In 1939, Canada’s Parliament decided that Canadian filmmakers needed support to tell the stories they wanted to tell.
Category: Culture – visual arts
My Canada, 88/150: A poet laureate’s path
Poet George Elliott Clarke, then as now, may be one of the world’s true joyful beings.
My Canada, 84/150: Taking her time
I’ve never heard that audience quiet down faster than when Teva Harrison began speaking.
My Canada, 80/150: The County’s best bottles
If Billy Munnelly decides to live Prince Edward County, you know there’s promise a’coming in the County’s wines.
My Canada, 68/150: A monumental sacrifice
It was soon decided that the Allward design would proceed at one location — Vimy — and the others would have simpler monuments installed.
My Canada, 62/150: Plain and not so simple
It took many years for me to realize, growing up, that not everyone had horse-drawn buggies clomp-clomping by their home.
My Canada, 57/150: By the stripes shall ye know them
The savviest of branding gurus would be hard pressed to come up with anything matching the iconic stickiness of a Hudson’s Bay Point Blanket.
My Canada, 49/150: Coins of the realm
Noted designers are often commissioned to create new coin designs to commemorate milestones in Canadian history.
