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Symbols give insight into who we are and what we value: experts
As CBC prepares to launch a contest to find the quintessential symbol that defines British Columbia, culture and history experts say much can be learned by digging into a symbol's origins and meaning. The bracket for B.C.'s Best Symbol starts on Monday, and will run for several weeks, with voting open online from Mondays to Thursdays. One final symbol will be announced as the winner at the end. A symbol, defined as a thing that represents or stands for something else, can give us insight into how we see ourselves and our communities — past, present and future, say experts. Michael Dawson, history professor at St. Thomas University and co-editor of the book Symbols in Canada, said symbols are formed in a variety of ways: some are officially proclaimed by governments, like flags and national sports, while others are more natural. "The ones that are probably the most popular, that are closest to people's hearts, are the ones that emerge more organically," Dawson said. WATCH | The Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol: What is British Columbia's most iconic symbol 1 day ago Duration 2:53 Meanwhile, national symbols can be a way to bond and connect. "They're a way of reaffirming shared experiences, potentially even shared values, shared perspectives," Dawson said. Some categories of symbols, like food (such as Nanaimo bars or maple syrup), animals (bears, salmon, beavers) and local commercial items (White Spot's pirate pack), frequently become representative of communities around the province, he said. But symbols can also create divisions. "Hockey is something that tends to bring people together at a national level. It's also something that can push people apart at a regional level," Dawson said. "You're either a Flames fan or an Oilers fan. You're not both." Marketing and advertising play a big role in deciding which symbols proliferate and last, he said. Dawson outlined how late 19th century tourism promoters in Vancouver and Victoria explicitly downplayed Indigenous culture and instead focused on the cities' connection to "Britishness." But when the Great Depression hit, shopkeepers needed a way to make more money. As a result, Dawson said, businesses in the 1930s began to increasingly incorporate elements of Indigenous culture in advertising, such as totem poles. The businesses and their marketers wanted to promote images of supposed mysticism and exoticism to differentiate B.C. and attract tourists. Dawson said the creation of this kind of advertising became a process of "selectively remembering, selectively celebrating" aspects of British and Indigenous cultures — "but making sure to never show that they were in conflict." "Tourism is there in the 1950s, 1960s, right through to the present day, helping people to reimagine and forget [and] come up with a highly selective representation of that colonial imperial process so that it actually becomes hard to have a conversation about British Columbia being the product of colonization," he said. Indigenous symbols and contexts Jordan Wilson, curator for Pacific Northwest and contemporary Indigenous art at the University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology, traced part of the history of how Pacific Northwest art became seemingly synonymous with Canadian Indigenous art back to a prominent exhibition in 1927. The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa's show "Exhibition of Canadian West Coast Art: Native and Modern" was essentially the first time Indigenous material culture from the Pacific Northwest was presented as art and shown alongside paintings from the Group of Seven, Wilson said. But much of the context was stripped from the Indigenous art and items on display. "Visitors to that exhibition would not really have gained a sense of where these objects came from, what their use was, who they belonged to," said Wilson, who is a member of Musqueam Indian Band. "They were really presented as beautiful objects." There was a friction created by cultural gatekeepers "celebrating" Indigenous art and items while the Canadian government sought to oppress Indigenous people. "[The exhibition was] really trying to position Indigenous art or material culture as Canadian art, while at the same time residential schools are in full effect, the potlatch ban is in full effect, and there's this broad dispossession happening of Indigenous lands and resources." For example, the potlatch ban, which ran from 1885 to 1951, outlawed the ceremonial use of some of the same items that were displayed in the 1927 gallery show. "To put [it] in sort of crude terms ... you want our art, but you don't want our politics," Wilson said. Symbols as identity Dawson said understanding the complex histories behind symbols can lead to better understanding of our neighbours at home and abroad. Symbols also have the power to influence how people think, he said. "People invest something of themselves in these things," he said. CBC News gave Dawson an early peek of which symbols will faceoff against eachother in the contest. One particular bracket match-up caught his attention: treehuggers versus logging trucks. "There are folks that would be like, 'Absolutely, I identify with the tree-huggers, let's go!' And others that are like, 'No, no, the more logging trucks I see on the road, the happier I am." Digging deeper into the histories behind each symbol is meaningful, Dawson said. "It's important to think about these symbols, to become familiar with their histories [and] differing contemporary understandings that people have ... it allows us to maintain, I think, a higher level of political discourse than we might otherwise have."
Canada News.Net
5 hours ago
- Canada News.Net
All-Star Brent Rooker powers Athletics past Blue Jays
(Photo credit: Dennis Lee-Imagn Images) All-Star Brent Rooker hit a tiebreaking two-run homer and drove in three runs overall to lead the Athletics to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night at West Sacramento, Calif. Lawrence Butler also drove in a run as the Athletics evened the three-game series at one win apiece. Rooker and Miguel Andujar each had two hits and Mason Miller registered his 18th save for the Athletics. Leo Jimenez homered and Ernie Clement and Bo Bichette had two hits apiece for Toronto, which lost for the just second time in 13 games. In the top of the ninth, Miller walked Joey Loperfido, who was sacrificed to second by Nathan Lukes. Clement and George Springer were both called out on strikes to end it. Jacob Lopez (3-5) gave up two runs and four hits over five innings for the A's. He struck out five and walked two. It was a big turnaround for Lopez, who was pounded while lasting just 1 2/3 innings against the Blue Jays in Toronto on May 29. He allowed seven runs and six hits in the 12-0 loss. Elvis Alvarado was solid in relief on Saturday for the Athletics. He followed Lopez and allowed one hit and one walk in 1 2/3 innings and he struck out four. Toronto's Kevin Gausman (6-7) allowed four runs (three earned) and five hits over five innings. He struck out two and walked two. All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson of the Athletics returned after a three-game absence due to a left hand contusion. He went 1-for-4. Nick Kurtz stroked a two-out single in the fifth off Gausman before Rooker came to the plate. The Home Run Derby contestant warmed up for the competition by sending a drive over the left-center wall to give the Athletics a 4-2 lead. Toronto moved within one in the eighth as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drew a leadoff walk off Michael Kelly and Bichette followed with a double. Alejandro Kirk then hit a sacrifice fly to score Guerrero. Sean Newcomb replaced Kelly and struck out Addison Barger and Jimenez to end the threat. Toronto grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second inning as Jimenez smacked a two-out homer to left-center. The Blue Jays added a run in the third as Clement led off with a double and scored on Bichette's two-out two-bagger. The Athletics fought back with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Denzel Clarke reached on an infield single and moved up another base on catcher Tyler Heineman's throwing error. Butler followed with an RBI single. One out later, Kurtz reached on catcher's interference by Heineman. Rooker followed with a run-scoring double to right to tie it at 2.
CBC
5 hours ago
- CBC
Blouin's goal for Tides upsets Roses earning Halifax a 1st road victory in franchise history
Halifax midfielder Daphnée Blouin scored late in the game giving Tides a 1-0 victory over Montreal Roses Saturday in NSL action.
