Events
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100th Anniversary of the Pacific National Exhibition
August 21, 2010
Over the past decade, the PNE has evolved from its role as an industry showcase into a centre for entertainment and family fun. This year's PNE opens with a concert featuring The Beach Boys and Bryan Adams.
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Canadian National Exhibition Opens
August 20, 2010
The CNE, the largest and one of the longest running annual events in Canada, features stunts, exhibits, garden and horseshows, parades, fairgrounds, and much, much more.
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Gordon Lightfoot to Tour Canada Next Year
May 19, 2011
Iconic folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has announced two weeks of shows in Ontario next year with stops in Windsor, Cornwall, Brockville, Napanee in May, and four nights at Toronto's Massey Hall. A more extensive national tour is in the works.
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Arcade Fire's Last Canadian Stop
August 14, 2010
In support of their new album, The Suburbs, Montreal's finest set sail on a string of concerts, hitting Toronto at Olympic Island before jetting off to the UK.
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July 16, 2010
Nothing says summer quite like sunshine and music. Click here for a listing of music festivals across Canada.
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July 17, 2010
First celebrated in 1990, Canada’s Parks Day is an opportunity for Canadians to participate in one of hundreds of unique and fun events taking place in our national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas from coast to coast to coast. And better yet – it’s free!
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March to Commemorate the Oka Crisis
July 11, 2010
Mohawks from the town of Kanehsatake will take part in a peaceful march this Sunday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Oka Crisis.
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Calgary Stampede Parade History
July 9, 2010
By 1912, Calgary had a track record of producing inspiring parades for its Exhibitions. Calgary’s population may have been only about 60,000 at the time, but more than 75,000 enthusiastic spectators lined the streets on a warm and sunny September 2 to watch the “Grandest Pageant of All History” – the parade that kicked off Guy Weadick’s first Stampede.
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July 9, 2010
The world's largest annual rodeo hits Calgary for ten days, from July 9 - July 18.
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June 28, 2010
View the schedule for The Queen’s 22nd tour of Canada.
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July 1, 2010
How are you celebrating Canada Day? Join the virtual parade and find out about events happening from coast to coast.
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Celebrate Canada Day in The Nation's Capital
June 30, 2010
Details of Canada Day Celebrations in Ottawa-Gatineau.
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June 27, 2010
The traveling, female-led musical festival kicks off in Calgary, hits Vancouver for Canada Day, and Montreal and Toronto on July 23 & 24, respectively.
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June 24, 2010
More than 6500 activities across Quebec in celebration of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day.
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June 23, 2010
Events across Canada celebrating Aboriginal Day 2010.
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May 2, 2010
A comprehensive list of upcoming events across Canada in celebration of the Canadian Naval Centennial anniversary.
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April 11, 2010
A list of events for the 2010 Juno Awards.
The 2010 celebrations in St. John’s will mark the 39th anniversary of the JUNO Awards and the 9th telecast with our broadcast partner CTV. The JUNO Awards has evolved from an industry awards event to a week long festival which travels city to city across the country. It encompasses both public-facing fan events and industry/networking opportunities featuring a diverse array of Canadian artists and emerging talent.
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April 9, 2010
Une liste des activités organisées au Canada à l'occasion de la fin d'une époque.
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End of An Era, Remembering Canada's WWI Veterans
April 9, 2010
A list of activities and events taking place across Canada to mark the End of an Era.
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Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies
February 12, 2010
At 6:00 pm (Pacific)! Who will perform?
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Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
November 27, 2009
The music awards gala features performances by some of the best aboriginal musicians from across Canada.
