Welcome to Das Journal, a German-language publication created to serve the German-speaking communities of Canadians of Austrian, German and Swiss descent.

Continuing on the great tradition of the printed word that originated in Germany and spread across the world, Das Journal is a bi-weekly print publication meant to inform and enlighten by bringing to our readers articles and news that are relevant to their lives.
However, it is also meant to be much more and our goal is to have it become a communal experience through which all German-speakers and those who share a passion for the Germanic traditions can refresh their minds, dive into their language and share in their culture.

“When you lose a language and [it] goes extinct,
it‘s like dropping a bomb on the Louvre.”
Michael Krauss
A people’s language is its principal form of culture. Benjamin Lee Whorf, a noted American linguist, once remarked that it is language that “shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about”.
This same principle echoes in the words of well know German entrepreneur, Karl Albrecht, who famously affirmed: “Change your language and you change your thoughts”.

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