It is also possible to bring back souvenirs and maple products from our gift shop.”Popular dishesWe Brits certainly have some favourite dishes that we look forward to eating, depending on where you are in the country.A recent study has revealed Britain's favourite family meals, and these were the top five:1. Spaghetti Bolognese2. Pizza3. Roast chicken4. Fish fingers5. Fish and chipsTanya from ‘Eat With Me Canada’ offered her input on some of the most popular Canadian dishes that visitors should look to try: “If you're visiting the west coast of Canada you must indulge on the seafood and fish; smoked sockeye salmon, wild halibut (best served with wild BC mushrooms) and spot prawns. Get a little more earthy in the interior with elk, bison or venison.“The creativity that many chefs apply to the more 'gamier' meats these days makes the meat so much more enjoyable than it used to be. If you're travelling through Québec, you must try poutine of course; however, cities like Calgary now pay homage to the famously Canadian dish of fries (chips), cheese curds and gravy with their own annual 'poutine week'. Any trip to the east coast must involve eating a few lobster rolls, some famous Digby scallops and a donair from Halifax.”Image credit: Heather on Her TravelsHeather, from the travel, culture and food blog Heather on Her Travels , is a UK based travel blogger that has fond memories of her time visiting Canada . She spoke to us about the country’s food scene and highlighted poutine as a Canadian dish that she has a lot of love for:“Poutine is a typical Canadian dish that you really want to eat on a freezing day, when the carb-heavy dish of fries, curd cheese and gravy, makes a welcome warmer. What I found interesting was how all the top Canadian chefs love to create their own variations of poutine that are often a lot tastier and more interesting.“In Montréal, we spotted foie gras poutine from the top local restaurant Au Pied du Cochon and in Victoria, I tried a delicious Indian variation from VJ's Sutra in the food market, with cassava fries, creamy paneer and butter chicken sauce.”Chloe from ‘Wanderlust Chloe’ also has some top recommendations for foods to try in Canada, highlighting some seasonal food that she really enjoyed during her visit: “I love some of the dishes you get in the mountain areas in winter.“I remember a beautiful lodge we stayed at in the Rockies served a delicious afternoon snack featuring charcuterie boards of locally cured meats and delicious cheeses, plus tasty homemade cakes. It was freezing outside but eating that by the log fire made us feel warm and cosy again!”As you can see, there is quite a difference between the two nations and if you like the sound of Canada over the UK, perhaps you are a secret Canadian!Don't forget to take a look at some of our fantastic holidays to Canada if you feel inspired to visit.Canada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#jumpThe Sport SceneSomething that Canada and the UK certainly have in common is the fact that both countries are proud sporting nations and are home to some of the world’s most gifted sports stars. From hockey and curling to lacrosse and rugby league, sport is a big deal for our cousins across the Atlantic.In fact, Sport Canada revealed that 27% of all Canadians aged 15 and older regularly participated in sports in 2016, while 86% of people played sport recreationally and 14% played competitively.When you visit Canada there aren’t many better experiences to be had than either playing or watching a popular Canadian sport. However, the most distinct difference between the UK and Canada is the most popular sports. Here we take you through those loved by Canadians compared to the most popular in Britain.Ice hockey vs footballIce hockey is the beating heart of Canada after being invented in the country, but has now become popular across the rest of the world and sees the brightest talents from Europe travel to Canada and the US to compete in the National Hockey League .The NHL is made up of 31 franchises and seven of the teams are Canadian. All of the teams are competing for the famous Stanley Cup, which is the oldest existing trophy to be given to a professional sports team and is awarded to the winner of the playoff.If you’ve never seen or played this fun sport, ice hockey has two teams made up of six players and regular matches consist of three 20-minute periods. The aim of the game is to shoot the puck into the opposition goal.The season in the NHL runs from October through to June, ending with the playoff system. The playoffs see the best 16 teams in the league compete against each other until there is one remaining team.>/p>Football in the UK (known as soccer in Canada) has many similar traits to ice hockey in the UK. It’s the most popular sport and originated in England.Football is an 11-aside game, but the premise is the same in the fact that both teams are aiming to score goals in the opposition’s goal, albeit with their foot and not a stick!