National Film Board of Canada

A close examination of the type of national culture produced and promoted by institutions such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the National Film Board of Canada, is guided and defined by a climate of desire to cultivate a national identity that would set Canada’s global image aside from external influence. The vast landscape and great distance between various communities within Canada posed a challenge to uniting the country under one image of nationalism. The establishment of such…

“The One Best Way:” Marketing Breast Milk In the 1920s, despite the dramatic decline breastfeeding rates in Canada, Dr. Helen MacMurchy, the head of the Division of Child Welfare, attempted to establish breastfeeding as the “Canadian way.” In The Canadian Mother’s Book, MacMurchy promoted, under her governmental title, breastfeeding as “the one best way” to feed infants. Although this message had been ignored with the medicalization of infant birth and feeding practices in the mid-twentieth…

The Canadian Film, from its Origins to the Present Day, has a Unique Relationship to Canadian Landscape Ehsan Rahmanian Professor Stephen Broomer Dec 07 2015 The Canadian Film, from its Origins to the Present Day, has a Unique Relationship to Canadian Landscape 1 Filmmaking has been an effective type of social, cultural and artistic expression, and an exceedingly beneficial business undertaking from its earliest days. From a practical point of view, filmmaking is a business including…

orange became the color for this day; Phyllis Webstad with her orange shirt given by her grandma created this day. Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Winnipeg: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015. This volume of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a summary of the discussions and findings of the commission. The Final Report…

be oblivious of this problem. Women are being silenced without realizing it because society normalizes certain oppressive behaviours, such as the inability to access crucial services that help them to support themselves. The makers, the National Film Board of Canada (2012) further explains how this occurs through lack government aid and programs. The status of women is affected by giving birth. They are being put in to a position where their ability to provide for their children is compromised…

The Development of Canada through the Great Depression October 29, 1929, “Black Tuesday”, was the beginning of the end to the roaring twenties. After a decade of unlimited growth and prosperity, the drastic crash in the stock market on Black Tuesday would set a continuous downward trend that would last more than six years. While the Great Depression was a time of suffering and hardships, it was also an important step in developing Canada as a country; Canadians rose to the challenge…

World War II was a horrible event that included many important nations of the world, including Canada, but the war was not just fought in Europe; there was a more clever battle being fought on the homefront with Canadian propaganda. Propaganda persuaded Canadians to contribute to the war through victory bonds. Propaganda was used to recruit soldiers and female workers, which helped many unemployed Canadians who were victims of the Great Depression. As well, the government campaigns to increase…

folk history of Prince Edward Island. The subject of two National Film Board documentaries, Acorn was also the recipient of an honorary degree from the University of Prince Edward Island. In 1987, the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award was established in his memory. José ACQUELIN (1956) Anarchie de la lumière (POÉSIE 2014) MONTRÉAL / Educated at the Université de Montréal and the Université Toulouse, le…

worked hard to depict what life was really like.. Flaherty is known as the father of the documentary film who has had a profound influence on our society and how films were made and viewed. Flaherty’s first film was “Nanook of the North”, which was one of the films we viewed for class. Robert Flaherty spent many months in Canada being with and filming the eskimos. (Brittanica) He wanted to make a film that was in collaboration with the people of the local Eskimo communities and they obeyed to…

On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320, took off from La Guardia with 150 passengers and 5 crew members, bound for Charlotte, NC. Three minutes into flight it struck a flock of Canada geese and lost power in both engines. Air controllers tried to divert the US Airways plane back to La Guardia or a nearby airport in New Jersey. Captain Chesley "Sully'' Sullenberger decided he did could not safely land the plane in either of the airports, and glided the plane into the Hudson.…