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"You’re taught to value art that expresses a distinctly Canadian point of view. You’re taught that such a thing as a Canadian point of view exists at all and that there’s a whole set of aesthetic shorthand to convey it."

Anyone got any examples for that the author might mean with that?

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If there's anything distinctly Canadian - truly, than the US, is that it is officially bilingual. Of course, almost no one in English speaking Canada can speak a lick of French because of how awful French language classes are - you can get an A yet remember nothing.

I mean what would be an example of art that would (naturally or contrived) express a Canadian point of view? What does an aesthetic shorthand for it look like?

- Paintings by the Group of Seven

- The music of Newfoundland and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

- the writing of Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro

- the work of Métis artisans (clothing, decorative arts)

- music of The Tragically Hip

Thanks!

The Great White North sketches on SCTV?

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