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War on the Air: CBC-TV and Canada's Military, 1952-1992 by Mallory
War on the Air: CBC-TV and Canada’s Military, 19521992 by Mallory Schwartz Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctorate in Philosophy degree in History Department of History Faculty of Arts University of Ottawa © Mallory Schwartz, Ottawa, Canada, 2014 ii Abstract War on the Air: CBC-TV and Canada‘s Military, 19521992 Author: Mallory Schwartz Supervisor: Jeffrey A. Keshen From the earliest days of English-language Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television (CBC-TV), the military has been regularly featured on the news, public affairs, documentary, and drama programs. Little has been done to study these programs, despite calls for more research and many decades of work on the methods for the historical analysis of television. In addressing this gap, this thesis explores: how media representations of the military on CBC-TV (commemorative, history, public affairs and news programs) changed over time; what accounted for those changes; what they revealed about CBC-TV; and what they suggested about the way the military and its relationship with CBC-TV evolved. Through a material culture analysis of 245 programs/series about the Canadian military, veterans and defence issues that aired on CBC-TV over a 40-year period, beginning with its establishment in 1952, this thesis argues that the conditions surrounding each production were affected by a variety of factors, namely: (1) technology; (2) foreign broadcasters; (3) foreign sources of news; (4) the influence -
For Members of Mount Allison University Alumni Association
Mary Pratt ’57 Recreating the world through art Fall 2010 Mount Allison University’s Alumni and Friends No. 95 Rediscover what's important Redécouvrez ce qui importe vraiment While in New Brunswick, make a list of Pendant votre séjour au Nouveau-Brunswick, the things that are important to you. dressez la liste des choses que vous jugez That is the life you can live here. importantes. C’est ce que vous pouvez vivre ici. Be home. Make life happen. Être chez soi. Vivre comme il se doit. NBjobs.ca emploisNB.ca CNB 7172 Con tents Self-portrait, 2002, Mary Pratt Cover Story 12 Destined to paint Fea tures From a young age, renowned Canadian 16 Reimagining leadership painter Mary Pratt (’57) Michael Jones (’66) uses music to help public has been inspired by officials and industry leaders reconnect with images. She has spent the ‘personal’ and increase their productivity. her life working with light and colour to 16 18 The business of culture recreate the world Julia Chan (’08) uses her business savvy through art. to balance the books for an event promoter in Montreal. 20 A life journey John MacLachlan Gray (’68) talks about his most famous play, and how he feels Reg ulars about it more than 30 years later. 4 Events and Gatherings 22 The wedding planner 6 Campus Beat 18 Lisa Allain (’91) combines creativity and entrepreneurship to help happy couples 8 Student Spotlight plan — and pull off — the wedding of 10 Research their dreams. 27 JUMP Update 24 Home again Matthew Jocelyn (’79) heads up one of 28 Bleacher Feature Canada’s leading not-for-profit contemporary 30 In Memoriam theatre companies after achieving success in Europe. -
Winter 2012 Volume 26
BOOKS FROM ALL OVER THE MAP PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE INVESTING IN PLACE MAKING MEANING OUT FRASER CANYON Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia OF MOUNTAINS An Archaeological History SEAN MARKEY, GREG HALSETH, AND DON MANSON The Political Ecology of Skiing ANNA MARIE PRENTISS & IAN KUIJT MARK C.J. STODDART Investing in Place is about creating the foundations The Middle Fraser Canyon contains some for renewing northern British Columbia’s rural Mountains bear the imprint of human activity. of the most important archaeological sites and small-town economies. Markey, Halseth, and Scars from logging and surface mining sit in British Columbia. Prentiss and Kuijt take Manson argue that renewal is not about nostalgic alongside national parks and ski lodges. Although readers on a voyage of discovery into the reliance on the policies and economic strategies of WKHHQYLURQPHQWDOHHFWVRIH[WUDFWLYHLQGXV- ancient history of the St’át’imc, or Upper Lillooet, the past – rather, it is about building a pragmatic tries are well known, skiing is more likely to bring a people whose struggles and successes are and innovative vision for development, one that to mind images of luxury, wealth, and health. brought to vivid life through photographs, artistic acknowledges both the opportunities and the 6WRGGDUWUHYHDOVWKHPXOWLSOHRIWHQFRQȵLFW- DQGȴFWLRQDOL]HGUHFRQVWUXFWLRQVRIOLIHLQWKH challenges posed by resource development and ing meanings attached to skiing by skiers, mass villages, and discussions of evidence from global and technological change. media, First Nations, industry leaders, and archaeological surveys and excavations. ȏ3DSHUEDFN environmentalists in British Columbia. ȏ3DSHUEDFN SDJHV ȏ3DSHUEDFN SDJHV $YDLODEOH-DQXDU\ SDJHV $YDLODEOH-DQXDU\ $YDLODEOH-DQXDU\ ARCHITECTURE AND THE THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY SO NEAR YET SO FAR CANADIAN FABRIC ENVIRONMENT The Public and Hidden Worlds of RHODRI WINDSOR LISCOMBE Revitalizing Canada’s Constitution Canada-US Relations DAVID R. -
October 30 to November 11, 2008 TELUS Studio Theatre Free Admission Everyone Welcome!
