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• Cultural Authority and Canadian Public Broadcasting in the 1930s: Hector Charlesworth and the CRBC

  - 2008-01-01

  The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission CRBC, created as Canada's first public broadcaster in 1932, struggled throughout its short existence to establish its legitimacy and authority as a cultural and social force in a North American environment dominated by entertainment-oriented commercial broadcasting. This study focusses on the views of Hector W....

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• Adventures in Rainbow Country and the Narration of Nationhood

  - 2006-10-01

  The Canadian family-adventure series Adventures in Rainbow Country followed in the wake of the deeply optimistic 1967 Centennial celebrations and reflects the country's long tradition of nation building. Given the rise of the Separatist and Red Power movements in Canada, the program's depiction of the harmonious co-existence of anglophone, francophone,...

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• Broadcast research in the Americas: revisiting the past and looking to the future

  - 2006-09-01

  Canada, Latin America, and the United States have assumed great international significance in the past few decades as borders wither, goods and people move more freely around the globe, and finance takes on a more integrated and powerful role in global marketplaces. Trade agreements like the North American Free Trade...

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• Canada elects Conservative prime minister

  - 2006-01-24

  TORONTO -- Canadians elected their first Conservative prime minister in 13 years Monday, rejecting a scandal-plagued Liberal government, Canada's major media outlet said. Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper will replace Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin following a campaign in which Harper promised to strengthen relations with the United States....

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• Peace Arch Announces Completion of Principal Photography on Original Documentary 'Prisoners of Age'.

  - 2004-06-14

  TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 14, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. (AMEX:PAE) (TSX:PAE), a leading diversified Canadian entertainment company, today announced that it has completed principal photography of the documentary "Prisoners of Age," which follows New York photographer Ron Levine's groundbreaking...

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• CBC International Sales.(includes description of SPYnet and Chilly Beach)

  - 2003-09-01

  CBC International Sales P.O. Box 500, Station A Toronto, M5W 1E6 Canada Tel: +1 416 205 3500 Fax: +1 416...

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• Barometers of change: Presidents Hugh Eayrs and John Gray of the Macmillan Company of Canada

  - 2003-01-01

  This essay examines the deliberate role undertaken by the Macmillan Company of Canada tc develop a contemporary Canadian literature. It focusses on the period from 1921 to 1973, wher first Hugh Eayrs and later John Gray were presidents of the company. Under the direction ol Eayrs, Macmillan established itself as...

  Tags: Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., FINANCE, financial, Kane, Mitchell, novel, president, Robert, Roche Holding AG, Toronto

• Canada

  - 2003-01-01

  C ANADA B ASIC D ATA Official Country Name: Canada Region Map name: North & Central America Population: 31,592,805 ...

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• The Record.(Brief Article)(Obituary)

  - 2001-01-22

  DIED: Allan S. McFee, 87, who had a 55-year career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; of cancer, in Toronto. He was born in Belleville, Ont., and began his career in broadcasting in 1937. Except for a three-year stint with the Canadian Army during the Second World ...

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• kn the shadow of free trade: nationalism, feminism and identity politics in contemporary English Canada

  - 2000-07-01

  English-Canadian nationalism, defined as the organised pursuit of greater cultural and economic independence from the United States, has long faced significant internal and external challenges. The coming into effect of bilateral and trilateral free trade agreements, on their own significant losses for the interest, coincided chronologically with the erosion of...

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