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The dawn of a new tradition for Canadian Studies

With the help of Vermont's wonderful Green Mountain Curling Club, we recently ran our inaugural Canadian Studies curling trip. This will, we hope, become an annual tradition for our program. Curling, as you may know, is an extremely popular sport in Canada and Canadians are often the team to beat in international competition. So, there's no better way to understand Canadians and their obsession with curling than by giving this addictive sport a try.

With the help of the Global Village Residential Learning Community, we recently took 23 students and faculty for a Learn to Curl workshop put on by the Green Mountain Curling Club. As you'll see from this video, a great time was had by all. Most of the students were from Global Village, with about half a dozen of them representing Canada House.

We're already working on our programs for next year, and Canada House and curling will be a big part of our plans.

Posted by Paul Martin on April 20, 2009 1:50 PM |

Comments

God, I loved curling when I was younger...especially living in Northern Ontario, Timmins to be exact. Sadly, the kids find it too cold lol.. I almost have them convinced after watching the you tube video.

Great memories. Thanks for sharing the video with the rest of us.

Cheers

Garret

Posted by: Garret | November 30, 2009 6:44 PM

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