HISTORY 2SH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Lou Marsh Trophy, Betty Friedan, Essential Products

• School: McMaster University
• Department: History
• Course: HISTORY 2SH3
• Professor: Nancy Bouchier

Document Summary

Module 12. 1 canada and the olympics post war years. In the last lecture, we brought our examination of canada at the olympics to the postwar years, the emergence of superpowers in the cold war era ramped up the political nature of games. I(cid:374) this le(cid:272)ture (cid:449)e (cid:449)ill tur(cid:374) to e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)e ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) this international mega sport movement during the postwar and cold war years. We (cid:449)ill (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)ue our e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of the sporti(cid:374)g pursuits of ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s elite athletes i(cid:374) the ol(cid:455)(cid:373)pi(cid:272)s through a survey of events, people, and places from the time that the canadian state got involved in such international sporting competition. Canada at the olympics in the cold war years. I(cid:374) the last le(cid:272)ture i(cid:374) the post(cid:449)ar period, duri(cid:374)g the (cid:455)ears after hitler(cid:859)s great berli(cid:374) ga(cid:373)es of. 1936, when the olympics became acknowledged throughout the world as being patently political. The immediate postwar period saw a decline in canadian olympic participation and performance.