Europe Canada

As a result of its colonial past, Canadian culture has been shaped by French, British and other European influences; since the second half of the twentieth century, however, large-scale immigration from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East, as well as economic and cultural globalization and the recognition of the cultural significance of the countrys First Nations have transformed Canadian society, and this transformation has affected the European dimension of Canadas cultural heritage, too. The publication addresses the role of this dimension in the collective consciousness of contemporary Canada and the complexities of Canadian-European political and cultural relations at the beginning of the twenty-first century. En raison de son pass colonial, la culture canadienne a t faonne par des influences franaises et britanniques ainsi que par dautres cultures europennes. Cependant, partir de la deuxime moiti du 20e sicle, limmigration importante de lAsie, de lAfrique, des Carabes, de lAmrique latine et du Proche-Orient, la globalisation conomique et culturelle ainsi que la reconnaissance officielle des Premires Nations ont transform la socit canadienne. Cette transformation a galement eu des consquences sur la dimension europenne de lhritage culturel du Canada. Le livre aborde le rle de cette dimension dans la conscience collective du Canada contemporain et la complexit des relations politiques et culturelles entre lEurope et le Canada au dbut du 21e sicle.