Lecture 12 HIST 382

Summary & Outline

OK, relax and enjoy the final lecture of the course. I have two main points to make, one having to do with a great Canadian thinker in communications and media studies, the other having to do with Canadian cultural policy. Wrapped around those two points are some selections from my favorite Canadian musical artists.

I. Celtic Folk-Rock

A. Rankin Family

B. Rawlins Cross

II. Marshall McLuhan: Canada and Communication Studies

III. Folk Music: Stan Rogers

IV. Canadian Cultural Policy

A. The CBC

B. The National Film Board

C. Arts & publishing

D. The Culture Clause

E. Cancon

V. Country Music: Ian Tyson

Ties to Texts

No direct ties to texts, although I suspect if you reflect on the values and attitudes implicit in national cultural policies, you’ll quite a few connections to points raised by Lipset.

Links for Lecture 12
The Rankins	A fan site, unofficial, devoted to the Rankin family.
Rawlins Cross	Canoe site providing some basic info about the band.
Marshall McLuhan	Comprehensive site: bio, quotes, assessments.
Stan Rogers	Pages maintained by Fogerty’s Cove (music company).
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	Radio, television, online news. Live web-radio from across the country. On-demand newscasts, national and local.
National Film Board	Since 1939, producing and distributing films of and about Canada.
Ian Tyson	Official site maintained by his record companies.

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