AHSS*2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tommy Gorman, National Resources Mobilization Act, Elmer Lach
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U6- the game + the two solitudes: hockey in french + english canada. In this unit, we will be looking at the natural antagonism that existed between the two solitudes : Over the course of the past century, both teams managed to develop their own special narrative or mythology. The canadiens, for instance, became the porte- tendards of french culture in quebec and the third pillar of quebec society after the church and the french language. On the other side, the maple leafs, effectively born out of the first world war, continued to tease out the franchise"s connection to the canadian military during the second world war. In many ways, the leafs were the guardians of an old british vision of canada. The canadiens, for example, also drew links to. Certainly, the media and the league really exploited the differences between the habs and the leafs. The differences were obvious, naturally antagonistic and helped to sell the game.
