Adam Crowley, Husson University, Canadian Literature, Susanna Moodie, Roughing It In The Bush
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Adam Crowley., Husson University, Canada, Canadian Literature, Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, Nationalism, Time
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Pierre Berton's new book is "Marching as to War", which covers Canada's involvement in four wars during the first half of the twentieth century. (Originally aired October 2001)
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Tom Sherman interviewed by Adam Welch, phd student in art history at the University of Toronto, on November 11, 2009. The interview focuses on the early 1970s in Toronto and Sherman's conceptual/literary text work.
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TechSoup Canada (www.techsoupcanada.ca) video interview with Literature for Life (http as part of the Tech Impact Project with University of Toronto -- "Computers and Society" students.
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Novelist and critic, Charles Foran, delivers a lecture on Mordecai Richler and Canadian Cultural Nationalism. Mr. Foran recently won the 2011 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for his book Mordecai: The Life & Times.
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The Edmonton Public Library's Amanda Bird tells us her "essential Canadian novel of the past decade"...Unless by Carol Shields
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Download: www.jane-finch.com In this audio podcast, Jane-Finch.com writer Jason Roberts talks one-on-one with Canadian author Lawrence Hill (The Book of Negroes) after his appearance at York University on January 19, 2010. Mr. Hill read from his work as part of York University's Department of Humanities Canadian Writers In Person series. The series which is free and open to the general public, is also part of an introductory course on Canadian literature. For more information about the Canadian Writers In Person series, please click the links below: www.yorku.ca cwip.artmob.ca
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"What a good education should do is give the student a sense that they belong to an intellectual conversation that's bigger than themselves" Nick Mount teaches English at the University of Toronto. He is the author of "When Canadian Literature Moved to New York" an account of mass migration of Canadian writers to the US at the end of 19th century. He teaches a very popular first year English course "Literature for our time". He was one of the 10 finalists of the 2006 TVO's Best Lecturer Competition. (Recorded on June 15, 2007)
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Evelyn Lau discusses how to choose a narrative point of view for short story and novel writing. The strengths and weakness of the 1st person, 2nd person and 3rd person narrator's points of view are covered. Filmed for ENGL 100, a Thompson Rivers University Open Learning distance and online education course. ENGL 100: Literature and Composition I: www.tru.ca
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A critical and commercial success in German, Kahn & Engelmann tells the story of a Jewish family from rural Hungary, their immigration to Vienna in the great days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, their loves, business ventures and failings, and their eventual tragic destruction. Narrated by Peter Engelmann, who wishes only to forget his past, this highly original novel recreates a vanished Vienna with salty humour and humanity. In a voice which is appealing without being sentimental, Peter describes his escape from the Nazis through snowy woods, his attempts to start a new life in England and Canada, and his decision to immigrate to Israel. Written by an eminent scholar, himself a survivor of Nazism, Kahn & Engelmann is both an entertaining novel and a major work of Holocaust literature. Kahn & Engelmann is a lively and affectionate story one of the finest novels Ive read all year. Hans-Harald Müller, Literaturkritik Only rarely does a novel depict the atmosphere of Jewish life as authentically as Hans Eichners Kahn & Engelmann. Evelyn Adunka, Literaturhaus Hans Eichner was born into a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria in 1921. He escaped from the Nazis to Belgium, then England. After earning a Ph.D. at the University of London, Eichner immigrated to Canada, where he became Head of the German Department at the University of Toronto and a widely published author of books on German Romantic literature. Hans Eichner now lives in Rockwood, Ontario. Kahn & Engelmann, his first ...
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As part of the Literature for Our Time series, University of Toronto English Professor Nick Mount examines Ariel, Sylvia Plath's posthumously published collection of poems.
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Kasi Rao is a Canadian consultant on India to the public and private sector. He talks about how Canada can improve trade, cultural and educational ties with one of the world's fastest growing economies.
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In 2007-08 the Writer-in-Residence Program at the University of Alberta enters its 32nd year of existence and is the longest lasting program of its kind in Canada. The program has a well-established reputation for promoting writers of national stature and has as its primary emphasis outreach to anyone who can benefit from consultations with an important Canadian writer. In addition to instructional and consultative activities, the Writer-in-Residence enriches the local arts scene by his or her presence, and is able to take back to the region of origin information and understanding of Alberta culture. In the past, Writers-in-Residence have given aspiring Alberta writers a chance to be published all over the country, and have also facilitated contacts between Alberta writers and centres elsewhere in the country. Furthermore, the Writer-in-Residence often sets his or her next book in Alberta, thereby enhancing the literary presence of our province nationwide. For more information:www.humanities.ualberta.ca
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A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss. In French with English Subtitles Cast: Carole Laure ... Maria Chapdelaine Nick Mancuso ... François Paradis Claude Rich ... Curé Cordelier Amulette Garneau ... Laura Chapdelaine Yoland Guérard ... Samuel Pierre Curzi ... Eutrope Gagnon Donald Lautrec ... Lorenzo Surprenant Gilbert Sicotte ... Da'Bé Chapdelaine. This movie follows the story as told by Louis Hémon in his book of the same name. Carole Laure is simply charming as Maria Chapdelaine, the daughter of a French-Canadian, She's got to decide which pretender is she going to marry: the adventurous François Paradis (played by Nick Mancuso), Eutrope Gagnon the local farmer (played by Pierre Curzi) or Lorenzo Surprenant who works at a factory in New England (played by Donald Lautrec). This movie frankly depicts the way of life of those who went ...
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Chris Tindal, Bob Rae, and Don Meredith on Conservative campaign literature.
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Mordecai Richler is one of the most polarizing figures in Canadian literature. www.WatchMojo.com speaks with Richler biographer Charles Foran about the surprising facts that came to light during his research of "Mordecai The Life and Times."
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Todd Babiak is co-founder of Story Engine, a startup that uses story-based strategies to make organizations and leaders better: more focused, more cohesive, more influential, more human. For ten years he was a daily newspaper columnist. He has published four award-winning novels, three of them bestsellers: Choke Hold, The Garneau Block, The Book of Stanley and Toby: A Man. His fifth novel, The South of France, will be published in October, 2012 by HarperCollins. He writes for film and television and he's on several volunteer boards, including Startup Edmonton, the Canadian Literature Centre, and the Alliance Française. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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Canada's historical roots are largely European - French - English? Wrong, says John Ralston Saul. In his new book "A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada", he argues that we are a Metis nation, for more aboriginal than european. He calims our history of multi- culturalism and peacekeeping reflects that heritage.
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Please visit www.stephengill.ca
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