Profiles of Canada

by Pryke, Kenneth G.

• ISBN13: 9781551302263
• ISBN10: 1551302268
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Canadian Scholars Pr

Summary

This third edition of Profiles of Canada combines depth, breadth, sophistication, and readability to offer the student a comprehensive introduction to Canadian society. The editors have brought together contributions from a wide range of disciplines to create a fascinating overview of the various facets of Canadian life and culture. The text includes aspects of the Canadian experience not usually found in introductory texts. The inclusion of a short story by Alistair MacLeod, for example, is an innovative departure from the academic writing of the other chapters, and provides the student of Canadian society with a sample of the finest in contemporary Canadian writing. Editors Dr. Kenneth Pryke and Dr. Walter Soderlund have carried out a successful update of the earlier editions of this well-respected text. Aspects of Canada explored in this new edition include regionalism, the North, demography, ethnicity, culture, and sport.

Table of Contents

List of Maps, Figures, and Tables	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	xiii
Kenneth G. Pryke and Walter C. Soderlund
PART 1: BASIC COMPONENTS
Chapter 1 A Profile of Canadian History	3	(32)
Kenneth G. Pryke
Chapter 2 A Profile of Canadian Regionalism	35	(28)
Andrew Nurse
Chapter 3 The Canadian North	63	(34)
Bruce W. Hodgins
Chapter 4 A Commentary on Some Aspects of Canadian Culture	97	(20)
Len Kuffert
Chapter 5 Model of Virtue or Candidate for Censure? Assessing Canada's Treatment of Ethnic Minorities	117	(28)
Tamara Palmer Seiler
Chapter 6 Women in Canada: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back	145	(34)
Heather Maclvor
Chapter 7 Sport and Canadian Culture	179	(24)
Alan Metcalfe
PART 2: POLICY PROCESSES
Chapter 8 Political Institutions and Public Policy	203	(20)
Michael Howlett
Chapter 9 Globalization and Its Consequences in Canada	223	(26)
Stephen Brooks
Chapter 10 For Export: Multiculturalism and Globalization	249	(30)
Yasmeen Abu Laban
Chapter 11 Organizing against Oppression: Aboriginal Women, Law, and Feminism	279	(28)
Patricia A. Monture Angus
Chapter 12 Canadian Health Care	307	(20)
Antonia Maioni
PART 3: THE ARTS
Chapter 13 French-Language Literature in Canada	327	(28)
Cynthia T. Hahn
Chapter 14 Issues and Contexts: Canadian Literature in English	355	(28)
Karen E. Macfarlane
Chapter 15 As Birds Bring Forth the Sun	383	(8)
Alistair MacLeod
Chapter 16 Canadian Theatre: Visions and Revisions	391	(24)
Don Rubin
Chapter 17 Fragments or Persistence of Visions: Continuity in Canadian Film History	415	(32)
André Loiselle
Chapter 18 The Canadian Soundscape	447	(40)
Elaine Keillor
Chapter 19 Canadian Painting	487	(34)
Sandra Paikowsky
A Guide for Student Research	521	(2)
List of Contributors	523	(6)
Name Index	529	(8)
Subject Index	537