Enrichment for HIST 382

 

Media

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.

Canoe

Internet news source, with lots of features, such as movie guides.

Globe and Mail

Regarded as the national newspaper.

Maclean’s

National weekly news magazine.

Seeing the Country

Trans-Canada Highway

Guide to the main east-west route across the country.

Confederation Bridge

The amazing span that joins Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick.

Large Canadian Roadside Attractions

Roadside monstrosities across the country.

First Nations

Assembly of First Nations

National lobbying organization.

Canada’s First Nations

Nifty tutorial from the University of Calgary.

Government of Nunavut

Government and administration of the territory.

Nunavut Planning Commission

Governance board for environmental and resource issues.

Métis

 

Métis Nation of Ontario

 

Lobbying and news.

Historical

Library and Archives Canada

Parliament merged the National Archives and the National Library in 2003.

Canadian Museum of Civilization

The nation’s museum of history and culture, located in Hull, Quebec, across the river from Ottawa.

Glenbow Museum

Museum (natural history, history, art) and archives in Calgary, Alberta.

Canadian Heritage Gallery

Good source of historical images.

Canada: A People’s History

Website for the CBC television series.

Reaction to Canada: A People’s History

Carleton University’s pages treating the national discussion about the TV series.

Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage

By Memorial University of Newfoundland.

The Valour and the Horror

Website based on a NFB documentary about Canadian soldiers in WW II.

Government & Politics

Government of Canada

Entre to all government entities; links to provincial governments.  Includes a nifty section “About Canada.”

Canadian Embassy

Embassy of Canada in Washington DC.

Parliament

House of Commons and the Senate.

Liberal Party

The governing party of Canada, led by Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Conservative Party

Official opposition party, formed by union of Progressive Conservative Party and Reform Party in 2003.

New Democratic Party

The social-democratic party of Canada.

Bloc Quebecois

The federal party of Quebec sovereignty.

Parti Quebecois

The provincial party of Quebec sovereignty.

Diefenbaker Canada Centre

Archives and museum devoted to Dief the Chief, Conservative P.M. from Saskatchewan.

Sport & Recreation

Canadian Football League

Official website of the league.

Canadian Curling Association

Favorite mass-participation sport in Canada, and now an Olympic sport.

Hockey Canada

Governing body for amateur hockey in Canada.

Arts & Literature

McNally Robinson

Major bookseller, the Barnes & Noble of Canada.

MapleMusic

Retailer and promoter of Canadian popular music.

CanEHdian

Devoted to appreciation of Canadian popular music.

Pop Culture

Juno Awards

Canada’s national music awards.

National Gallery of Canada

The nation’s museum of visual arts.

Neil Young

Funky site, devoted mainly to his latest project, Greendale.

Oh Susanna

Popular recording artist, from Vancouver.

Alanis Morissette

Maybe more than you want to know about this pop star.

Avril Lavigne

For all you skater types.

Derek Miller

2003 Juno winner for aboriginal music.

Red Green

TV comic with popular CBC show, also seen in U.S. on PBS.

Royal Canadian Air Farce

Popular news-satire television show on the CBC.

Da Vinci’s Inquest

CBC-TV crime-investigation show set in Vancouver.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Popular news-satire television show on the CBC.

The Border

Central North American Trade Corridor Association

Devoted to trans-border trade in the plains region.

Northern Great Plains Inc.

Organization devoted to regional renewal.

Prof. Isern’s Pages

Lending Media Library

CDs and DVDs in Prof. Isern’s collection – for loan to students in HIST 382.

Bibliography

Prepared for HIST 382.

Le Bloc Québécois

Quotations from Lucien Bouchard explore the ideas and emotions of the sovereignty movement.

Harold Innis and Staples Theory

Background on and quotations from Innis, founder of staples theory, and a scholar of immense importance in explaining Canadian national development.

Quotations from Marshall McLuhan

Selections from Understanding Media, the master work of Canada’s great communications theorist.

Bob Rae and the NDP

Bob Rae of Ontario was the great hope of the New Democratic Party in the early 1990s.

Preston Manning and the Reform Party

Reform was the assertive party of the right in the 1990s, and Manning was its prophet.

Griffith Taylor and Environmental Determinism

Geographer Taylor explained Canadian development in terms of environment.

Curling in Canada

Notes from Russell’s Open House, links to Canadian curling sites.

 

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