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01:17:29

Public Record

Cultural Sovereignty and Digital Giants: The Role of the State

The University of Montreal and the Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP) host the symposium “Cultural Sovereignty and Digital Giants: Perspectives from Canada, France, Belgium, Quebec”. Nicolas Vermeys (director of CRDP) moderates a panel discussion on the role of the state in regulating platforms with Luc Sirois (Quebec's chief innovator), Denis Bouchard (coordinator and professor, digital media and communications, Collège La Cité), Jean-Paul Philippot (managing director, RTBF) and Thomas Owen Ripley (associate assistant deputy minister, cultural affairs, Canadian Heritage). The symposium highlights initiatives aimed at countering the dominance of digital giants and their impact on the media and culture. (April 18, 2024)
00:26:30

CPAC Documentaries

Seeing Canada: French and Indigenous Culture in Quebec

Canadian journalist Brandy Yanchyk starts her journey in Quebec City, where she learns about boreal cuisine with chef François-Emmanuel Nicol at his restaurant Tanière³. Brandy then travels to Île d'Orléans to learn how to make strawberry jam with Vincent Paris at the Confiturerie Tigidou. Brandy learns about Indigenous tourism in Wendake where she meets paddle maker Lara Siouï from Onquata. She also visits the Huron Traditional Site - Onhoüa Chetek8e, Hôtel - Musée Premières Nations and goes on a canoe ride.
01:21:29

CPAC Special

375th Anniversary of Montreal

A special Mass is held to launch the festivities for the City of Montreal’s 375th anniversary. At this event taking place in the Notre Dame Basilica, in Old Montreal, speakers include Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, and The Most Reverend Christian Lépine, Archbishop of Montreal. (May 17, 2017)
00:29:29

Tête à tête

Mario Beaulieu

Pierre Donais welcomes Mario Beaulieu, Bloc Québécois MP and Party president. The latter explains his political commitment via his organizational activities for the Fête nationale du Québec (Quebec national holiday) with the inclusion of cultural minorities.
00:06:45

Le saviez-vous ?

Citadelle of Quebec

The Governor General of Canada has two official residences—Rideau Hall in Ottawa and the one located inside the walls of the Citadel of Quebec. Even if it is not in the news as frequently as its counterpart in Ottawa, the official residence of the Citadel has an equivalent status and can be used to receive foreign dignitaries as well as recipients of honorary awards. Philippe Murat presents a brief history of the official residence of the governor general in the Old Capital.
00:11:59

PrimeTime Politics

June 24, 2015

Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks in Sainte-Marie, Que. on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day.
01:12:30

Podium

Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy McGill University, delivers the opening keynote address on diversity, secularism and the path to an inclusive, progressive quebec and canada to start day 2 of the second annual Progress Summit. ( March 28, 2015 )
00:09:00

Le saviez-vous ?

Duplessis

In this day and age, political marketing is widely used by parties. However, did you know that it in the late 1940s, Quebec witnessed its first carefully crafted and bold political marketing campaign under Premier Maurice Duplessis and his Union Nationale party?
00:51:00

PrimeTime Politics

June 24, 2014

Ontario's new cabinet is sworn in at the provincial legislature in Toronto. Prime Minister Stephen Harper marks Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day with a speech in Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse, Que.
00:28:59

Rockburn Presents

Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright For anyone who has seen or heard Martha Wainwright the best description might be, equal parts punkster and ingénue. Wainwright struggled to find her musical identity, not the easiest task given that her older brother is the acclaimed singer Rufus Wainwright, her mother was Quebec folk legend Kate McGarrigle, and her father was the equally accomplished American musician and songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. Their home in Westmount was a gathering spot for musicians from all across North America and although Martha Wainwright once said that she had no classical training, she had angst and heartbreak and fantastic music all around her. She has frequently performed on recordings by her family members. Her song "Year of the Dragon" appeared on her mother and her aunt's The McGarrigle Hour and she has released several of her own; I Know You're Married But I've got Feelings Too came out in 2008 and her tribute to the French torch singer Edith Piaf, Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers à Paris was released in 2010. Her new album is scheduled for release later this year. She also starred in the Martin Scorcese film The Aviator. Martha lives with her husband Brad Albetta and their son Arcangelo in New York, where she spoke to Ken Rockburn.
00:29:30

Rockburn Presents

Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Inuit activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier was born in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, in northern Quebec. Sheila travelled everywhere by dogsled until she was sent off to Nova Scotia for school. She remembers returning home one year later to discover that the dogs had been replaced by the noisy, whining wail of snowmobiles. Politics didn't come naturally to Sheila; she describes herself as an introvert doing an extrovert's work. Education issues brought Sheila into the political arena while running for the Makivik Corporation's corporate secretary in 1992. She wasn't successful but three years later she ran again and won. During this time, Sheila became aware of the extent that toxins and other pollutants affected the Inuit in the Arctic – to the point where Inuit women think twice about breast feeding their babies. For Sheila, health concerns became environmental concerns, which in turn became cultural concerns and ultimately, survival concerns. (It's important to note that the Inuit number only 160,000 in the world). In 2006, Watt-Cloutier was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize for her work in bringing climate change to the world's attention. In 2007 she was nominated again but lost to former U.S. vice-president Al Gore. Ken Rockburn spoke to Sheila Watt-Cloutier at her home in Iqaluit.
00:53:52

CPAC Special

400th Anniversary of Quebec City

In 1608, French explorer Samuel de Champlain landed at Quebec City and established a fur-trading post. CPAC’s Danielle Young explores some of the celebrations commemorating the 400th anniversary of Champlain’s founding of Quebec. Danielle speaks with a number of historians and experts, including Gilles Gallichan (a historian with the Library of the Quebec National Assembly) and Max Gros-Louis (the grand chief of the Council of the Wendake Huron Nation) to uncover Quebec’s cultural, political, military, and economic histories.
00:57:59

Our Home on Native Land

Kitcisakik

CPAC’s Danielle Young visits Kitcisakik, an Algonquin community located in northern Quebec. Danielle speaks with residents about day-to-day life in their community, which operates without running water or electricity. She also interviews leaders in the community about major issues facing Kitcisakik and the steps being taken to improve these issues. Among the interviewees are James Paptie (the co-ordinator of the Wanaki Project) and Edmond Brazeau (the chief of Kitcisakik). This documentary series takes viewers inside five diverse Native communities across the country for an intimate look at what’s shaping, challenging, improving, and impeding life among Canada’s Native population.
00:34:53

Podium

Régis Labeaume

Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume gives a speech about the 400th anniversary of Quebec City at the Canadian Club of Toronto, Ont., June 17, 2008.
00:53:29

Public Life

Jean Lapointe

Original air date: December 2003. Join Michelle Lavoie for a revealing conversation with Senator Jean Lapointe, one of Quebec's most revered artists. Listen in as the frank and charming senator recounts the sometimes difficult path he followed to get to where he is today, and laugh along as he impersonates personalities such as Maurice Duplessis, René Levesque, and Ed Sullivan.