After a little recovery time following our own election, DoC will slowly roll out a series of new initiatives. The first of these is the addition of multiple authors on our blog.
Authors can be identified by the name they post under and will allow members of DoC, and hopefully guest posters, the opportunity to express [...]
Three weeks to the day after celebrating our role in preventing a Harper majority/lamenting Canada’s second consecutive Conservative government at The Gladstone, we returned to watch the results of the US election with friends, colleagues and like-minded folks not pulling for a McCain Miracle.
All photos courtesy Yvonne Bambrick.
You can see the full set here.
Andrea: Unhappy is the land that breeds no hero.
Galileo: No, Andrea: Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.
Bertolt Brecht, Life Of Galileo, 1938
Avaaz has built a huge wall near the White House in Washington DC where they are posting signatures from their online petition and personal messages from around the world. They’ve also asked Obama to personally receive the petition from a group of Avaaz members. They are hoping for 1 million signers and messages to Obama. [...]
Because we’d rather be with friends, than with Republicans.
The Department of Culture invites you to watch the results of the US election roll in on Tuesday November 4th at The Gladstone. Bring your friends to drink as we witness the historic unseating of George Bush and Dick Cheney.
Departments of Culture are gathering across the country to [...]
How often do you get to see your name on the cover of the New York Times! Check out this viral video developed by Moveon.org to get out the vote in the US election.
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This news video is a fun, memorable way to show your friends what might happen if [...]
While the Department of Culture from the outset advocated critical action on broader social issues than just the arts, the arts have become so fundamental to the economy, to the identities and productivity of nations, that attention understandably returns to the arts time and time again.
Yet, while Canadians waited in vain for the major political [...]