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November 8, 2009
At eleven o'clock on November 11, we will take two minutes to remember. We will stand up and be silent. When we do, we will join our fellow Canadians, wherever they may be, whatever language they speak, in honouring those who have served and are serving Canada, and those who have died for our country. When we take two minutes to remember, we pay tribute to their courage and sacrifice
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Egg On Mao Launch with Denise Chong
November 4, 2009
Egg On Mao Book Launch
October 27 at 7:30pm with Collected Books At Library and Archives Canada 395 Wellington Street Ottawa ON
Toronto event: November 4 at 7pm Toronto Public Library North York Central branch 5120 Yonge Street
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September 8, 2009
Toronto 175 Event Listings Throughout 2009
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June 30, 2009
A listing of events for Canada Day and the month of July across the country.
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Celebrate 100 Years of the Burgess Shale Summer 2009 Events
May 28, 2009
The famous Burgess Shale is located in the magnificent Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia.
Charles D. Walcott, (then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution), discovered the first Burgess Shale fossils on Fossil Ridge in 1909. Between 1910 and 1924, he returned to collect more than 65,000 specimens from the quarry named after him.
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Earth Day Canada Event Listings
April 22, 2009
A comprehensive list of National Earth Day festivities with an interactive map.
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Black History Month Events in Canada
February 28, 2009
A detailed list of events happening this month from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration to commemorate the contributions that Black Canadians have made to Canada’s culture and seek creative ways to preserve and actively promote the Black Canadian heritage
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BC150 Hockey Game Canucks Vs. Calgary Flames
November 25, 2008
If you love hockey, you know the names of Stan Smyl, Pavel Bure and Trevor Linden. These Vancouver Canucks, along with their past and present team mates, have been inspiring British Columbians for over three decades.
The Vancouver Canucks will host a special BC150 home game against the Calgary Flames to honour the rich history of hockey in British Columbia throughout the years.
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At sunset November 4th through to sunrise November 11th, this site will present a vigil commemorating the 68,000 Canadians who lost their lives in WWI. The names of the 68,000 war dead will be projected over a week of nights onto the National War Memorial in Ottawa, buildings in other regions of Canada and onto the side of Canada House in Trafalgar Square in London, England.
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In the Media
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Relive history with CNE online archives
Housed in the archives of the Canadian National Exhibition are countless reels of 16mm film and a treasure trove of colour images (made when black and white was the norm). Thanks to Youtube and digitization, much of the footage and photos are seeing the light of day. Take a look!
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The Central Canadian Exhibition ("the Ex") has been with us for 122 years. View archival photos of its beginnings, from auto races to Andy Griffith to the thrill of the weightless Pirate Ship!
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Governor General's Award winner Nick Brune says Canadians, especially, ignore their past. “The real challenge goes to how we teach. It’s understanding and getting all the pieces of the puzzle … the kids can really learn the material.” His coffee table book, Canada: The Epic story of the True North Strong, is an attempt to help make sense of the puzzle.
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We Need to Peel Back the Curtain on Our History
During the past couple of decades, much has been written about the woeful state of Canadians’ knowledge of their own country. J.D.M. Stewart has a solution: "It's time to show this country to ourselves and discover Canada."
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A Retrospective Look at Toronto’s Most Striking Homes
From the grandiose "Porker's Palace" to Venetian palazzo–inspired apartments to vintage kitsch, take a century-spanning tour of Toronto's most striking homes.
For more information on Canadian architectural history, click here.
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Arcade Fire Has Made One Heckuva Rock Album
While it was hardly a sophomore slump, Arcade Fire's dark turn on its 2007 album Neon Bible defied the anthemic grandeur of the Montreal band's 2004 debut Funeral. And it set the stage for what might be the group's true breakthrough in 2010's The Suburbs.
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Pack up her bow? Fiddlesticks!
With three children under 5 and another on the way, fiddler, step dancer, and composer Natalie MacMaster is busier than ever recording, performing and teaching her craft. ‘Life is a ball that just rolls and you just get on it,’ she says. ‘And sometimes you’re going to get squished, and sometimes you’re going to be at the top.’
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"My first time inspired me to move to Vancouver, and I haven't missed one since," writes Hilary Mandel, who left California after experiencing the Vancouver Folk Festival.
