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How well do you think you know Canada? Take our Citizenship challenge!

In an age of unprecedented global migration, what does it mean to belong? This timely and controversial theme is at the heart of former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson's new book and the 2014 CBC Massey Lectures, Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship. Each year 2,500 citizenship ceremonies are conducted across Canada. Each one welcomes between thirty-five and fifty people from...
New Canadians take the oath of citizenship during a special Canada Day citizenship ceremony (Darryl Dyck/CP)

In an age of unprecedented global migration, what does it mean to belong? This timely and controversial theme is at the heart of former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson's new book and the 2014 CBC Massey Lectures, Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship.

Each year 2,500 citizenship ceremonies are conducted across Canada. Each one welcomes between thirty-five and fifty people from an average of twenty-eight different countries.

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