National holidays, including Canada Day, la Fête Nationale and Victoria Day, provide annual opportunities for Canadians as a whole, and the communities which make up the country, to reflect upon and consider their national and community identities. So too do major commemorative anniversaries, like the 1967 Centennial, the Canada 125 celebrations of 1992, the current commemorations of the First World War, and the upcoming events that will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017. With so much attention focussed on the nation and its constituent groups during these celebrat