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The Ultimate Canadian Record Collector
Robert Williston shares his vast collection of Canadian recordings with the rest of the country. How many does he have, exactly? No less than 50,000!
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Canada's best-known historian Jack Granatstein and its former national archivist are leading a bid to reclaim the country's founding document -- the British North America Act -- from a British parliamentary archive in London in time for Canada's 150th birthday in 2017.
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Polaris Music Prize Short List
Established in 2006, the Polaris Music Prize is an annual award given to the best full-length Canadian album. On July 6, 40 artists were whittled down to ten, and on September 20, the winner will be presented with the award, which includes a $20,000 cash prize!
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Canadian Naval Centennial Stamp
Two new stamps issued combining history with modern day celebrate the Canadian Navy at 100 years old.
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Navy marks 100 years - The Windsor Star
A medley of mariners gathered at the St. Clair Center for the Arts Saturday to commemorate the Canadian Navy's 100 years.
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Full media and broadcast details including performances and nominees on CTV.
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The Globe and Mail: Thousands commemorate Vimy Ridge Day in Ottawa
Torch of remembrance passed for historic battle’s last Canadian veteran, who died in February
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Fatal Luge Accident in Whistler
Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili had a fatal crash on Friday at the Whistler Sliding Centre during a training run.
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These torchbearers in St Bruno, PQ were among 12,000 who carried the flame 45,000 km over 106 days to reach Vancouver on February 12 to open the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. (Photo courtesy Les Versants du Mont Bruno)
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Christmas Traditions in Canada and in France
An interactive website by the Virtual Museum of Canada exploring traditions of Christmas.
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Astronaut Payette taking Museum of Civilization’s astrolabe on a journey to the stars
When astronaut Julie Payette travels to the International Space Station, she will take a national history icon from the Canadian Museum of Civilization along for the ride. Mission STS-127 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour will carry a copy of the brass astrolabe believed to have been lost by Samuel de Champlain almost 400 years ago.
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The Canadian History Report Card
The Canadian History Report Card is a project of the Dominion Institute, a national organization that uses groundbreaking public opinion research, innovative media and in-school programmes to help hundreds of thousands of Canadians connect in meaningful ways with the country’s history, shared citizenship and democratic institutions.
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Three Quebec films make the Cannes cut
The Cannes Film Festival announced yesterday two dozen titles to be featured in its prestigious Directors' Fortnight program, and the lineup boasts three French-Canadian titles (Polytechnique, Carcasses, I Killed My Mother) as well as one English-Canadian co-production (Amreeka).
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Oscar-nominated Canadian animator's latest heading to Cannes
A new short film from Winnipeg animator Cordell Barker, featuring music by Montreal composer Benoît Charest, is heading for a world premiere screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Earth Day: Lost in a forest of green
How Earth Day and Earth Hour stay relevant amid expanding branches of environmentalism.
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Tim Cook wins 2009 Charles Taylor Prize
Tim Cook has won the coveted Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction. He wins for Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1917-1918, (VOl. II).
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Nathaniel Dett Chorale heads for Obama celebrations
The Nathaniel Dett Chorale, a Toronto-based chorus that performs Afrocentric music, will be in Washington in 10 days to join the celebrations around president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration.
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Christmas traditions in Canada and France
Imaginary Exhibition from the Virtual Museum of Canada
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Parliamentary Crises and Government Defeats
What's Past is Prologue...CTV Ottawa looks at previous moments where the House of Commons faced upheaval and a change in leadership - with or without a new election.
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The Vancouver Sun Special BC150 Feature as the Provinces sesquicentennial celebrations come to a close, including the fascinating "10 Photographs of British Columbia's Past You Should Know."
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Quill and Quire Books of the Year List
Q&Q has made its annual Books of the Year selection: 15 books that mattered in 2008, from fiction to non-fiction to kids’ titles.