- Toronto Maple Leafs- Ottawa Senators- Montréal Canadiens- Winnipeg Jets- Edmonton Oilers- Calgary Flames- Vancouver CanucksSEE ALSO:A Guide to Canada’s Sports Teams | Canadian AffairCanada is home to a passionate sporting culture, with numerous successful and popular teams playing in some of the world’s most exciting sports.https://www.canadianaffair.com/blog/guide-canadas-sports-teams/Lacrosse vs cricketLacrosse is Canada's national summer sport. In April 2019, it was announced that the sport will be in the 2021 Canada Summer Games, and in November 2018, it was announced that lacrosse received provisional recognition from the International Olympic Committee.This team sport is played with a stick and ball as players use the head of the lacrosse stick to carry, pass, catch and shoot into a goal.Being so popular, it should come as little surprise that Canada is the defending gold medallists at two world championships and will be hosting world championships later in 2019.Jane Clapham, the executive director of the Canadian Lacrosse Association , told us about why she loves the sport: “Lacrosse, Canada’s national summer sport, started as the Creator’s Game. This fast, fun, uniting sport has a long and rich history in our country. The passionate lacrosse community in Canada can be seen from the grassroots level to our medal-winning national teams.“Team Canada has done exceptionally well on the lacrosse world stage. This year, Canada is excited to host two world championships—the Women’s Field Lacrosse U19 World Championship in Peterborough, Ontario, and the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in Langley, BC.”Cricket is a hugely popular sport to play and watch in the summer months in the UK. The bat-and-ball sport is played between two teams of 11 players on a field and in the middle of the pitch is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end. It’s much slower than lacrosse and is a non-contact sport.Another major difference between these two sports is the length of games, with a typical lacrosse game taking 60-minutes, which includes four quarters of 15-minutes. Test match cricket, on the other hand, can take up to five-days with play generally starting mid-morning and ending in the early evening, depending on the light./p>Other popular sports in CanadaThere are lots of other sports that are extremely popular in Canada and here we give you a snapshot of some others that you can enjoy during your family holidays to Canada .CurlingYou may have seen it on TV during the Winter Olympics or heard someone talking about it, but what is curling and why is it so popular in Canada?The aim of the game is for players to slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area. The two teams, which comprise of four players each, take turns to slide the stones towards the target area. Each team has eight stones and the team with the highest score wins.Al Cameron, the director of communication & media relations at Curling Canada , said: “Canada is a very active nation year-round, but one of the traits about Canadians is that they embrace participating in winter activities when much of the rest of the world prefers to remain indoors by the fire. Canada loves its snow and ice sports, which is a big reason why we're so good at them!“Canada has nearly 1,000 curling centres from coast to coast, and one of their defining characteristics is their inclusive and welcoming nature. All ages, abilities and backgrounds are welcomed and embraced, regardless of whether you're a curling veteran or taking part for the very first time. There will always be someone available to give you some helpful instruction. Curling is the most social sport around, the only team sport in which the participants shake hands before AND after the game, and it's understood that the winning team will buy the loser a round in the lounge to help ease the pain!”Curling is not as popular in the UK as it is across the pond. This is demonstrated in the fact that there are just 22 rinks in Scotland and only one dedicated in England. Despite this, the UK did win its first winter gold since Torvill and Dean in the curling at Salt Lake in 2002.Rugby LeagueA sport that has been growing in Canada exponentially over recent years is Rugby League and this spike in popularity can, in part, be put down to the Toronto Wolfpack .Rugby League is huge in the north of England, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire where the game originated, but in the rest of the country, the likes of football (soccer), rugby union and cricket overtake it in the popularity stakes.In Canada, this fast-paced, all-action sport is growing, and this is shown by the fact that Toronto Wolfpack’s opening two games of 2019 drew a combined crowd of almost 18,000 fans.Jon Pallett, Toronto Wolfpack Head of Marketing and Communications, says, “It is inspiring to see the support on display in a market not historically known for the patronage of rugby. Our home opener was a record crowd for Championship Rugby League and shows that the sport is only growing in popularity each year.“We take part in several events each year that aim to continue this growth, including strengthening the grassroots levels of the sport through kids clinics that draw hundreds of excited future rugby participants.”These efforts are clearly benefiting the sport and at the national level, the Canadian National Rugby League team have been experiencing a resurgence following the creation of a new governing body, Canada Rugby League, in 2010. This is demonstrated in the fact that the side draws crowds in the thousands and has been steadily improving, with a birth in the 2025 World Cup already secured.If you want to experience how this sport is becoming even more popular in Canada, then you need to watch a Toronto Wolfpack game. Jon Pallett tells us why he’d recommend you watch a game this summer: “The Toronto Wolfpack game day experience has rapidly become a dominant fixture on the Toronto summer calendar. Featuring top quality entertainment before, during and after each fixture, fan-favourite beer garden, family-friendly atmosphere, pitch-side viewing options and world-class on-field competition, no trip to Toronto is complete without a day in the sun at Lamport Stadium.