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1992., Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina Call No: 971.06 S771p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2008., Soundings/Steele Inc. : White Pines Pictures ; [distributed by] McNabb Connolly Call No: DVD Bio S771r Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Graham Spry (1900-1983) played a central role in the creation of modern Canada. But he was too far ahead of his time, and paid a huge price for advocating his vision for Canada, a vision that has now become part of the character of this nation and includes the two defining realities in Canada; the struggle to retain a culture distinct from that of the United States, and the attempt to create a bi-cultural, now multi-cultural state in Canada...Spry helped found a new political party in the depth of the depression (the CCF, now NDP). Spry championed the new medium of radio, call it a "central nervous system' for Canada...he would eventually earn the unofficial title 'father of public broadcasting.'"--Container.