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Canada-Japan Literary Awards go to Darcy Tamayose, André Duhaime and André Girard
The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the names of the winners of the 2008 Canada-Japan Literary Awards. The English-language winning work is Odori, a novel by Darcy Tamayose, of Lethbridge, Alberta. The French-language winning work is Marcher le silence – Carnets du Japon, a travel story co-written by André Duhaime, of Gatineau (Quebec), and André Girard, of La Baie (Quebec).
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CBC period dramas stand out at 3rd night of Gemini awards
Period dramas from the CBC were the big winners at the Gemini Awards on Wednesday.
The racy historical series The Tudors and the miniseries The Englishman's Boy each snagged four trophies in advance of next month's televised gala.
Last night's honours were handed out at a private bash to recognize the best in Canadian drama, variety and comedy TV, but the top awards – in such categories as best drama, best comedy and best news anchor – will be announced in November.
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Entertainment
Arcade Fire's "The Wilderness Downtown"
Montreal's Arcade Fire and "Jesus Walks" video auteur Chris Milk have seen the future of online video, and it requires your home address. Fire up Google Chrome and watch their newest collaboration, a music video for "The Wilderness Downtown," which includes artful use of pop-up browsers, shooting trees, and a large dose of nostalgia.
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In the Media
Relive history with CNE online archives
Housed in the archives of the Canadian National Exhibition are countless reels of 16mm film and a treasure trove of colour images (made when black and white was the norm). Thanks to Youtube and digitization, much of the footage and photos are seeing the light of day. Take a look!
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In the Media
The Central Canadian Exhibition ("the Ex") has been with us for 122 years. View archival photos of its beginnings, from auto races to Andy Griffith to the thrill of the weightless Pirate Ship!
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In the Media
Governor General's Award winner Nick Brune says Canadians, especially, ignore their past. “The real challenge goes to how we teach. It’s understanding and getting all the pieces of the puzzle … the kids can really learn the material.” His coffee table book, Canada: The Epic story of the True North Strong, is an attempt to help make sense of the puzzle.
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In the Media
We Need to Peel Back the Curtain on Our History
During the past couple of decades, much has been written about the woeful state of Canadians’ knowledge of their own country. J.D.M. Stewart has a solution: "It's time to show this country to ourselves and discover Canada."
Link to site > -
In the Media
Arcade Fire Has Made One Heckuva Rock Album
While it was hardly a sophomore slump, Arcade Fire's dark turn on its 2007 album Neon Bible defied the anthemic grandeur of the Montreal band's 2004 debut Funeral. And it set the stage for what might be the group's true breakthrough in 2010's The Suburbs.
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Entertainment
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen’s Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage is more than just a loving documentary tribute to the Toronto prog-rock gods — it's an underdog-success story even non-fans could relate to.
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Entertainment
Watch Toronto supergroup Broken Social Scene perform live from six different angles for Pitchfork`s Point of View Concert Series.
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In the Media
Pack up her bow? Fiddlesticks!
With three children under 5 and another on the way, fiddler, step dancer, and composer Natalie MacMaster is busier than ever recording, performing and teaching her craft. ‘Life is a ball that just rolls and you just get on it,’ she says. ‘And sometimes you’re going to get squished, and sometimes you’re going to be at the top.’
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In the Media
"My first time inspired me to move to Vancouver, and I haven't missed one since," writes Hilary Mandel, who left California after experiencing the Vancouver Folk Festival.
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In the Media
The Ultimate Canadian Record Collector
Robert Williston shares his vast collection of Canadian recordings with the rest of the country. How many does he have, exactly? No less than 50,000!
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In the Media
A Retrospective Look at Toronto’s Most Striking Homes
From the grandiose "Porker's Palace" to Venetian palazzo–inspired apartments to vintage kitsch, take a century-spanning tour of Toronto's most striking homes.
For more information on Canadian architectural history, click here.
