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  1. Difference on Screen (1997)

    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 29 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Uses Canadian film and television industries to raise issues about multiculturalism and minority cultures. Canada has a Multiculturalism Act intended to preserve it many different cultures, and regulations...

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  2. Television to Call Our Own (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £34.99

    Uses Canadian television as an example to raise issues of culture and identity. The government promotes national identity through strict regulations about the amount of ‘Canadian content’ while at the...

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  3. Hunters and Bombers (1991 Video)

    Director
    Hugh Brody; Nigel Markham
    Producer
    Alan Hayling; Rex Tasker
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 53 min.

    The hunters are the Innu people and the bombers are the air forces of several NATO countries, which conduct low-level flights over Innu hunting terrain. The impact of the jets is hotly debated by peace...

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  4. Housing and the Market (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Graham Turner
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Three case studies filmed in Vancouver, Cracow, and Birmingham. The theme of the programme is housing. In Cracow it looks at the problems of providing accommodation for the huge expansion in the urban...

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  5. Open Skies, Grass Roots (2 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Ken Little
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    1: In the early 1980s the provincial government of British Columbia supported the introduction of a province-wide distance education system known as ‘The Knowledge Network’. Based in Vancouver, the...

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  6. Working for Piece Work Wages (1987 Video)

    Director
    Phyliss Waught
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videoassette. Standard formats. col. 35 min.

    Most of the 10,000 workers in the Toronto garment industry are migrant women and most of these work for low piece work wages, accompanied by high production quotas and poor working conditions. These women...

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  7. Hecklers, The (1985 Film)

    Director
    Ian McLaren
    Producer
    Wolf Koenig; Ian McLaren
    Subject
    Art; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Animation film viewing Canada’s history as seen by political cartoonists. Includes the cartoons of more than fifty Canadian artists, commentary by contemporary cartoonists including Duncan Macpherson,...

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  8. Basque Whalers of Labrador, The (1984 Film)

    Producer
    Paul Cadieux; Thomas Cadieux
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In Red Bay, Labrador, in 1978, a Basque whaling ship dating from the 16th century was discovered in water only dozens of feet deep. The discovery meant that Basque fisherman had whaled off the coasts of...

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  9. Promise for Tomorrow, A (1975 Film)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Law
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Outlines the Canadian government’s proposal, advanced in 1975 at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, that coastal states should be empowered to extend their jurisdiction in matters...

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  10. Arctic Tundra (1973 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The habitat of the northern coast of Canada, 350 miles inside the Arctic circle. Shows plant and bird life in the tundra in early summer.

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