“Canada lives here:” situating the CBC digital archives within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s archival landscape
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2017
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Nichol, Jessica
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has been a force on Canadian airwaves for nearly a century. Within that timeframe, kilometres of textual records and thousands of hours of audiovisual recordings have been produced. Those records are evidence of the CBC’s role in mirroring and developing Canada’s national consciousness. Yet, the CBC’s records are scattered throughout Canada in multiple archival institutions. This thesis analyzes the development of these archives, with special attention to the only repository the CBC links to on its “Resources and Archives” webpage: The CBC Digital Archives. With consideration of the challenges and opportunities presented by digital culture, this thesis aims to uncover the role of the CBC Digital Archives within CBC’s archival landscape and its wider broadcasting policies and mandate.
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Archives, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, Canadian identity, Canadian history, Corporate archives, History, Radio-Canada, CBC Digital Archives, CBC Archives, Broadcasting history