Images of Canadianness

by D'Haenens, Leen; Balthazar, L.; Conway, John Frederick; Frideres, James S.; Ganzevoort, H.

• ISBN13: 9780776604893
• ISBN10: 0776604899
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of Ottawa Pr

Summary

Images of Canadiannessoffers backgrounds and explanations for a series of relevant--if relatively new--features of Canada, from political, cultural, and economic angles. Each of its four sections contains articles written by Canadian and European experts that offer original perspectives on a variety of issues: voting patterns in English-speaking Canada and Quebec; the vitality of French-language communities outside Quebec; the Belgian and Dutch immigration waves to Canada and the resulting Dutch-language immigrant press; major transitions taking place in Nunavut; the media as a tool for self-government for Canada's First Peoples; attempts by Canadian Indians to negotiate their position in society; the Canada-US relationship; Canada's trade with the EU; and Canada's cultural policy in the light of the information highway.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Part One The Political Debate	5	(34)
Reflections on Canada in the Year 1997-98	7	(22)
John F. Conway
The Liberal Idea of the Canadian Nation-State	29	(10)
Louis Balthazar
Part Two Billingual Canada: A Multicultural Mosaic	39	(88)
Identity, Cultural Production and the Vitality of Francophone Communities Outside Quebec	41	(26)
Raymond M. Hebert
The Belgian Presence in Canada	67	(24)
Cornelius J. Jaenen
The Dutch in Canada	91	(18)
Herman Ganzevoort
The Flemish and Dutch Migrant Press in Canada: A Historical Investigation	109	(18)
Jennifer Vrielinck
Part Three Canada from a Native Perspective	127	(70)
Nunavut: A Challenge for the Inuit	129	(18)
Cornelius H.W. Remie
Television Broadcasting North of 60	147	(20)
Lorna Roth
Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the United States of America: Entering the 21st Century	167	(30)
James S. Frideres
Part Four Canada in the International Arena	197	(58)
Of Friends, Interests, Crowbars, and Marriage Vows in Canada-United States Trade Relations	199	(22)
Michael Hart
On Track for TAFTA? Developing Canada-EU Trade Relations in the 1990's	221	(16)
Donald G. Mitchell
Beyond Infrastructure. Europe, the United States and Canada on the Information Highway: Where business and culture collide	237	(18)
Leen d'Haenens
About the Authors	255