March 27, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on Functions of the Stereotypes Functions of the Stereotypes The psychological and sociological literature8 suggests that stereotypes function to organize into a kind of short-hand (by sorting out the salient features) the mass of data from the real world that confronts the individual. The literature also points out the… Continue Reading
March 27, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on Factors that Influenced the Development of Stereotypes Factors that Influenced the Development of Stereotypes The people of Canada and America share many commonalities. Settlement of the two countries occurred in the same historical epoch, the settlers came from similar backgrounds and the indigenous populations they conquered were the same. Both countries hosted immigrants of… Continue Reading
March 27, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on We Sew our Flag on our Backpack We Sew our Flag on our Backpack We sew our flag on our backpack because we don’t want people to think we are American – Canadian’s sew our flags on our backpack because we are very patriotic. When Dave and I travel, we love to represent Canada.… Continue Reading
March 27, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on We are on the Imperial System We are on the Imperial System It is always cold – Believe it or not, Canada has a hot summer. We were above 30º Celcius almost every day this summer. We have heat alerts and we crank our air conditioners just like the warmer tropical countries.… Continue Reading
March 27, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on Free Health Care is Bad Free Health Care is Bad Sorry, but free health care is good. When we are not feeling well we go to the doctors. When we have an accident we go to emergency. If we need open heart surgery, we get it. If we need radiation… Continue Reading
March 2, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on Canadian Stereotypes of Americans Canadian Stereotypes of Americans Yes, lets have a site devoted to stereotypes, the ones we have as Canadians, especially of Americans. How many perpetually drunk gun nuts do you know? Coming soon. Continue Reading