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Saving a Grand Old Lady

Part I

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

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Part one of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … ; 30 $3.00 Add
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Watering the Garden

The Chretien Years

From: The Tangled Garden

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A first‑hand account of the development of Canadian culture policy by the Brian Mulroney Conservative government (1984 to 1993). Focuses specifically on initiatives by former communications … 16 $1.60 Add
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Conclusion

From: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Year Canada Was Cool

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Conclusion 11 $1.10 Add
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Expansion of Free Trade and Investment Agreements

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

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How recent expansion of Canada’s free trade agreements and the implementation of investment agreements have affected Canadian cultural policy. Deals with the Multilateral Agreement on … 15 $1.50 Add
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Family as a Site of Contestation:

Queering the Normal or Normalizing the Queer?

From: In a Queer Country

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Michelle K. Owen’s essay looks at what recently has become the most prominent aspect of this struggle for recognition. Owen ‘s response is informed and polemical; a scholarship that … 22 $0.44 Add
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Intertwined Tales

From: At Home

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Chapter 5 features interviews with Sandra Semchuk, Tim Schouten, and Marian Penner Bancroft. This chapter focuses on non-Indigenous artists whose sense of home are also inextricably bound up with … 16 $1.60 Add
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Saving a Grand Old Lady

Part II

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

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Part two of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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The Garden Invaded

The Harper Years

From: The Tangled Garden

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Developments in key Canadian creative industries (eg. television, film, newspapers) during Stephen Harper’s Conservative era (2006 to 2015); how the digital media produced a drastic decline … 37 $3.70 Add
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Can You See the Difference?:

Queerying the Nation, Ethnicity, Festival, and Culture in Winnipeg

From: In a Queer Country

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Pauline Greenhill’s contributor’s biography reflects her subject position, unusual in this volume—what her essay describes as "token female heterosexual anthropological … 24 $0.48 Add
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Global Cultural Diversity Movement and the UNESCO Convention

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

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Describes the pushback to trade agreement impacts on culture internationally, and describes the creation of the UNESCO Convention (1970) and assesses the impact it has had on Canadian and global … 19 $1.90 Add
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Sacred Connections

From: At Home

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Chapter 6 features Diane Pugen. The chapter focuses on artists whose sense of home is tied directly to the land itself. 9 $0.90 Add
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Saving a Grand Old Lady

Part III

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

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Part three of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … ; 25 $2.50 Add
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The Ideology of the Canoe

The Myth of Wilderness

From: National Dreams

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The canoe is omnipresent in Canadian history and folklore. Canadians feel that the canoe is a fundamental icon of our nationality, representing as it does our links to our history, to our land, … 50 $2.50 Add
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Conclusion

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

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In the Conclusion, the authors reflect on the legacy of Mother Joseph and Louise Bethune work more than 100 years after their deaths. The chapter explores how these women were able to storm the … ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Great White Hope

The Myth of North

From: National Dreams

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There have been writers, politicians, intellectuals who believed that it was its northernness which made Canada distinct. The "cult of the North" gained coherent expression for the … 46 $1.84 Add
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Korea and European Union Trade Agreements

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

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An account of Canada’s trade negotiations with South Korea and the EU during the Stephen Harper administration (2006 to 2015). Assesses agreements like the Canada‑European Union … 19 $1.90 Add