Thousands of people braved rain showers to celebrate Canada Day on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday, July 1, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
The government in Canada have announced that they are to consider changing four words of their national anthem to make it more inclusive.
Currently the third line is,"True patriot love in all thy sons command" and the government want to recognise women too.
The proposal is to change the line to, "True patriot love in all of us command".
Senator Nancy Ruth says, "For women this will mean we are included and valued for all our labours in building this country. It means this is for all Canadians."
In 2012 Austria changed the words to their national anthem to include women. The line about Austria being home to, "Great sons" was changed to "Great sons and daughters"; and "a choir of brothers" was changed to "A joyous choir".
- what is happening in the photo? What clues tell us where was it taken?
- What can you tell me about Canada by looking at the picture? (focus on the diversity in the picture)
Explain the story about the national anthem
- What is a national anthem for?
- Why do people want to add lines about women?
- Do you think it matters?
- Mention the Austria story, why do you think these national anthems written a long time ago, didn't mention women?
- Did the Equality Act exist when these were written?
- What's different about society today? Why is it important to mention women in these anthems today?
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