Culture/Arts Flashcards
(11 cards)
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Canadian Council for the Arts - 1957
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- gave awards to canadians in the arts
- industrialists James Dunn and Izaak Walton Killian funded
- reported activities to gov. but independent to avoid propaganda
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Royal Commission on National Developement in Arts, Letters, and Sciences
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- Canada’s Governor General Vincent Massey chaired this
- 1951 “Massey Report” suggestd gov. Set up organization to promote Canadian Arts
- No profession in Arts field can make a living
- also recommended CBC take over national tv
- 6 years after Massey Report, CCA was established
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Festival Theatre - 1957
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- built in stratford
- its success inspired more theatres in Canada and gained recognition for Canadian actors
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National Ballet of Canada - 1951
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- founded by Ballerina, Celia Franca, 29, with Betty Oliphant
- they searched for talent across canada
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Printed Word - 1950s-1060s
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- some international recognized canadian novelists/poets emerged and won Governor General’s Awards
- Farley Mowat
- Gabrielle Roy
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Tv & film
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- CBC broadcasted 1st Canadian tv in 1952
- before all programs were american
- C.D. Howe, Canada’s Minister of Trade and Commerce had a dilemma:
Keep american films out
Or
Make money from them - 1947-1951 Canadian Co-operation Project came up with a solution:
Canada will allow american films if canadian films are promoted in Hollywood
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Order of Canada - 1967
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- for any Canadian outstanding achievements
Eg. Officers,
- 46/year
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Rebel music - 1960s
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- teenager music to protest against adult world
- rock n roll 1954 - elvis presley
- beatlemania 1964
- bob dylan
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Hippie (sub of counterculture)
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A person who went against generally accepted values of society and take drugs
- rebel
9
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Beatlemania
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1964 -
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Canadian Radio-television and telecommunications Commission (CRTC) - 1968
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Promoted canadian entertainment content
