National Identity

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Canada is Not Back

How Justin Trudeau is in over his head on foreign policy

The election in October 2015 of the Justin Trudeau government was widely considered to herald a new approach to foreign affairs for Canada. Trudeau had campaigned as a staunch advocate for a … 208 View

The Tangled Garden

A Canadian Cultural Manifesto for the Digital Age

The emergence of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (the FAANGs) has created an unprecedented challenge to Canada’s news, television and film businesses. In this book Richard … 224 View
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Introduction

From: The Tangled Garden

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An introduction to the book’s scope and sequence, laying out why Canada’s major media (television networks, newspapers, film industry are suddenly at risk as a result of the advent of … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Current Crisis

From: The Tangled Garden

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Documents Canada’s cultural policies as they stand today. Specifically focusing on Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government and Melanie Joly’s tenure as Canada’s minister for … 32 $3.20 Add
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A Very Canadian Revolution:

The Transformation of Backroom Power in Canada's 1968

From: 1968 in Canada

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Pierre Elliott Trudeau was the embodiment of Canada’s 1960s: young, hip, and impatient with the status quo, he bounded onto the political scene with fresh ideas and an image to match. Voters in … 17 $1.70 Add
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Creating the Garden

From: The Tangled Garden

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Provides a history of Canadian legislation and policy which protected domestic television, radio and other media. Summarizes developments 1920s to 1980s. 19 $1.90 Add
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Expanding the Garden

The Mulroney Years

From: The Tangled Garden

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A first‑hand account of the development of Canadian culture policy by the Brian Mulroney’s Conservative government (1984 to 1993). Focuses specifically on initiatives by former … 38 $3.80 Add
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For a multicultural, multi-faith, multiracial Canada: A manifesto

From: Home and Native Land

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The author argues that leftist critics are right in their anti-state condemnation of multiculturalism, but wrong to not see how popular groups – everyday Canadians – make … 7 $0.70 Add
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The First Steps

From: Canada is Not Back

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The 2015 federal election and the immediate effect of Trudeau’s victory Canada’s international reputation and standing. 8 $0.80 Add
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Hegemonies, continuities, and discontinuities of multiculturalism and the Anglo-Franco conformity order

From: Home and Native Land

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Argues that official multiculturalism serves as a mode of legitimation for an otherwise monocultural Eurocentric Anglo-Franco order. Through it, subaltern ethnicized and racialized … 31 $3.10 Add
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The French Language and the Future of Our Race

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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Text of 1912 speech by Henri Bourassa promoting the preservation of the French language in Canada. ; ; 5 $0.50 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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The Tremblay Report

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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Excerpts from a 1973 English translation of a 1954 report by the Tremblay Commission on the traditional culture of Quebec and what was needed to secure it against perceived centralizing … ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Equality or Independence

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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1965 essay by Daniel Johnson adopted by the Union Nationale party as a platform for Quebec independence if Quebec could not achieve equality with the rest of Canada through constitutional reform. ; ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Multiculturalism already unbound

From: Home and Native Land

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Considers how forms of citizenship participation practiced by Indian immigrants within the multicultural framework of Canada simultaneously configure local and transnational community … 24 $2.40 Add
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The 1968 Thinkers’ Conference and the Birth of Canadian Multiculturalism

From: 1968 in Canada

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From 13 to 15 December 1968, a meeting took place in Toronto that should be considered among the most important contributions to the birth of Canadian multiculturalism: the Thinkers’ … 29 $2.90 Add