Sugaring Off!  Celebrated at a Montreal street festival

Cameron and I had a great time sampling traditional Quebecquois foods that are part of the annual "Sugaring Off", a time when people celebrate the maple sugar industry and have wholesome fun and great food.  Since Canada makes 3/4 of all the maple syrup in the world, the maple syrup industry is everywhere:  from the flag and sugar pie, to maple sugar ice cream and maple butter.... it is all celebrated and the maple things are delicious.  Here are some videos from the fun day we had at the street festival.

It turns out that Cameron and I both like Poutine, a traditional Quebecquois food that is even served in McDonalds.  It's got cheese, sausage, sauce and potatoes.

Our first time trying homemade maple sugar marshmellows!

Team Human Rights

Oral history of Egyptian human rights organization & an army of human rights interns

I recently wrote a blog piece for Fulbright Canada about the internship program I've been offering this year for students from McGill and Concordia Universities as part of my Egypt Oral History project.  If you would like to read more about my interns and my oral history project, here is a link to the Fulbright page: http://www.fulbright.ca/  You can click to the right of the first photo of me with my interns at this link.

The Canada Quiz

THE CANADA QUIZ!

For all of you interested in learning more about Canada in an interesting and fun way, you can check out my husband, Jeff's, "Canada Quiz".  He has a weekly question about Canadian culture, history, politics, the arts, nature, and obscure facts.   Here's the link to the website where all past questions are posted:
http://thecanadaquiz.com/

For example, below is this week's question.  (He put the sign on a lego background to prevent people from doing a quick search on Google images.)

Jeff's weekly email:

Hi everyone.  I suspect that Canada Quiz #28 may be a tough one.  The sign mystified me for quite some time when I first came across it.

CANADA QUIZ #28

What does the sign in the foreground below signify?

Answers are due by end-of-day Monday, March 31.  Earn 2 points for a correct answer, and 1 point for an incorrect one.

Have a good weekend!
Jeff