在5月6日星期六的早上，如果你走进Edgemont社区协会，你会看到一幅令人惊叹的美景。你会看到可爱的一年级和二年级学生们穿着自己的民族服装。你会看到中国的老年人表演传统的舞狮。你会看到几位年长的学生通过精心装饰的展台来分享他们的故事。最让人惊讶的是，你将目睹四十个新公民在这个重要的日子获得他们的国籍。你会看到Edgemont的巨大文化多样性汇聚在一起，庆祝我们伟大国家的150岁生日。

在我们现在这个世界上，碎片化的世界中，我们能够与我们的邻居交谈、了解他们并支持他们，比以往任何时候都更加重要。作为Edgemont的居民，我们非常幸运地生活在一个每天都能看到这种社区建设的地方。

一个展现邻居包容精神、促进社区意识的完美事件就是今年的第六届全球庆典。这个庆典有精彩的表演、互动活动、有趣的对话，当然还有美味的食物！

与往年一样，这是一个联合举办的活动，来自我们许多参与社区学校的学生们展示了他们独特的作品。其中包括Edgemont学校的时装秀，Mother Mary Greene学校的老年人编织项目，Tom Baines学校的文化展台和爵士乐队，以及Sir Winston Churchill高中的语言展示和照片展台。当地机构包括卡尔加里中国公民老人协会和卡尔加里移民妇女协会也在现场提高了对他们重要工作的认识，并分享了一些他们自己的故事。此外，卡尔加里公共图书馆的图书车也在现场宣传阅读。

为了纪念加拿大联邦的150周年，全球庆典在美丽的、具有典型加拿大风情的Edgemont全景中举行，既在室内，又在室外。为了庆祝我们的国家，还展示了许多加拿大的项目。Edgemont学校的四年级学生花了数小时研究加拿大运动，并重现了曲棍球、冰球和冰壶等比赛。Mother Mary Greene学校的学生们忙着建造一些最著名加拿大地标的3D模型以供展示。Tom Baines学生们分享了他们的“为加拿大而做三件事”倡议，鼓励每个学生和教师承诺做三件事，使他们的社区变得更好。所有这些项目都代表了加拿大丰富的历史和多样性。

我们要衷心感谢卡尔加里士特比西递协会提供的热情的西方氛围煎饼早餐。没有什么比得到卡尔加里的特色——一叠煎饼配上一些淋着枫糖浆的美味香肠更好了！

让我们一起拥抱加拿大精神，全心全意地接纳新邻居，并使我们国家的150周年成为我们有史以来最好的一年！加拿大150岁生日快乐！

​By Asha and Emily, Grade 8 Students, Tom Baines School

If you walked into the Edgemont Community Association on the morning of Saturday, May 6, you would see an incredibly beautiful sight. You would see adorable Grade 1 and 2 students dressed up in their cultural attires. You would see Chinese seniors performing traditional lion dances. You would see several older students sharing their stories through carefully decorated booths. Most amazingly of all, you would be able to witness one of the most important days in the lives of forty new Canadians receiving their Citizenship. What you would see is the immense cultural diversity of Edgemont coming together to celebrate the 150th Birthday of our great Nation.

In the fragmented world that we are living in today, it is more important now than ever before that we are able to talk with, learn about, and support our fellow neighbours. As residents of Edgemont, we are very lucky to be living in a place where we are able to see this type of community building every single day.

A perfect event at which neighbours showed their spirit of inclusiveness, as well as fostered a better sense of community, was this year’s Sixth Annual One World Celebration. This celebration had amazing performances, interactive activities, interesting conversations and, of course, delicious food!

As in past years, this was a joint venture, with students and their unique work from many of our participating community schools. This included the fashion show from Edgemont School, the seniors weaving project from Mother Mary Greene, the cultural booths and jazz band from Tom Baines School, as well as the language displays and photo booth from Sir Winston Churchill High School. Local agencies including the Calgary Chinese Citizens Elderly Association and the Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association were also on site to raise awareness about their important work and share some of their own stories. As well, the Calgary Public Library Book Truck was on hand to promote reading.

In order to commemorate the 150 years of Canadian Confederation, One World was held both inside and outside amidst the breathtaking, truly Canadian Edgemont panorama. In honour of our country, many Canadian projects were also displayed. The Grade 4students at Edgemont School spent hours researching Canadian sports and recreating games including lacrosse, hockey and curling. Students from Mother Mary Greene School were very busy building 3D models of some of the most famous Canadian landmarks to exhibit. Tom Baines students shared their Three Things for Canada initiative in which every student and teacher has been encouraged to pledge to do Three Things to make their community a better place. These projects all represented the rich history and diversity of Canada.

A huge thank you goes out to the Calgary Stampede who provided a warm, western atmosphere pancake breakfast. There’s nothing better than receiving the Calgary specialty - a stack of pancakes with some oozing maple syrup and a yummy sausage!

The part of this amazing day that made us all cry was the Citizenship Ceremony for forty new Canadians. From all different countries, backgrounds, and cultures, all speaking different languages, these forty people came here to make Canada their new home. We were reminded that what makes our Country so great is people living, working, and playing together in peace and harmony as well as the way we accept newcomers with open arms and hearts. After all, that is the true definition of Canada.

Of course, this event would not have been possible without all the hard work of the One World planning committee who dedicated countless hours to planning this day. And to all the Edgemont community members who contributed or even just came out to enjoy the morning -thank you! Our community would not be what it is without all of its incredible residents!

Let us all embrace the Canadian spirit by wholeheartedly accepting our new neighbours and making the sesquicentennial year of our Nation the very best we have ever had! Happy 150th Birthday Canada!