Fluent Essays

Answer questions separately, paragraph will be fine as long as the questions is completely and clearly answered.  Textbook Reading: HCP, Ch8 (the file I attached) Learning Pod Discussion:  UCM on Tom Thomson Painting Canada: Immersing a Nation in Place Theme: Our discussion will examine the development of a ‘new’ CDN identity that emerged out of the angst of diminishing British-CDN attachments in the early 20th century. How did the desire for belonging of a new generation find expression in ‘place’ within the artistic expression of Thomson (and by extension the Group of Seven)? For this week you should cover the following content:  - All of the top tabs entitled Tragedy, Portraits, Landscapes, Artists Worlds, and Investigations and all of the associated side tabs - You should get a good sampling of the primary documents (at least two from each category of documents (ie: Diaries, Journals or Reminiscences, Letters, Magazines, Government Documents, etc.) that are associated with each side-tab.  - You might also want to supplement your exposure to Thomsons art by doing a google search.  Questions to consider as you read through the site: 1. How would you describe Canadian society in the early 20th century?                - rural to urban; British norms to something else; farming to industrial life; fixed society to fluid relations; poverty (in the recession) to affluence (of the early 1900s) 2. What did Algonquin Park represent and why was it so important to Thomson and later to Canadians? Why the shift in interests from timber to tourism?            - places like AP made up the New Ontario; these wilderness places were seen as therapy to cure the ills of city living; how does this represent the changing nature of CDN society (urbanizing, industrializing, affluence, etc)?  How does this suggest that Ontarians wanted to protect their own land and to see themselves in this nature?  3. Describe Thomsons artistic style? How did it differ from traditional forms of art? How did the new art form represent a distinctly Canadian identity?                - consider brush strokes, vibrant bold colours, blurred lines, limited visible forms of human experience, etc.  What did this form allow CDNs to do when interpreting the art?  Look at some examples of TTs artwork to explore these themes. 4. What are the three different theories on the cause of Thomsons death? Which one do you find most plausible? Why?                   - list the three theories and discuss their merits; if you were a detective, which one would you have chosen? 5. Why are the circumstances surrounding Thomsons death still of interest to Canadians? What is the importance of Thomsons work (and the broader work of the so-called Group of Seven painters) in the early formation of Canadian nationalism?              - how does TTs artwork serve as a proxy for CDN identity (and nationalism)?  Can you see how it allows for CDNs to negotiate their identity in and through the arts interpretation?  How does TTs life, artwork and death contribute to the dialogue that CDNs were having (and continue to have) on the uniqueness of the CDN experience/culture?  Where do you ground your identity as a CDN (or in relation to this identity as a student of Canada)?During World War II, thousands of women worked in Canadian industrial plants manufacturing war materials. Taken in December of 1943, this picture shows Cecilia Butler working in a munitions plant in Toronto, Ontario. Obviously staged, the photograph presents war-time Canada as a racially tolerant, multi-ethnic society. National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque, LAC, e000761869. Two Wars and a Depression, 1914–19458 901491_08_Ch08.indd 322 12/23/15 5:08 PM 1914 Canada and Newfoundland enter the Great War. 1925 United Church of Canada is formed. Pacific Coast Hockey League folds. 1915 Canadian Expeditionary Force fights in the first Battle of Ypres. Ontario introduces Regulation 17. 1926 Governor General Byng refuses Prime Minister King a dissolution for a new election; a constitutional crisis ensues. 1916 Canada introduces a business profits tax. The Newfoundland Regiment is decimated at Beaumont Hamel. 1929 Stock market collapses. Aird Commission report on public broadcasting favours nationalization of radio. 1917 Canadian Expeditionary Force suffers heavy losses at Vimy in April. Canada introduces an income tax. Conscription crisis emerges over introduction of Military Service Act. Much of Halifax is destroyed in an explosion. 1930 Great Depression begins. R.B. Bennett’s Conservatives are elected to power in Ottawa. 1918 The Great War ends. Spanish influenza epidemic begins. 1931 Canadian government arrests and imprisons eight leaders of the Communist Party. 1919 “Red Scare” begins. Government suppresses Winnipeg General Strike. First Congress of the League of Indians meets in Sault Ste Marie. Canadian Bookman is founded. 1932 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation is founded in Calgary. Bennett government forms the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission. 1933 Depression sees huge unemployment rolls. Regina Manifesto is adopted by the CCF. Maurice Duplessis becomes leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec. T. Dufferin Pattullo wins election in British Columbia. 1920 Progressive Party is formed. First issues of Canadian Forum, Canadian Historical Review, and The Dalhousie Review appear. The Group of Seven holds its first exhibition of paintings. 1921 In a federal election, the Progressive Party wins 64 seats. William Lyon Mackenzie King’s Liberals form the government. The Maritime Rights Movement is organized. 1935 R.B. Bennett announces a “New Deal” for Canada, but is defeated by W.L.M. King in the election. Social Credit under William Aberhart sweeps to power in Alberta. Duplessis forms the Union Nationale. The On-to-Ottawa Trek is suppressed at Regina. 1923 Famous Players’ Canadian Corporation takes over Allen Theatres. 1936 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is formed. 1924 William Aberhart begins the Prophetic Bible Institute broadcasts over Calgary’s CFCN. 1937 General Motors strike in Oshawa. Royal Commission on Dominion–Provincial Relations is a