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Canadians need a sense of their own identity but they lack the symbols to identify with, says Bernard Ostry, secretary-general of the National Museums(...)
Canadians need a sense of their own identity but they lack the symbols to identify with, says Bernard Ostry, secretary-general of the National Museums(...)

Canadians need a sense of their own identity but they lack the symbols to identify with, says Bernard Ostry, secretary-general of the National Museums(...)

Date11/3/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Canadians need a sense of their own identity but they lack the symbols to identify with, says Bernard Ostry, secretary-general of the National Museums of Canada. He says that the country as a whole must seek beyond snow and the Mounties as visible signs to bind Canada together.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0072015F
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Alderman Elizabeth Eayrs says, in letter below, that place names which have endured give a neighborhood a sense of identity, solidarity
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Bernard Ostry, Americans do not realize how important Canada is to them, deputy minister says
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5/13/1982
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Bernard Turgeon has come to identify himself completely with the Metis leader Louis Riel, whom he'll be portraying in a fall telecast of the opera by Canadian composer Harry Somers
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Bernard Ostry. TV Ontario chief eyes resignation. Bernard Ostry, the embattled chief of TV Ontario, is considering leaving his $110,000-a-year post amid controversy over spending at the network
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Esther Greenglass. A woman needs her own identity
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