The course of Canadian Literature

Golden Dog Press is a local publishing company located in the heart of Canada's national capital region. Ottawa is home to the Canada Council for the Arts which was launched from the Massey Commission in 1957. I wrote my final research essay in university on the formation of the Canada Council for the Arts and the hearings of the Massey Commission. The Massey Commission can be located via http://www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html. My focus for the paper was on Canadian Content, but moreover on publishing within Canada during 1952-1990. It was been a rough history for writers in Canada, especially poets. In Montreal, during the late fifties, little magazine presses began to take root at McGill University. These little presses spread like wildfire across the country starting up magazines like Contact and Civ/n. By the sixties Canadian poetry took its height with counter culture fuelling its fire. Unfortunatly the eighties onwards has seen a decrease in Canadian publications. Most writers seek south for fame and fortune. I suppose that is where I have gotten my inspiration to write, and to remain in Canada and solely focus on what this country should embrace as our heritage. We need to remember what was written in order to write in the future and to keep sacred what was written in order to preserve our heritage.