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Entertainment
On April 1, 1999, the new territory of Nunavut was born, finally making the controversial dream of the Northwest Territories' Inuit a reality. Eleven years later, Nunavummiut join together to celebrate Nunavut Day. CBC Digital Archives remembers the journey.
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In the Media
Canada's best-known historian Jack Granatstein and its former national archivist are leading a bid to reclaim the country's founding document -- the British North America Act -- from a British parliamentary archive in London in time for Canada's 150th birthday in 2017.
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In the Media
Polaris Music Prize Short List
Established in 2006, the Polaris Music Prize is an annual award given to the best full-length Canadian album. On July 6, 40 artists were whittled down to ten, and on September 20, the winner will be presented with the award, which includes a $20,000 cash prize!
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Entertainment
From January 22 until March 21, the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad will celebrate our creative spirit through an unparalleled variety of music, dance, theatre, visual arts, film, outdoor spectaculars and digital media experiences.
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Entertainment
The world’s first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing to premiere at Sundance Film Festival
Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act.
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Book
Published by: Random House Canada on September 29, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-307-35579-9, Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship
The eagerly-awaited new book by Denise Chong, author of the award-winning, national bestseller, The Concubine’s Children.
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Books
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Cormorant Books Inc (May 21, 2010)
With the publication of his book No Culture, No Future Simon Brault makes a public plea for art’s return to the streets, believing that a thriving arts and culture sector is critical to the health of national and municipal identities.
Click here to read a Q&A with Simon Brault at The Walrus.
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Welcome Books (August 15, 2006)
Dance Me to the End of Love, the namesake of a deliriously romantic song by Leonard Cohen is visualized through the warm, spirited paintings and collages of Henri Matisse. It is a lyrical tribute to the miracle of love, the grace it bestows on us, and its healing power.
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Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33 1/3)
Continuum Pub Group (December 15, 2007)
Non-fans regard Celine Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her (creepy) manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There's nothing cool about Celine Dion, and nothing clever. That's part of her appeal as an object of love or hatred with most critics and committed music fans taking pleasure (or at least geeky solace) in their lofty contempt. This book documents Carl Wilson's brave and unprecedented year-long quest to find his inner Celine Dion fan, and explores how we define ourselves in the light of what we call good and bad, what we love and what we hate.
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This Is An Honour Song: Twenty Years Since the Blockades
Publisher: Arbeiter Ring, 2010
"Filled with soul grabbing poetry, academic and personal essays, beautiful artwork, a short story and a play, Simpson, Ladner, and their 33 co-writers -- including well-known contributors such as Ellen Gabriel (who stood in the front lines at Oka), and respected writer and professor Patricia Montour -- provide educational pieces about the events of the standoff. They also take a stance on paper by sharing new issues that have come since Oka, and how it influenced a new generation of activists who seek justice in similar battles in their own territories."
-Jorge Antonio Vallejos (Rabble.ca)
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Our Story: Aboriginal Voices on Canada's Past
Publisher: Anchor Canada (Sep 20 2005)
A collection of original stories written by some of the country’s most celebrated Aboriginal writers, and inspired by pivotal events in the country’s history.
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Le concept de liberté au Canada à l’époque des Révolutions atlantiques, 1776-1838
McGill-Queen's University Press
A study of the development of Canada during the time between the American Revolution and the Rebellions of 1837.
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Growing with Canada: The Emigre Tradition in Canadian Music
Published November 1, 2009 by McGill-Queen's University Press
Based on years of detailed and extensive interviews with some seventy people, and supplemented by a wide range of archival material, Growing with Canada reveals how these men and women came to Canada and the roles they played in developing musical culture here, weaving the larger story of post-war Canadian music performance, production, and education around their testimony.
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End of an Era Books of Reflection
Books of Reflection Locations across Canada, take the time to share your personal thoughts on remembrance. Together, we will remember the sacrifice of Canada's Veterans and their fallen comrades.
