Richard Nimijean
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Richard Nimijean teaches in the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, where his research focuses on the politics of branding Canada.
The end of the Understanding Canada program reflects changing foreign policy priorities
The Conservative government has been trying to rebrand Canada’s image by linking energy supplies and the extraction of resources to environmentalism and democratic ideals.
Budgetary and administrative measures are altering the federal government’s historic support for promoting knowledge of Canada, both abroad and at home.
The brand state and the decline of the Liberal Party