How does sport impact Canadian culture?
The strength of a nation's identity is always evolving over time. It involves shared languages, history, and cultural traditions as some of the cornerstones to the overall happiness and success of the society. In the past, society tends to undermine the impact of sport on culture and vice versa, but recently in the last couple of decades, many nations have recognized the importance and have increased the distribution of money allocated to sport over other services. Sport has grown from more than just an intrinsic prominence in society. It can be used as concealment for some of the nation’s problems, it provides a uniting quality for nations to assemble over, and provides key fundamental values in shaping a nation's identity. Politics, media, and sport can be very closely intertwined and they together and/or separately can influence political and social relations with other countries. This entanglement may cause positive or negative ripples in society. On April 15th, 2013 the travesty of The Boston Marathon bombing had taken place. …show more content…
The impact sport can generate stems from area's such as fundamental values, social comradery, and serves as a form of entertainment for the masses. Sport is constantly evolving, through the invention of new sports, garnering the attention of the media catapulting sport through the nationalism and globalization concepts. The contribution of modern society has also helped create a framework for sport in everyday life and is now considered as an integral part many people’s lives. Political input and social benefits have changed the dynamics of sport and the ideologies people have had around it. Sport was mainly viewed as a recreational activity used for enjoyment and has now been broadened through the insight that sport can help shape society and confront social
The strength of a nation's identity is always evolving over time. It involves shared languages, history, and cultural traditions as some of the cornerstones to the overall happiness and success of the society. In the past, society tends to undermine the impact of sport on culture and vice versa, but recently in the last couple of decades, many nations have recognized the importance and have increased the distribution of money allocated to sport over other services. Sport has grown from more than just an intrinsic prominence in society. It can be used as concealment for some of the nation’s problems, it provides a uniting quality for nations to assemble over, and provides key fundamental values in shaping a nation's identity. Politics, media, and sport can be very closely intertwined and they together and/or separately can influence political and social relations with other countries. This entanglement may cause positive or negative ripples in society. On April 15th, 2013 the travesty of The Boston Marathon bombing had taken place. …show more content…
The impact sport can generate stems from area's such as fundamental values, social comradery, and serves as a form of entertainment for the masses. Sport is constantly evolving, through the invention of new sports, garnering the attention of the media catapulting sport through the nationalism and globalization concepts. The contribution of modern society has also helped create a framework for sport in everyday life and is now considered as an integral part many people’s lives. Political input and social benefits have changed the dynamics of sport and the ideologies people have had around it. Sport was mainly viewed as a recreational activity used for enjoyment and has now been broadened through the insight that sport can help shape society and confront social