This is what my students will be learning to sing next fall

No way, eh?

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 10:52 am and is filed under Canada, eh?, Canadian Culture, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

The Tragically Hip at Shelburne Museum

All four Martins had a great time at Shelburne Museum this evening. The Tragically Hip were excellent, as usual, and the setting was a wonderful place to see a concert. It’s always kind of a surreal experience seeing The Hip here in Vermont because, although tonight’s gig was sold out, the venues and crowds are [...]

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 26th, 2009 at 9:41 pm and is filed under Burlington, Canada, eh?, Canadian Culture, Music, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

Tim Hortons Nation

This blog’s in hibernation mode until I get my book done, but couldn’t resist stopping in to talk about coffee and donuts… This story on a recent survey on Canadians’ taste for Tim Hortons is interesting and is probably something that’s bound to come up in this fall’s freshman seminar “From Pucks to Parliament: Exploring [...]

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 1:17 pm and is filed under Canada, eh?, Canadian Culture, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

Save Radio 3

Although we don’t know for sure what kinds of cuts we’ll be seeing at CBC over the next few months, it sounds like cuts are imminent. The mere mention of the potential elimination of CBC Radio 3 by one of the heads of the CBC sent shockwaves through Canada’s music scene this past week. As [...]

This entry was posted on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 at 10:26 am and is filed under Best Practices, Canada, eh?, Canadian Culture, Music, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

Freedom to Read Week

It’s Freedom to Read Week in Canada this week. It’s interesting to take a look at their list of challenged books to see how many of Canadian literature’s most canonical texts are on that list, including Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners, Timothy Findley’s The Wars, and Alice Munro’s Lives of Girls and Women. Censorship at all [...]

This entry was posted on Monday, February 23rd, 2009 at 1:03 am and is filed under Best Practices, Canadian Culture, Canadian Literature, Teaching/Advising, The World of Literature/Literature of the World.

Canada rocks

A good article online here from Intelligent Life about the recent rise of Canada as a musical force to be reckoned with. One only needs to start listening to CBC Radio 3 to discover just how much amazing music is coming out of Canada these days.    Speaking of discoveries, my favourite new Canadian band [...]

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 11:08 pm and is filed under Canadian Culture, Music, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

Another historic vote for Canadians

Canadians, it’s time for another important vote. Election? What election? I’m talking about Canada’s Hockey Anthem Challenge! I think many of us were skeptical about the whole contest, but the finalists are all pretty good and it really got Canadians’ attention. Kudos to all of you who submitted something for that contest. Make sure to [...]

This entry was posted on Monday, October 6th, 2008 at 11:28 am and is filed under Canada, eh?, Canadian Culture, Hockey, of course, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

Cuts to Culture in Canada

As I blogged about a couple of weeks ago, the Conservative Party is likely a bit surprised at the vastly negative reaction across Canada to the cuts they made recently to cultural industries and artists. It’s been really great to see how artists and cultural organizations have rallied to show Canadians exactly why these cuts [...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 am and is filed under Canada, eh?, Canadian Culture, Canadian Politics, The US of Eh: The Canadian Experience South of the Border.

Speaking of contests

I’m not usually much of a fan of Canadian Idol, and even less so of American Idol, but I’ve been really taken by Canadian Idol this season. They’ve had a ton of great contestants and it’s now down to the final two. One of the things I enjoyed about this season is that most of [...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 1:02 pm and is filed under Canada, eh?, Canadian Culture, Music.

Let the Finals begin!

I’m really looking forward to the Finals this year. Go Penguins!

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 am and is filed under Canadian Culture, Hockey, of course.