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.
Cultural Policy: Origins, Evolution, and Implementation in Canada's Provinces and Territories 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.
List of Figures List of Tables List of Annexes Foreword: The Complexity of Provincial and Territorial Cultural Policies Fernand Harvey Preface INTRODUCTION Provincial and Territorial Cultural Policy in Canada: Project Overview and Preliminary Observations Diane Saint-Pierre and Monica Gattinger CHAPTER ONE Newfoundland and Labrador: Cultural Policy for a Post-Colonial Society Ronald Rompkey CHAPTER TWO New Brunswick: Cultural and Institutional Duality Nicole Barrieau and Daniel Bourgeois CHAPTER THREE Nova Scotia: Clientelism, Advocacy, and Provincial Support for the Arts and Founding Cultures Jan Marontate CHAPTER FOUR Prince Edward Island: A Popular and Community-Based Cultural Policy Daniel Bourgeois and Nicole Barrieau CHAPTER FIVE Québec and Its Cultural Policies: The Affirmation of a National Identity, a Distinct Culture, Creative and Open to the World Diane Saint-Pierre CHAPTER SIX Ontario: From Reactive to Proactive Cultural Policy? Monica Gattinger CHAPTER SEVEN Centres and Hinterlands: The Conflicted Heart of Cultural Policy in Manitoba Joy Cohnstaedt and M. Sharon Jeannotte CHAPTER EIGHT Saskatchewan’s Cultural “GDP”: Geography, Demographics, and Politics and the Shaping of Cultural Policy M. Sharon Jeannotte and Joy Cohnstaedt CHAPTER NINE Alberta: From Rags to Riches to Roulette David Whitson, Karen Wall, and Donna (Cardinal) Gannon CHAPTER TEN British Columbia’s Place-Based Approach: Policy Devolution and Cultural Self-Determination (1952–2009) Catherine Murray and Alison Beale CHAPTER ELEVEN Cementing Nordicities: The Cultural Policy of the Northern Territories Patrice A. Dutil CHAPTER TWELVE Canadian Cultural Statistics: Overview and Critique Jean-Paul Baillargeon and Dick Stanley CONCLUSION Provincial and Territorial Cultural Policy in Canada: A Framework for Comparative Analysis Monica Gattinger and Diane Saint-Pierre Contributor Biographies
Monica Gattinger is Director of the University of Ottawa's Institute for Science, Society and Policy, Full Professor at uOttawa's School of Political Studies, and Chair of Positive Energy. Her research explores Canadian cultural policy and energy policy in domestic and international perspective.
Reviews for Cultural Policy: Origins, Evolution, and Implementation in Canada's Provinces and Territories
"""This innovative and systematic academic work is quite simply masterful. Cultural Policy is exceptional in its scope and detailed analyses. A must-have reference in all bibliographies on cultural institutions."" -Claude Martin, Honorary Professor Department of Communication, Université de Montréal"
