Some ways their
cultures connect
- Background
- Movies
- Television
- Radio
- Popular music
Radio
Some pre-packaged formats are:
- jingles
- station nicknames
- contests
- station advertising
Music
Should We Protect Our Canadian Culture?
A nationalist is a person who advocates political independence for a country.
Continentalism refers to the agreements or policies that favor the regionalization and/or cooperation between nations.
As the younger Canadian generation, our opinions are what will determine the future of Canada's culture.
Canada and the Unites States are two of the
world's largest nations that lie side by side.
Their Background
How else do they connect?
- By sharing each other's television shows
- Background between Canada and the United States has spanned for over two centuries
Canada's Cultural Connections
with the United States
The characteristics
of life that are put
together to create
a unique nation
of people.
- Canadian channels usually air more American shows than Canadian shows.
For example, the channel:
- The world's largest trading partners
- Share the world's largest border
- Cheaper than creating and producing their own
"Mean Girls" takes place in Chicago,
but was filmed in Toronto
Movie Industries
Cost is too high and is needed for more important industries.
For example:
- USA's population is 10x Canada's
Have developed one of the most developed
relationships in the modern world.
Big American cities in movies are usually big Canadian cities instead since it is a lot cheaper the filming Canada.
Toronto is usually used as a stand-in for New York or Chicago.
This channel airs
many American
shows, as well as
Canadian shows.
-Hiring actors/actresses
-Props
-Directing
-Filming
-Producing
-Etc.
This show is filmed and produced
in L.A, California.
Which results in Canadian shows not being
as popular as American shows.
Justin Bieber is Canadian therefore so is his music.
There are many Canadians with recording contracts because the demand for Canadian music is great. They achieve internationally famous status successfully because government regulations require that Canadian radio and TV music stations broadcast a certain percentage of Canadian music.