My personal ancestry journey was truly sparked when I found success and intrigue when tracing back my roots for a highschool history project. I acquired copies of historic documents, keepsakes of my family - things like birth, marriage and death certificates, but also photos, military enlistment records, education and achievement certificates.

I have always felt a sense of insecurity being only a Canadian - having such a long history of ancestors being traced to birth long before the country was even established, but being apart of such an incredibly proud culturally diverse nation. I am sure that everyone in the country feels immensely regretful of Canadas shadows coming into light more in more every year. I feel a personal responsibility to uncover my ancestors past, not only to initiate reconciliation and transcend the burdens we might be carrying such as unconscious beliefs, biases and sheer guilt – but also to create peace in this awareness.

I believe the heaven can truly be a place on earth, but in order to create peace we must learn to understand that we are all apart of the same whole. In awareness we will find unity.

My personal ancestry journey was truly sparked when I found success and intrigue when tracing back my roots for a highschool history project. I acquired copies of historic documents, keepsakes of my family - things like birth, marriage and death certificates, but also photos, military enlistment records, education and achievement certificates.

I have always felt a sense of insecurity being only a Canadian - having such a long history of ancestors being traced to birth long before the country was even established, but being apart of such an incredibly proud culturally diverse nation. I am sure that everyone in the country feels immensely regretful of Canadas shadows coming into light more in more every year. I feel a personal responsibility to uncover my ancestors past, not only to initiate reconciliation and transcend the burdens we might be carrying such as unconscious beliefs, biases and sheer guilt – but also to create peace in this awareness.

I believe the heaven can truly be a place on earth, but in order to create peace we must learn to understand that we are all apart of the same whole. In awareness we will find unity.