“Easily accessible from downtown Toronto, Liberty Village provides the perfect launch pad for any fan wishing to explore one of the most iconic cities on Earth either before or after a Wolfpack contest. A ticket to see the Wolfpack is an opportunity to dive into the culture of this incredible location.“Toronto is a city widely regarded for its knowledgeable and passionate involvement with sport of all kinds. The people of this great city have welcomed the Wolfpack and helped turn our match day experience into something that reflects Toronto and contributes to a rich sporting history.“Over 9,000 fans turn out to watch our games and they are treated to a family-friendly day out featuring live music, elite-standard professional rugby, a wide array of unique entertainment and an atmosphere that turns Liberty Village into the best party under the sun in Toronto.”Don’t forget to take a look at some of our fantastic Canada holidays if you feel inspired to visit.Canada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#jumpLifestyleA report recently deemed Canada to have the best quality of life!In the U.S News and World Report’s 2019 Best Countries Report , produced with the BAV Group and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 20,300 respondents from 36 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa were asked to score 80 countries based on 65 attributes.As well as being ranked number one in the quality of life section for the fourth consecutive year, Canada came out third in the overall best countries in the world.In comparison, the UK was ranked 12th in the list for quality of life and came 13th in the best countries overall rankings. The study looks at the following factors when deciding on the quality of life:-Economically stable-A good job market-Affordable-Safe-Politically-stable-Family-friendly-Well-developed public education system-Income equalityBut there’s so much more to the lifestyle in this majestic country and you will be able to experience this as part of a Canada tour . So what makes Canada rank so highly for its quality of life? We take a look at some of its traits.It's a great place to relaxIf you’re ready to recharge and looking for a relaxing holiday, then Canada is a great place to visit as its lifestyle is renowned for being relaxing.Travel blogger Zoë Dawes from The Quirky Traveller says: “The lifestyle is very relaxed, making the most of the outdoors and amazing natural world, which is more exciting than the UK.“The RV road trip from Vancouver to Calgary through the Rockies is one of the best things I have ever done. So many unforgettable experiences in two weeks from beautiful, modern Vancouver with its café culture and stunning architecture to wild west Calgary via the desert in Osoyoos and the awe-inspiring Rocky Mountains. We saw bears, moose, sea eagles and elk, visited First Nation sites and learnt about Canada’s rich heritage. We ate delicious, fresh local food and visited innovative micro-breweries and wineries all in a warm, welcoming, safe and friendly atmosphere.“If I was 20 years younger I would most definitely move to Canada, at least for a few years. It’s got a lively, forward-looking outlook, there’s no language problem, a great place for kids to grow up and with so much to see and do – and bears , I’d never get bored!” RV road trip from Vancouver to Calgary through the Rockies is one of the best things I have ever done. So many unforgettable experiences in two weeks from beautiful, modern Vancouver with its café culture and stunning architecture to wild west Calgary via the desert in Osoyoos and the awe-inspiring Rocky Mountains. We saw bears, moose, sea eagles and elk, visited First Nation sites and learnt about Canada’s rich heritage. We ate delicious, fresh local food and visited innovative micro-breweries and wineries all in a warm, welcoming, safe and friendly atmosphere.Its outdoor lifestyleAs discussed, Canada is well-known for its outdoors and its incredible scenery, both being important to culture in Canada, but these are also a big part of a Canadian’s lifestyle.Hannah from the travel blog That Adventurer moved from the UK to Canada and said Canada’s outdoor lifestyle was a huge factor in her decision. “I was living in London before and it's pretty difficult to get outside of the city due to traffic and costs. However, living in Vancouver I'm just steps from the beach and only 30 minutes from the mountains, the city itself is also so green that you feel like you're constantly surrounded by nature. For me, it's that that makes the lifestyle in Canada so great!“Again, it's got to be the outdoors lifestyle. Especially in the summer the city just comes alive with people running the seawall, rollerblading, cycling, playing volleyball...the list is almost endless. My first visit to Vancouver was when I moved here, and I fell in love with it straight away - a pretty sunset on Kitsilano Beach can make anyone fall in love with the city!”Sarah from the Family Travel Times blog agrees that what makes Canada’s lifestyle so great compared to the UK is the beauty of its countryside.“We had always wanted to go to Canada, attracted by the beauty of the country, the outdoors, the history and the friendliness and tolerance of the people there.“We'd love to go back! The Rockies is on our wish list. We'd really like to make full use of the outdoors as we were mainly in cities this time.”Micki Kosman from The Barefoot Nomad also thinks what makes Canada’s lifestyle so different from the UK is the access to nature.