Cultural Policy: Origins, Evolution, and Implementation in Canada's Provinces and Territories

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How do Canadian provincial and territorial governments intervene in the cultural and artistic lives of their citizens? What changes and influences shaped the origin of these policies and their implementation? On what foundations were policies based, and on what foundations are they based today? How have governments defined the concepts of culture and of cultural policy over time? What are the objectives and outcomes of their policies, and what instruments do they use to pursue them? Answers to these questions are multiple and complex, partly as a result of the unique historical context of each province and territory, and partly because of the various objectives of successive governments, and the values and identities of their citizens. Provincial and Territorial Cultural Policy in Canada: Origins, Evolution, and Implementation offers a comprehensive history of subnational cultural policies, including the institutionalization and instrumentalization of culture by provincial and territorial governments; government cultural objectives and outcomes; the role of departments, Crown corporations, other government organizations, and major public institutions in the cultural domain; and the development, dissemination, and impact of subnational cultural policy interventions. Cover Half Title Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Annexes Foreword: The Complexity of Provincial and Territorial Cultural Policies Preface Introduction — Provincial and Territorial Cultural Policy in Canada: Project Overview and Preliminary Observations Chapter One — Newfoundland and Labrador: Cultural Policy for a Post-Colonial Society Chapter Two — New Brunswick: Cultural and Institutional Duality Chapter Three — Nova Scotia: Clientelism, Advocacy, and Provincial Support for the Arts and Founding Cultures Chapter Four — Prince Edward Island: a Popular and Community-Based Cultural Policy Chapter Five — Québec and Its Cultural Policies: the Affirmation of a National Identity, a Distinct Culture, Creative and Open to the World Chapter Six — Ontario: from Reactive to Proactive Cultural Policy? Chapter Seven — Centres and Hinterlands: the Conflicted Heart of Cultural Policy in Manitoba Chapter Eight — Saskatchewan’s Cultural “GDP”: Geography, Demographics, and Politics and the Shaping of Cultural Policy Chapter Nine — Alberta: from Rags to Riches to Roulette Chapter Ten — British Columbia’s Place-Based Approach: Policy Devolution and Cultural Self-determination (1952–2009) Chapter Eleven — Cementing Nordicities: the Cultural Policy of the Northern Territories Chapter Twelve — Canadian Cultural Statistics: Overview and Critique Conclusion — Provincial and Territorial Cultural Policy in Canada: a Framework for Comparative Analysis Contributor Biographies Back Cover