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Key Porter Books
Canada’s Olympic Diary will be a complete record of Canada’s participation at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Canadian Press reporters and photographers will chronicle the performances of Canadian athletes competing in the biggest event of their lives, as well as provide a chronicle of the lead-up to the games and each day’s events.
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Complete Book of the Winter Olympics, Vancouver 2010 edition
Greystone Books, D&M Publishers Inc.
Authors Jaime Loucky and David Wallechinsky present everything anyone could wish to know about the Winter Olympics. Now in its eighth edition and published in anticipation of the 2010 Vancouver Games, The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics has been expanded to include the rules and scoring for all the upcoming events, and looks at the history of each Olympic event from inception to the present.
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Christmas in Canada: A Celebration of Stories from Past to Present
Publisher: Red Deer Press; 1 edition (Oct 15 2003)
"Three cheers and a glass of wassail." - Quill and Quire
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Just Poems, Reflections on the Armenian Genocide
Hybrid Publishing Co-op Ltd. 2009
This collection of personal and political poems expresses the enduring, painful legacy of the Armenian Genocide. It represents the trauma of the survivors and the isolation and fragmentation of life in the Diaspora. It is a narrative about heroic witnesses, the painful challenges of remembering, the obstacles to genocide education, the need to overcome state-sponsored genocide denial and the long quest for recognition and justice. The poems explore the difficult path towards apology, reconciliation and forgiveness and reflect on a world without genocide.
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Published by: Random House Canada on September 29, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-307-35579-9, Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship
The eagerly-awaited new book by Denise Chong, author of the award-winning, national bestseller, The Concubine’s Children.
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EXTRAORDINARY CANADIANS LESTER B PEARSON
| 224 pages | ISBN 9780143172697 | 01 Dec 2008 | Penguin Canada | Adult
In his 2 terms as prime minister, from 1963–1968, Lester B. Pearson oversaw the revamping of Canada through the introduction of Medicare, the Canada Pension Plan, the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, the Auto Pact, and the new Maple Leaf flag. Pearson came to power after an impressive career as a diplomat, where he played a vital role in the creation of NATO and the United Nations, later serving as president of its General Assembly. He put Canada on the world stage when he won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his handling of the Suez Crisis, during which he brokered the formation of a UN peacekeeping force. Author Andrew Cohen, whose books have focused on Canada’s place in the world, is the perfect author to assess Pearson’s legacy.
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EXTRAORDINARY CANADIANS NELLIE MCCLUNG
Book: Hardback | 235 x 159mm | 204 pages | ISBN 9780670066742 | 18 Mar 2008 | Penguin Canada | Adult
Feminist, politician, and social activist, Nellie McClung altered Canada's political landscape, leaving a legacy that has long survived her. She had a wicked wit, and her convictions and campaigns helped shape the Canada we live in today. Acclaimed writer Charlotte Gray, who has forged a distinguished career exploring the lives of such notable women as Susanna Moodie and Pauline Johnson, is the perfect writer to reinterpret McClung.
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Operation Orca, Springer, Luna and the Struggle to Save West Coast Killer Whales
Harbour Publishing, October 2007
Through the story of Springer and Luna the larger history of orcas is explored in the Pacific Northwest and the whale's transformation for killer to icon.
Winner of Forword Magazine’s Best Nature Non-Fiction Award.
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In Search of Canadian Political Culture
Release Date: 1/1/2008, UBC Press
What do we really mean by phrases such as "western Canadian political culture," "the centrist political culture of Ontario," "Red Toryism in the Maritimes," or "Prairie socialism"? What historical, geographical, and sociological factors came into play as these cultures were forged? In this book, Nelson Wiseman addresses many such questions, offering new ways of conceiving Canadian political culture.
The most thorough review of the national political ethos written in a generation, In Search of Canadian Political Culture offers a bottom-up, regional analysis that challenges how we think and write about Canada. It will interest specialists in Canadian political culture and generalists in Canadian politics.
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Bantam (September 25, 2007)
No Time for Goodbye, written by Canadian Linwood Barclay, was Britain's best-selling paperback novel in 2008.