“For me, a large part of the great quality of life in Canada comes from easy access to nature. We live in a mid-size Canadian mountain city, and a hike in nature is only a four block walk away, we can be at a secluded campsite in a 20-minute drive, and the beach and waterfront are only a 15-minute drive. Our lifestyle is very much geared to being outdoors in nature, where we spend time hiking, camping, kayaking and biking. Most of Canada's cities are like this, especially Vancouver, where you can be outdoors in Stanley Park's 400 hectares of hundred-year-old cedars and oceanfront wilderness that's steps away from the city's downtown.”Its diverse landscapeAs we’ve already mentioned, Canada’s outdoorsy lifestyle is one of the main attractions. Mix in its vibrant cities and other fantastic experiences and you have a country that offers everything you would want on a holiday.You could go on a city break or try to see the natural beauty on offer by going on a car hire holiday in Canada .It’s this variety that Linda from Retired and Travelling loved during her trip: “Canada can offer such a variety of lifestyles and environments. There are large cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Montréal that rival cities around the world for things to see, foodie delights and entertainment.“But just outside the major cities, you can escape to stunning natural beauty. There are great oceans on the east and west coast. The west coast mountains are stunning and the trip from Calgary to Vancouver is a trip of a lifetime.“Canada is a massive country so you either need to plan a long visit to explore it all. Or, come back often.”Don’t forget to take a look at some of our fantastic holidays to Canada if you feel inspired to visit.Canada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#jumpWildlifeCanada boasts some of the world’s greatest untamed lands and wilderness and is home to a range of impressive animals. It is the last stronghold for animals such as black, brown (or grizzly), and polar bears. Off the nutrient-rich waters of Newfoundland and BC, you’ll find whale species like orcas and humpbacks.Gary Bembridge, a travel blogger based in London and shares his adventures on the Tips for Travellers blog , tells us why the wildlife in Canada is so impressive compared to the UK.“The wilderness. Canada is so vast and has enormous distant and remote places with remarkable wildlife you cannot see in the UK like grizzly bears and Canadian Moose. Impressive and large beasts that you can sometimes even spot from trains crossing the country. These animals live so distantly from human settlements and so are truly wild.”Here we list some of the most incredible animals you can see in Canada.BearsFun fact: Polar bears are actually classified as marine mammalsWhile the only bears you can see in the UK are in captivity, there is ample opportunity to see a variety of bears in Canada.Polar bears can be seen in Churchill in Manitoba and there are lots of polar bear watching tours that allow you to get a close-up look at these majestic animals. The polar bear is the largest land carnivore in North America and can often weigh between 400-600kg.Grizzly Bears and black bears are two other iconic symbols of Canada’s wilderness. Grizzlies concave faces, hump on their shoulders and long claws make them very distinctive, while the smaller black bears have black fur and eat a variety of plants and fruit as well as salmon, young deer and moose calves.A unique bear that can only be seen in Canada is the Kermode bear (also known as Spirit bear). Living in the Great Bear Rainforest in BC, these bears are a rare subspecies of American black bear.SEE ALSO:Eat like a local in Toronto | Canadian AffairBooked a flight to Toronto? Find out how to eat like a local by exploring our guide to popular restaurants and cafes across the capital of Ontario.https://www.canadianaffair.com/blog/eat-like-a-local-in-toronto/Eat like a local in Ottawa | Canadian AffairThere are so many fantastic places to dine at in Ottawa but where are the best locations to eat like a local? We let you know in this handy guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/blog/eat-like-a-local-in-ottawa/Whales and other marine animalsFun fact: Orcas are actually part of the dolphin familyThere are more than 30 species living around Canada’s 202,000 km of coastline, but BC is a great destination to see these giants.During your visit, you can see a variety of species and in BC, you can see killer whales year-round. Humpback whales are also a hugely popular sight to see in Canada and they will spend their summers in Canada’s waters.Minke whales are regularly spotted around Canada, but wildlife lovers can also see fin whales and gray whales as well as other marine animals such as harbour seals, Dall’s porpoise, harp seals, hooded seals, elephant seals, Steller and California sea lions.Heather, from ‘Heather on Her Travels’, has also spent time enjoying the majestic wildlife in Canada, and gave this recommendation for visiting Victoria : “Humpbacks and orcas can be seen from April to October. Not only do you have a good chance of seeing whales as we did, but the marine naturalist guides on board Orca Spirit Adventures add a lot of insight and point out the seals, bald eagles and sea lions for an all-round nature experience.”There are lots of whale watching tours available and if you are booked onto one of our popular Alaska cruises you’ll be able to see