Summer 2019
bucket list: exploring local community and beyond By Baisakhi Roy
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ew immigrants to Canada can look forward to a hot, hot summer full of fun activities with the family, especially with the young ones. This is also the perfect time and opportunity to get to know your neighbours and the community at large.
Explore your neighbourhood Summer is short – eight weeks and some change. Keep this in mind when you are planning your day-to-day schedule, especially
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with young children. Every day doesn’t have to be a trip to Canada’s Wonderland or the Water Park in Granville Island – you can simply start by getting to know your neighbourhood better while enjoying nature around you. Hiking through your neighbourhood trails is not only a healthy activity to enjoy with the entire family but also a way to familiarize yourself with your new surroundings. And here’s a fun way to incorporate technology into your adventure. Try geocaching – a
cool outdoor treasure hunting game using GPSenabled devices where participants navigate direction on the app and try to find the geocache (container) hidden at a particular location.
Soak up the local culture Get your kids together with their neighbourhood pals and hit the local museums, libraries and free events in the summer. Major museums like the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto, the Royal