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Arts
The arts refers to the theory, human application and physical expression of creativity found in human cultures and societies through skills and imagination in order to produce objects, environments and experiences. Major constituents of the arts include visual arts (including architecture, ceramics, drawing, filmmaking, painting, photography, and sculpting), literary arts (including fiction, drama, poetry, and prose), performing arts (including dance, music, and theatre), and culinary arts (including cooking, chocolate making and winemaking). Some art forms combine a visual element with performance (e.g. cinematography), or artwork with the written word (e.g. comics). From prehistoric cave paintings to modern-day films, art serves …
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Fraser Institute · 16 July 2024 English
Poor government policy has led to a significant deterioration in Canadaâs federal finances over the last decade. The introduction of new and expanded government programs has caused federal spending to …
at the Fraser Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Macalester College in Min- nesota …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 16 July 2024 English
As Udonwa grows, her hidden family history changes her forever.Let me tell you a story. It’s about a war. This war is not the type fought with guns and machetes. …
support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 July 2024 English
Invisible Lives chronicles cycles of dysfunction and domestic violence. Using experimental hybrid poetry, Cristalle Smith breaks generational silence in lyric resonance, reflecting on a childhood rife with upheaval and poverty, …
financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. Editing by Helen Hajnoczky …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
Resistant Practices in Communities of Sound explores the ways that sonic practices (speaking, listening, recording, etc.) serve as forms of aesthetic and political dissent throughout the literary, artistic, and academic …
of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. McGill-Queen’s … cultural dominance of visual and printed materials in arts and literary practices but also regimes of social … disciplines, including literary study, the visual arts, performance studies, oral history, and education … contemporaries in literature, music, dance, and the visual arts, but also as a reader, auditor, interpolator, and …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
Western modernity is characterized by instrumental relations between humans and nature, as well as between humans themselves, that have caused irreversible environmental and social exploitation and degradation. Many policy documents, …
and across cultures, in fields as diverse as the arts, literature, music, philosophy, psychology, and … we delve into different academic disciplines and arts. How, then, to act under conditions of uncertainty …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 French
Les catholiques en Nouvelle-France ont transmis et modifié, voire réinventé les modes d’expression associés à la Réforme catholique à la française. Regards sur l’âme en Nouvelle-France explore la manière dont …
Berthelette 5 The Possession of Barbe Hallay Diabolical Arts and Daily Life in Early Canada Mairi Cowan 6 Enthusiasms … des arts du Canada de son soutien. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Les …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
An Accidental History of Canada explores accidents, their causes, consequences, and afterlife, in colonial, Indigenous, and urban contexts, from the 1630s to the 1970s. These investigations make plain that accidents …
of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. McGill-Queen’s …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
The Poetics of Translation challenges our pragmatic understanding of translation through the discipline’s use in contemporary innovative writing practices, highlighting translation’s ability to create meaning, celebrate uncertainty, and interpret rather …
of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. McGill-Queen’s … restrictive policies of the Canada Council for the Arts, a federal granting program that supports the Canadian …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
Friendless or Forsaken? is the story of child emigration agencies operating in North West England from 1860 to 1935. The book traces the imperial relationships, transnational economy, religious networks and …
of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. McGill-Queen’s … very grateful. We thank the participants of the Arts and Acknowledgments ixHumanities Council-funded …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
From 1650 to 1750 the provision of medical care for injured seamen in the Royal Navy underwent a major transformation, shifting from care provided by civilians in private homes to …
of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. McGill-Queen’s …