In the years since its founding in 1936, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC/Radio-Canada), has become as symbolically Canadian as ice hockey, maple syrup, and poutine. The CBC has entered our homes and joined us as we celebrated national victories and sat with us as we grieved national losses. Indeed, it would likely be difficult to […]
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No, Canada! Problematizing Canadian Patriotism in the Wake of Trump’s Threats
Our country has been under attack for several months. While this attack has not manifested as bombs and bloodshed, it has, nonetheless presented Canadians with an existential threat to their collective imaginations. A tide of hostile American political rhetoric has worked to construct a problematic caricature of Canada and its people. We are, apparently, a […]
