ENG252Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Canadian Poetry, Intellectual, Environment And Climate Change Canada
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The contemporary period - 1960"s and 70"s: cultural policies (massey commission, 100th centennial, anti-americanism - vietnam war. This is an anxiety that we"ve seen in earlier periods with poems that the cultural influence of the u. s. would displace canada"s cultural production. But this report was much more urgent as a response to the rise of the u. s. as the super power in the world. Based on the findings of the massey commission the government introduced the canada. Council for the arts and the cbc and nfb were formed at this time. The second factor that fueled canadian culture was in 1967 - canada"s. The kinds of celebrations we saw recently for the 150th were on a smaller scale than in 1967. Expo 67 was the most significant celebration of canada"s centennial. It not only fueled already existing anti-americanism in canadian culture but many canadians took pride in affirming their differences from the.
