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Title The Canadian distinctiveness into the XXIst century / edited by Chad Gaffield, Karen L. Gould = La distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siècle / sous la direction de Chad Gaffield, Karen L. Gould
Published Ottawa, Ont. : University of Ottawa Press, [2003]
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 335 pages) : illustrations
Series The International Canadian studies series = La Collection internationale d'études canadiennes, 1489-713X
International Canadian studies series.
Contents Introduction: Perspectives on the Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century / Chad Gaffield -- The Inclusive Shape of Complexity / John Ralston Saul -- Passer a l'avenir. Actualiser la canadianite / Jocelyn Letourneau -- Survival Then and Now / Margaret Atwood -- Individuals, Collectivities, and the State / Individus, Collectivites et Etat -- Toward a Baroque Governance in Twenty-first Century Canada / Gilles Paquet -- Evolving State -- Civil Society Relationships: The Beginning of a New Era? / Susan D. Phillips -- Malentendus multiculturels: France, Etats-Unis, Canada / Denis Lacorne -- Aboriginal Peoples in the Twenty-first Century: A Plea for Realism / Alan C. Cairns -- The Texture of Canadian Society / Le Caractere de la Societe Candienne -- Canadian Business: "No, I'm from Canada" / W. Michael Wilson -- "I am Canadian!:" From Beer Commercials to Medicare: In Search of Identity / Monique Begin -- The Multicultural Wheel: The Texture of Canadian Society and Literature in the Twenty-first Century / Maya Dutt -- Packaging Canada/Packaging Places: Tourism, Culture, and Identity in the Twenty-first Century / C. Michael Hall -- Canadian Distinciveness and Cultural Policy As We Enter the Twenty-first Century / Shirley L. Thomson -- Pour une convention multilaterale sur la culture / Jean-Louise Roy -- Identity and Otherness in Canadian Foreign Policy / Maria Teresa Gutierrez-Haces -- The Place of Canada in the World of the Twenty-first Century / Le Role du Canada sur la scene internationale au vingt et unieme siecle -- The Canadian Military in the Security Environment of the Twenty-first Century / Donna Winslow -- The Role of Canada in the International Context of the Twenty-first Century / Huguette Labelle -- A Communications, Technology, and Societal Memory: A Distinct Canadian Archival Voice in the Global Village / Terry Cook -- Canada One Hundred Years from Now: A Federation of Nations? / Jean Laponce -- Metaphors and Maps: Imagining Canada into the Twenty-first Century / Lorna Irvine
Summary In this collection of essays some of Canada's foremost writers and thinkers, including John Ralston Saul and Margaret Atwood, call for equilibrium among economics, culture, and technological change. While promoting the dynamism and change possible in Canadian society, they also call for a re-examination of Canada's past in order to chart its future
Analysis "Multi-User"
Notes "This book is the result of a successful international conference, organized by the International Council for Canadian Studies and the Institute of Canadian Studies at University of Ottawa, that took place 18-20 May 2000"--Acknowledgements
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Articles in English or French with preface and introduction in both English and French
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Subject National characteristics, Canadian -- Congresses
Cultural pluralism -- Canada -- Congresses
Literary essays.
Literature and literary studies.
Prose: non-fiction.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Social conditions
National characteristics, Canadian
Cultural pluralism
Civilization
Civilization -- Forecasting
Forecasting
Politieke situatie.
Maatschappij.
Nationale identiteit.
SUBJECT Canada -- Civilization -- 1945- -- Congresses
Canada -- Civilization -- 21st century -- Forecasting -- Congresses
Canada -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Congresses
Canada -- Civilization -- Forecasting -- Congresses
Canada -- Civilization -- Congresses
Subject Canada
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Gaffield, Chad, 1951- editor.
Gould, Karen, 1948- editor.
International Council for Canadian Studies, organizer.
University of Ottawa. Institute of Canadian Studies, organizer.
ISBN 9780776617039
0776617036
0776630229
9780776630229
0776605518
9780776605517
Other Titles Canadian distinctiveness into the 21st century
Canadian distinctiveness into the twenty-first century
Distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siècle