150th anniversary of Canada Canada C3 Expedition, a 5-month sailing cruise around Canada aboard the icebreaker "Canada C3". The official emblem of the sesquicentennial was designed by Ariana Cuvin, a then-19-year-old student in the University of Waterloo's global business and digital arts program. It consists of 13 multi-coloured diamonds forming a maple leaf; Cuvin stated that the four diamonds forming the emblem's base represented Canada's four original provinces, while the others represented the provinces and territories that had joined since. The government described the emblem as reflecting Canada's unity and diversity. The emblem was chosen through a competition held by the government, and open
Emblem of the Socialist Republic of Romania Emblem of the Socialist Republic of Romania The emblem of the Socialist Republic of Romania was an emblem of Romania during the communist period between 1947 and 1989. After 1948, Communist authorities changed both the flag and the coat of arms. The coat of arms became more emblematically faithful to Communist symbolism: a landscape (depicting a rising sun, a tractor and an oil drill) surrounded by stocks of wheat tied together with a cloth in the colors of the national flag. The pattern of the emblem was modeled after the state emblem of the Soviet Union. Between 1948 and 1966,