Browsing Arts & Sciences Talks 2009 by Title
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The Mining Songs of British Columbia: Exploring the P.J. Thomas Collection
(2011-03-29)Phil Thomas, who sadly passed away two years ago, was the foremost folksong collector in British Columbia. His collection is unfortunately not very well known outside his native province but it includes a wealth of items ... -
"Selfish, Foolish, and Crazed: Imagining the Female Shopper in Modernizing Canada"
(2011-03-29)Shopping became a major Canadian pastime between the late 19 the century and World War II. During the same period, stereotypes of female shoppers as vain, greedy, and impressionable came to assume prominent roles within ... -
The Sherbrooke School of Comparative Canadian Literature
(2011-03-30)In the 1970s some academics and creative writers at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec developed a new approach to the study of Canadian literature in both English and French which went on to have a profound influence ... -
Social Networking and Political Activism: The Great Canadian Copyright Fight - Over or Not?
(2011-03-29)In 2007 and 2008 there was a hard fought campaign against proposed changes to the Canadian Copyright Act, changes which would have privileged producers and owners of copyright over users. Particularly notable about the ...