When you blend together a deep sense of pluralistic tolerance, cross-cultural roots and practices, culture grounded in gratitude, and a degree of national pride balanced by a degree of national humility, your rather peaceful smoothie tastes a lot like my country, Canada. As a native of Vancouver now living in the United States, my identity, patched together as a cross-continent quilt, has roots in Uganda, Kenya, and India. Now living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, however, I have slowly but certainly merged parts of myself with parts of America. Indeed, when you’re focused on all things international: human rights, justice, politics, security, and religion, the United States can play a central role in your push for change. Now and again, however, you’re reminded of your Canadian heritage, your Canadian achievements, your Canadian belonging, and your Canadian pride. It is this reminder that brings me to my native city of Vancouver, the home of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
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