English-Canadian nationalism

The Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant was one of the most successful events of Canada's Centennial year, garnering extensive radio, newspaper, and television coverage, and involving many small northern communities in centennial celebrations. Ten teams representing eight provinces and two territories took part in the race, which left Rocky Mountain House in Alberta on 24 May 1967 and arrived at the

In his analysis of multiculturalism and social integration, Keith Banting asserts that it is the question one asks in relation to whether or not Canada has a problem of cultural identity: “Who is us?” or, “How do we live together?” Banting suggests that if Canadians only ask “Who is us?” then Canada has a problem in relation to multiculturalism and social integration. Statistical analysis would seem to indicate that Canadians are not seriously divided on the notion of “How do we live together?” (Banting). In this paper, I pose the question, “Are we managing?” This question is very much related to Banting’s second question, “How do we live together?”  Based on observations in the media, and the “Post Your Comment” sections of mainstream news media internet sites like CBCNews.ca, TheGlobeandMail.com, and NationalPost.com, one gets the growing sense that in the current socio-political environment in Canada, a good many Canadians (including the current federal government) are not asking “How do we live together?” but instead have consciously or unconsciously directed their energies into the notion of “Who is us?” If this is indeed the case, then perhaps Canada is not managing very well, and in fact, maybe Canadians do have a problem because they are asking the wrong question of themselves.

“The search for national identity in Canadian public discourse, 1950s-1960s” is a comprehensive study of the formation of the idea of a single Canadian nation in the public discourse of Canada in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as a detailed analysis of its manifestations in various areas of Canadian life – economic, intellectual, cultural, symbolic, and others.