French is a powerful vehicle for Canadian multiculturalism
SEN. RAYMONDE GAGNE and RENE CORMIER: The place of French in Canada 50 years after the Official Languages Act was first enacted shows we can and must do better (FREE)
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Tag: Culture
It’s time to begin the reconciliation process in America
GRAEME LEE ROWLANDS: U.S. must follow Canada’s lead to invite tribes into Columbia River Treaty negotiation (FREE)
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What does the future hold for Calgary’s Glenbow?
MIKE ROBINSON: Should it become ‘a world-class public art museum’ or adhere to founder Eric Harvie’s Scottish interdisciplinary roots? ($$)
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Localized and personalized: how to keep culture relevant
MIKE ROBINSON: The world of arts and culture offers lots of examples of gross expense and imported notions of what’s important. But there are alternatives ($$)
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Comic superheroes are the modern era’s version of Greek gods
ROBERT MCGARVEY: In this new religion, heroes speak the truth and model the behaviours, values and norms of an increasingly diverse society ($$)
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Ireland’s greatest mythical hero
PAT MURPHY: The story of Cuchulainn is one of heroism. But it has also become a cultural touchstone and a political rallying cry ($$)
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Russian rap: turning rants and raves into culture
PRICE: Vladimir Putin wants Russian bureaucrats to regulate the nation’s rap music. What could go wrong? ($$)
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Staying when the government tells you to move
ROBINSON: How a decision to remain in an ancestral village helped ensure a family maintained strong ties to a culture ($$)
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Does Canadian culture warrant widespread taxpayer support?
Protecting cultural industries from competition and propping them up with public money is just wasteful (FREE)
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Stan Lee, left-wing culture warrior
TAUBE: Under his leadership, Marvel directly challenged societal norms on race, religion, war, gender and sexuality ($$)
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Rhodes cultural policy is a template for Canada
The Greeks believe that supporting the arts and culture is not a luxury but an investment in human progress (FREE)
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The subsidy table is set, and actors and writers will dine
The CRTC has backed away from a 21st-century funding model for the creation of Canadian content. We’ll all be poorer as a result
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