{"id":3182,"date":"2021-07-09T12:05:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T16:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2021-07-09T12:05:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T16:05:15","slug":"passion-histoire-blog-celebrate-manitoba-150-151","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/passion-histoire-blog-celebrate-manitoba-150-151\/","title":{"rendered":"PASSION &#038; HISTOIRE BLOG &#8211; Celebrate Manitoba 150\/151"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On July 15th, Manitoba will celebrate 151 years. I had the opportunity to speak with Monique LaCoste, the co-president and council member of the Manitoba 150 board of directors, to discuss upcoming events in celebration of the province, specifically it\u2019s francophone community.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manitoba 150 in Saint-Boniface<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Saint-Boniface Museum is offering free admissions for 2021 in celebration of Manitoba 150. Once the public health orders are lifted and the museum can open its doors to the public, come discover the history of the Red River colony, Louis Riel\u2019s life, and how the Gray Nuns lived in one of the oldest buildings in the province. To help you get the most out of your museum visit, I made a list of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/passion-histoire-blog-a-visit-to-the-saint-boniface-museum\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">top 8 things to see<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ! You can also read about their two new tours in next week\u2019s blog!\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Play some bocci ball! I know, this might be a strange suggestion, but Provencher Park has 4 new courts thanks to Manitoba 150 financing their construction. If you\u2019re in need of some friends to play, the DAS (Directorat de l\u2019activit\u00e9 sportive du Manitoba) and the National French Union will be at the courts every Wednesday from 11:30am to 1pm!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal of Manitoba 150 events is to unite Manitobans; to form connections and reinforce the commitment to the land on which we live. Despite the pandemic, Manitobans\u2019 pride is alive and well, and Monique suggests that we should all write a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/manitoba150.com\/en\/programs\/love-letters-to-manitoba\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">love letter to Manitoba<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It could be a poem, a drawing, or even some advice for future generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Scavenger Hunt<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head out on an adventure created by Tourisme Riel to discover Saint-Boniface or Saint-Norbert in celebration of Manitoba\u2019s entry into Confederation on July 15th.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign up, pick your time slot, and meet your team at the starting location! You\u2019ll get a booklet with clues, and if you get all the correct answers, you have the chance to win a prize!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To register (for free) for the Saint-Boniface Scavenger Hunt,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/211876751867268\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> click here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This adventure can be done on foot. To register for the Saint-Norbert Scavenger Hunt, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/211877179591267\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">click here.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This one is recommended to be done on a bike or by car.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3179\" style=\"width: 2058px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3179\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3180\" src=\"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.png 2048w, https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2-1536x1536.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: This logo was created with designs by R\u00e9anne Chamberland<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The search for reconciliation<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The anniversary of the province marks 151 years, but it is also an opportunity to recognize the role of Indigenous peoples and their part in the foundation of Manitoba.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are two of many educational opportunities around Indigenous cultures, offered in conjunction with Manitoba 150: the Seven Sacred Teachings and the Kairos Blanket Exercise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turtle Lodge, the International Centre for Indigenous Education and Wellness, has a seven video animated series about the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlelodge.org\/the-seven-sacred-laws\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seven Sacred Teachings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the videos, a young boy meets seven sacred animals that will show him their ways of life &#8211; showing him how we should live through universal values like respect, wisdom, and courage. I highly recommend that everyone watches these videos, especially as a family to facilitate a dialogue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In September, 50 sessions of Blanket Exercises will be offered. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kairosblanketexercise.org\/who-should-do-the-kbe\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kairos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been offering Blanket Exercises since 1997, but new facilitators have been trained through a Manitoba 150 initiative, in french and in english, to offer it to businesses and organizations in the province. This will highlight the history of colonisation in Canada and the effects on the Indigenous peoples with the goal of educating and moving actively towards reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upcoming events<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/franco150.ca\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco 150 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gala is on October 21st, in person and online, and will proudly display the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passion et Histoire<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> logo during the event. The artists have yet to be announced, but we will keep you up to date!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco 150 has visited upwards of 20 communities all throughout the province to showcase the history of the inhabitants through a video series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will also be keeping an eye out to see if the Manitoba 150 app will be reactivated. It was an app that let you know if you were close to an important monument through the GPS on your phone. In the theme of a scavenger hunt, you would log your location and it would enter your name into a draw.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3177\" style=\"width: 1180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3177\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3178\" src=\"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/application-manitoba-150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"2070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/application-manitoba-150.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/application-manitoba-150-170x300.jpeg 170w, https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/application-manitoba-150-579x1024.jpeg 579w, https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/application-manitoba-150-768x1359.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/application-manitoba-150-868x1536.jpeg 868w, https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/application-manitoba-150-1158x2048.jpeg 1158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screen capture of two sites to visit in Saint-Norbert : the Trappist Monastery and the La Barri\u00e8re Park.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 15th, Manitoba will celebrate 151 years. I had the opportunity to speak with Monique LaCoste, the co-president and council member of the Manitoba 150 board of directors, to discuss upcoming events in celebration of the province, specifically it\u2019s francophone community. Manitoba 150 in Saint-Boniface The Saint-Boniface Museum is offering free admissions for 2021 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outdoor-activities","category-st-boniface"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3183,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3182\/revisions\/3183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/passionethistoire.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}