Video — Why I Wear the Green Square

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Transcript of the video — Why I Wear the Green Square

Video length: 00:00:31

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[Silhouettes for four people standing beside each other against a white and green background with green squares flying in front of them from left to right. More green screens enter and eventually fill the screen.]

[Text on a green square with a safety pin against a faint background of Islamic art throughout the video: ‘Why I Wear the Green Square’.]

[Text on a green square with a safety pin, with other green squares around it: ‘To honour the victims’.]

[Text on a green square with a safety pin, with other green squares around it: ‘To stand with Canadian Muslim communities’.]

[Text on a green square with a safety pin, with other green squares around it: ‘To denounce Islamophobia’.]

[Text on a green square with a safety pin, with other green squares around it: ‘To show my solidarity’.]

[Text on a green square with a safety pin, with other green squares around it: ‘So that it doesn’t happen again’.]

[Text on multiple green squares appearing one after the other: ‘Because I choose compassion’, ‘To bring us together’, ‘To never forget’, ‘For a more inclusive Canada’, ‘To support the survivors’.]

[Text on a green square with a safety pin: ‘January 29. National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia’.]

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[Canadian Heritage visual identity appears.]

[The Canada Wordmark appears.]

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2026-01-29