A Theatre at UBC Companion Guide Written & Composed Directed by Sarah Rodgers by John Gray Starring with Eric Peterson Ryan Beil & Zachary Gray October 30 to November 11, 2008 TELUS Studio Theatre frEE admissiON EVERYONE WElcOME! Ryan Beil J.L. Granatstein History and theatre come together in Canadian plays Damon Calderwood John Gray and films about the Great Stephen Drover Zachary Gray War and other conflicts. Katrina Dunn Alison Green This symposium gathers Alan Filewod Kevin Kerr major Canadian theatre artists and award-winning Robert Gardiner Kevin McAllister scholars around the UBC Dennis Garnhum Sarah Rodgers productions of Billy Bishop Sherrill Grace Goes to War and Unity (1918) to examine the dramas of Image: A member of the Maple Leaf Concert Party in WWI France applies lipstick and gets set to perform. Canada at war in lectures, Without women at the front, men took on the role of female characters. These cross-dressing performers were panels, films and theatrical extremely popular with the soldiers. George Metcalf Archival Collection. Canadian War Museum 19920085-864. Courtesy Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation. presentations. www.theatre.ubc.ca A Theatre at UBC Companion Guide October 30 to November 11, 2008 TELUS Studio Theatre Written & Composed Directed by by John Gray Sarah Rodgers with Eric Peterson Scenery Design by Kevin McAllister Lighting Design by Ian Schimpf Costume Design by Basha Ladovsky “Makes you wonder what it was all for …” At the end of John Gray’s Billy Bishop Goes to War, Canadian World War One ace Billy Bishop speaks to us at the dawn of World War Two. -
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89646_TXT 2/17/05 9:42 AM Page 1 Canadian Literature/ Littératurecanadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number , Winter Published by The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Editor: Laurie Ricou Associate Editors: Laura Moss (Reviews), Glenn Deer (Reviews), Kevin McNeilly (Poetry), Réjean Beaudoin (Francophone Writing) Past Editors: George Woodcock (–), W.H. New, Editor emeritus (–), Eva-Marie Kröller (–) Editorial Board Heinz Antor University of Cologne, Germany Janice Fiamengo University of Ottawa Irene Gammel RyersonUniversity Carole Gerson Simon Fraser University Smaro Kamboureli University of Guelph Jon Kertzer University of Calgary Ric Knowles University of Guelph Ursula Mathis-Moser University of Innsbruck, Austria Patricia Merivale University of British Columbia Leslie Monkman Queen’s University Maureen Moynagh St. Francis Xavier University Élisabeth Nardout-Lafarge Université de Montréal Roxanne Rimstead Université de Sherbrooke David Staines University of Ottawa Neil ten Kortenaar University of Toronto Penny van Toorn University of Sydney, Australia Mark Williams University of Canterbury, New Zealand Editorial Réjean Beaudoin and Laurie Ricou De quoi l’on cause / Talking Point Articles Anne Compton The Theatre of the Body: Extreme States in Elisabeth Harvor’s Poetry Réjean Beaudoin La Pensée de la langue : entretien avec Lise Gauvin Susan Fisher Hear, Overhear, Observe, Remember: A Dialogue with Frances Itani Valerie Raoul You May Think This, But: An Interview with Maggie de Vries John Moffatt and Sandy Tait I Just See Myself as an Old-Fashioned Storyteller: A Conversation with Drew Hayden Taylor 89646_TXT 2/17/05 9:42 AM Page 2 Poems Shane Rhodes Michael deBeyer , John Donlan Hendrik Slegtenhorst Jane Munro Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at the Canadian Literature web site: http://www.cdn-lit.ubc.cahttp://www.canlit.ca Authors Reviewed Steven Galloway Jennifer Andrews Barbara T. -
The Magazine of the University of British Columbia Fall 2002
5 The Magazine of the University of British Columbia Fall 2002 Published by The University of British Columbia Alumni Association FALL 2 0 0 2 The Magazine of the University of British Columbia Editor Christopher Petty, mfa’86 Designer Chris Dahl Assistant Editor Vanessa Clarke Board of Directors President Gregory Clark, bcom’86, llb’89 Senior VP Jane Hungerford, bed’67 Past President Linda Thorstad, bsc’77, msc’84 Treasurer Tammie Mark, bcom’88 Members at Large ’00 – ’02 John Grunau, ba’67 Darlene Marzari, msw’68 Colin Smith, basc’65 Members at Large ’01 – ’03 David Elliott, bcom’69 Martin Ertl, bsc’93 Billy Wan, bcom’82 Executive Director Agnes Papke, bsc(agr)’66 Editorial Committee Vanessa Clarke Chris Dahl Sid Katz Scott Macrae, ba’71 Christopher Petty Herbert Rosengarten Trek (formerly the UBC Alumni Chronicle) is published three times a year by the UBC Alumni Association and distributed free of charge to UBC alumni 5 | Take Note and friends. Opinions expressed in the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the Alumni Association or 14 | To Punjab With Love the university. Letters to the editor are welcome. Address correspondence to: The School of Nursing is changing traditions, and healthcare, in the Punjab. By Vanessa Clarke Christopher Petty, Editor UBC Alumni Association, 17 | Slow Food 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Can local farms supply all our food needs? Do we want them to? By Michelle Cook Vancouver, bc, Canada v6t 1z1 or send e-mail to [email protected] 20 | Simple Recipes Letters will be published at the editor’s discretion Family tensions, family love and simple rituals.