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The Governor General and the Prime Ministers: The Making and Unmaking of Governments
By: Edward McWhinney, Published November 1, 2005, Ronsdale Press
An analysis of the evolving role of the governor general as head-of-state in Canada and other Commonwealth countries, showing how the position has changed and how it can be adapted to deal with crisis-ridden minority governments.
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Roy Miki: The passionate poet
His book of poetry, Surrender, described as a “brilliant intermixture of the lyrical with the political” and a “tour de force of clarity and beauty,”
This collection of poems challenges and disturbs, upsets and disorients official language and history relating to the internment of Japanese Canadians in the 1940s — a subject that holds personal meaning for Miki.
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101 Things Canadians Should Know About Canada
Author: Rudyard Griffiths
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Shock Troops follows the Canadian fighting forces during the titanic battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele, and the Hundred Days campaign. Through the eyes of the soldiers who fought and died in the trenches on the Western Front, and based on newly uncovered Canadian, British, and German archival sources, Cook builds on Volume I of his national bestseller, At the Sharp End. The Canadian fighting forces never lost a battle during the final 2 years of the war, and although they paid a terrible price in the killing fields of the Great War, they were indeed, as British Prime Minister David Lloyd George exclaimed, the shock troops of the Empire.
About the Author
Tim Cook is a curator at the Canadian War Museum, as well as an adjunct professor at Carleton University. He is the author of No Place to Run and Clio's Warriors. He lives in Ottawa with his family.
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Entertainment
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Arcade Fire's "The Wilderness Downtown"
Montreal's Arcade Fire and "Jesus Walks" video auteur Chris Milk have seen the future of online video, and it requires your home address. Fire up Google Chrome and watch their newest collaboration, a music video for "The Wilderness Downtown," which includes artful use of pop-up browsers, shooting trees, and a large dose of nostalgia.
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Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen’s Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage is more than just a loving documentary tribute to the Toronto prog-rock gods — it's an underdog-success story even non-fans could relate to.
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Watch Toronto supergroup Broken Social Scene perform live from six different angles for Pitchfork`s Point of View Concert Series.
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On April 1, 1999, the new territory of Nunavut was born, finally making the controversial dream of the Northwest Territories' Inuit a reality. Eleven years later, Nunavummiut join together to celebrate Nunavut Day. CBC Digital Archives remembers the journey.
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The Historica-Dominion Institute and Canwest News Service test Canadians' knowledge of their past with 100 challenging questions.
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The Year of the Carnivore Opens Across Canada
A film by Canadian Writer, composer and director, Sook-Yin Lee.
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Canadian film Gunless starring Paul Gross opens in theatres beginning April 30th.
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Canada's Music Awards, airing Sunday April 18th on CTV.
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Performers confirmed for Juno Awards ceremony on April 18, 2010.
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From January 22 until March 21, the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad will celebrate our creative spirit through an unparalleled variety of music, dance, theatre, visual arts, film, outdoor spectaculars and digital media experiences.
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Inside Hana's Suitcase Now Playing
The feature-length documentary film “Inside Hana’s Suitcase” will be screening in select cinemas across Canada: Toronto starting November 6 Vancouver starting November 13 Montreal starting November 20. Visit the new fully interactive website!
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Leonard Cohen will soon be heading to eastern Canada to perform what will likely be the last concert dates of his career.
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The world’s first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing to premiere at Sundance Film Festival
Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act.
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Toronto's Tafelmusik to make Carnegie Hall debut
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, a Toronto-based ensemble dedicated to playing baroque and classical music, makes its debut at Carnegie Hall today.
Audio clip excerpt from the Vivace of J.S. Bach's "Trio Sonata" in D Minor, performed by Tafelmusik
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Tickets to the biggest event our country has seen in a long time are available.
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Passchendaele the movie is now playing in theatres across Canada. Support Canadian Arts, history and our veterans.
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