True North: What the Folk?

Professor Mo Riche is from one of the most scenic, storied, iconic places in Canada. Where does Dr. Mo hail from?

• The Northwest Passage

• An iceberg in the Davis Strait

• Newfoundland and Labrador

• Beechey Island, Nunavut

The theoretical starting point for HUMA 2040 is that "the North" is:

• A specific place on the map

• A nation: true, strong, and free

• An idea

• Where Santa Claus lives

James Houston is often credited with single-handedly introducing which cultural product to southern Canada?

• Timbits

• The parka

• Soccer

• Inuit art

How did NFB Photo Stories depict Inuit carvers who travelled to Stratford, ON in the 1950s?

• As elite artists with a keen sense of their craft

• As big fans of Shakespeare

• As primitive "folk" who had never seen a modern city before

• Inuit carvers have never travelled that far south.

One theme that Margaret Atwood identified in Canadian literature is that Mother Nature will:

• Betray you

• Sustain you

• Delight you

• Folk you

The Canada First Movement in 1868 claimed Canadian settlers belonged in the harsh Northern climate because:

• They were descended from virile Northern European races.

• They were descended from Northern Indigenous peoples.

• They learned early survival lessons from Franklin and crew.

• Their art clearly reflected a connection to the land.

In AMC's Franklin TV series, the character of Capt. Crozier says of the Northwest Passage: "This place wants us..."

• Strong and free

• To play basketball

• Haunted

• Dead

Shane McCorristine used the following theory to analyze the centrality of the Franklin story in Canadian identity:

• Close Reading

• Social Construction

• Haunted History

• Iconification

In her work on the Group of Seven, Eva Mackey identified a two-fold aim of nation building. What are the two components?

• Sovereignty and self-understanding

• Symbolic work and managing populations

• Art and folk

• Time and place

The idea of a "folk" satisfies a nation's need for:

• A link to a pure, traditional and authentic past

• Ghost stories and other foundational myths

• Alternative national anthems like Stan Rogers "Northwest Passage"

• The management of diverse populations