"Canadian-ness"

What is Canadian-ness, is the way we act and interact with each otehr and other people around the world. Being Canadian in this day in age is being multiculturtal. Accepting anyone not paying attention to their race or religion. In class we had a discussions about what we thoguht Canadian-ness was and someone said we are nice, Candians are known for being very nice to everyone, but after our discussion and thinking about the people I've met in different places around the world I came to the conclusion that Canadians are no more if at all more freindly than other countries. We are just more accomodating.
Canadian-ness is what the rest of the world knows us for, the things that they think we do. It has been thought we live in igloo's, but no that is not what makes us Canadian. Canadians are very similar to American's because the two countries are attached and rely so much on each other.
Canadians use the heroes to shape who they are nationally and internationally differently. There are many heroes and famous people that are known in Canada as Canadians but no where else in the world. One of the most famous icons we talked about is Laura Secord she was a Canadian and did great things for us. A chocolate store was named after her and is well known all over Canada but not in the US or elsewhere in the world. Thus it is not showcased to others what she did unless they take a course on Canadian History. An internationally known icon is Celine Dion, her music went worldwide and is one of the first to show the world that talent can come out of Canada aswell as the US.