some of these whales here too.SEE ALSO:Guide to whale watching in Canada | Canadian AffairFrom coastal sites to what to pack for your seafaring trip, follow our guide to answer everything you want to know about whale watching in Canada.https://www.canadianaffair.com/blog/everything-you-want-to-know-about-whale-watching-in-canada/MooseFun fact: Moose can swim underwater to eat aquatic plants.Arguably the most iconic animal associated with Canada is the moose, which is the largest member of the deer family.Male moose are recognisable because of their huge antlers, muzzles and long faces.Moose are commonly seen roaming Canadian forests and while they are a very laid-back animal they can become aggressive if they feel threatened.There are lots of amazing animals you can see in Canada and here we’ve listed some of the other animals you can see:-Caribou-White-tailed deer-Bald eagle-Wolves-Cougars-BisonGreat places in Canada to see these animalsJasper National ParkJasper National Park isn’t just home to the beautiful Canadian Rockies, but an abundance of wildlife too.As Vanessa from ‘We Are Travel Girls’ mentioned earlier, wildlife plays a significant part in Canada’s culture. Having spent time seeing some of it for herself at the glorious Jasper National Park, she spoke to us about what makes this location so special and unique: “Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies is an incredible place to see wildlife because of it's pristine, rugged beauty. Native wildlife includes elk, moose, bighorn sheep and bears. Over 53 species of mammals make Jasper their home. Some of the small mammals include squirrels, marmots, beavers, weasels, pika and porcupines. If you are visiting Canada, I highly suggest exploring the wonders of Jasper National Park.”Prince Albert National ParkAnother national park in Canada we recommend visiting is the Prince Albert National Park. Here, you can go on a scenic drive or hike, where you’re virtually guaranteed to see its diverse wildlife species.Sturgeon River Ranch , who offer horseback rides into Prince Albert National Park tell us a bit about the wildlife you can expect to see here.“The park is almost 1,000,000 acres and has no vehicle access on our west side. It’s home to six different ungulate species including wild bison, mule deer, whitetail deer, caribou, moose and elk. Then we have cougars, wolves, coyotes and bears for predators combined with an abundance of different birds and marine animals.“The west side of the Prince Albert National Park is accessed only by hiking, biking or horseback riding and is home to Canada’s only free-ranging herd of wild plains bison within their historic habitat.”Knight Inlet LodgeIf you want to view bears, then a holiday at the Knight Inlet Lodge is a great place to visit. The lodge is situated right in the heart of Canada's m'st famous grizzly bear habitat and during your stay, you can enjoy a range of activities and tours.‘Tips for Travellers’ Gary Bembridge also has a YouTube channel and during his trip to Canada, he stayed at the lodge.He tells us why it is a place to view wildlife: “The best and most memorable was flying to Knight Inlet Lodge in a Fjord in the Northwest. It’s a floating lodge that can only be reached by float plane from Vancouver Island. You get to cruise along their inlets and see bears and their offspring. In the salmon season, there are viewing platforms to watch the bears plucking the fish from the rs. You also often see whales and other marine animals. It is so distant and in the wilds.”Don’t forget to take a look at some of our fantastic family holidays to Canada and during his trip to Canada, he stayed at the lodge.Canada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#jumpPersonality test: Canada vs UKLearn more about Canada by taking our super-quick quiz and find out if you have more Canadian or British traits.Canada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#jumpCompetition: Win holiday vouchers to Canada!To celebrate the glories of Canada — and to give those who are starting to think the country might be a better fit for them — we are excited to be giving away £500 worth of holiday vouchers for you to spend on a package holiday of your choice*.Simply fill in the entry form below with your name and email address to enter. A winner will be chosen at random and sent their prize! It’s as simple as that.The deadline for entry is 19th August 2019.All entrants must opt-in to receive the Canadian Affair newsletter.*Excludes flight only tripsCanada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#jumpHow does Canada compare to the UK?Well, we hope you have enjoyed this thorough investigation into the differences between Canada and the UK and are now perhaps a little further down the road in determining which country better appeals to your tastes and desires! If you haven’t already, don’t forget to take the above test to see which nation your personality is more in line with. Then, make sure to enter our competition for your chance to win some holiday vouchers to Canada! Perfect if you have decided that you would rather be a Canadian than a Brit.If all this has left you inspired for future travel plans, or if you want to get a head start on deciding what to use your prize on, take a look at some of the incredible Canada holidays we have available.Canada vs UK: which country suits you?Canada & the UK have a close relationship, but the two countries are very different. Learn about which country is a better fit for you with our guide.https://www.canadianaffair.com/canada-vs-uk#jump