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CBC-TV News in Review: November 1997*
- 1997 ----- color ----- 60 min ----- vhs
- Segments: 1. Canadian Unity: The Calgary Initiative (11 min) Adding the name Calgary to that of Meech and Charlottetown, this latest initiative represents another important, controversial, and historic moment in the ongoing attempt to reconcile regional differences in Canada. 2. Diana and Teresa: The Boundaries of Grief (19 min) Presents a case study on many levels of the collective expression of human emotion and its sociological significance. The reciprocal roles of media and media consumers, the human tendency to create contemporary icons, and the nature of grief itself are issues that weave themselves throughout this story. 3. Land Mines: Ending the Carnage? (12 min) The Canadian-led campaign to ban land mines highlights many complex issues involving non-governmental and individual initiatives as well as international foreign policy at the highest levels. Also explores the impact of individual effort in changing the behaviour of major world powers. 4. Scotland and Wales: Houses of Their Own (14 min) With an increasing move toward autonomous government on the part of regions within nations, the legislative devolution of Scotland and Wales represents an important case study. (Closed-Captioned) (Extensive study guide available upon request) (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)
- Topics: (Biography, Canadian Studies, History: British, History: Canadian, Political Science: Canadian, War and Peace, Women Studies)
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