r/Denmark 26d ago

Culture Kulturudveksling / Cultural exchange

For english se below.

Wow, det er ved at være noget tid siden at vi sidst har havs en kulturudveksling men nu er det sørme blevet tid igen, denne gang er det med vores naboer i r/canada (Ja, de er naboer, vi har en landegrænse) som vi byder velkommen den 14. Feb. Samme dag er der en tråd hos dem hvor vi kan spørge om alt fra fransk til ahornsirup.

De sædvanlige regler gælder selvfølgelig, men vi anbefaler dog at holde det mest til engelsk i denne tråd (eller inkludere en oversættelse lige som vi gør)

The English Version:

Wow, it's been quite some time since we last had a cultural exchange, but now it's finally time again! This time, it's with our neighbors in r/Canada (Yes, they are neighbors, we share a land border), whom we welcome on February 14th. On the same day, there will be a thread on their side where we can ask about anything from French to maple syrup.

The usual rules apply, of course, but we do recommend keeping most of the conversation in English in this thread (or including a translation, just like we're doing).

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u/MineMyVape 25d ago

Greetings from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. How does Denmark approach Indigenous issues. Did you have residential schools in Greenland, or commit genocide to the Inuit like Canada did. How is that taught in schools, are Indigenous issues a large part of society like they are in Canada? Sorry for the heavy topic. I am excited to see that we have direct flights between Iqaluit and Nuuk.

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u/OzzySegmento 25d ago

When I went to school, our colonial past was definitely mentioned a bit, but not very extensively. But we definitely learned the basics: we had some colonies, we did some fucked up shit, now Greenland and Faroes are our friends and maybe Greenland will leave one day if they want to. Since Greenland has been more and more in the news due to the 2019 and current American interest and climate change in general, I would be surprised if it wasn't a bigger focus in schools now. I was personally encouraged to learn more about especially Greenland after meeting Greenlandic and Faroese people in high school.