Peter Herrndorf – today’s President and CEO of the National Arts Centre (title changed from Director General used in Southam’s day) comments on the importance of good contacts in government to get things done at federal cultural agencies and the connections he developed, especially with former Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp, the [...]
Yesterday, in celebration of the launch of Art and Politics, we brought you an interview with G. Hamilton Southam.
Today we’ll continue this series with conversations with Marcel Masse, Marti Maraden, and Robert Lepage.
On political patronage – The Hon. Marcel Masse was the minister responsible for culture on the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. [...]
We’re very excited that today is the release of a Dundurn book on the history of the National Arts Centre, Art and Politics.
The author, Sarah Jennings, is a political/cultural journalist who served for nearly a decade as the CBC’s national arts reporter from Ottawa. She’s provided us with some of the MP3’s of her interviews [...]
Whether you’re drinking your java or putting on your woolies in preparation for work, make sure you tune into CBC’s Metro Morning (GTA) and Ontario Morning (Ontario outside the GTA) for Deborah Brennan’s interview with Karen Horseman on Tuesday, Nov. 25 th at 7:20 am.
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Labours of Love: Canadians Talk About Adoption
Deborah A. Brennan
9781550028454
$28.99 / £16.99 [...]
Just over two years ago, in a series of dramatic police raids in Toronto and the surrounding areas, which shocked many Torontonians, police arrested 18 men suspected of conspiring to bomb several Canadian targets including Parliament Hill, RCMP headquarters CBC buildings in downtown Toronto, and nuclear power plants. Today, the first of the 11 suspected [...]
If you live in Montreal, or will be in Montreal, this Monday September 22 tune into All Things McGill on CKUT 90.3FM at 11am to listen to author and McGill student Alexander Herman talk about his book Kickstart: How Successful Canadians Got Started.Â
There are so many titles and so many authors that are a part of Dundurn, it’s easy to miss out on some great reviews and interviews that take place. Sometimes we just happen to stumble across them. I happened to come across one that took place in June between author JoAnn Dionne (Little Emperors) and [...]