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Comedian Tom Green’s ‘I’m a Canadian’ is a self-deprecating song that celebrates Canada’s uniqueness without making claims of exceptionalism. (Tom Green/YouTube)

Elbows up, Canada: Musical responses to Trump’s Canada threats

Emily Abrams Ansari, Western University

Pro-Canada songs spreading across social media, including some by Canadian celebrities, reveal a range of reactions to Donald Trump’s tariffs and annexation threats.
El cantante y compositor Norberto Amaya, con sombrero, cantando en un campo de refugiados salvadoreños que huían de la guerra civil de su país, en La Virtud, Honduras, 1981. Foto cortesía de Meyer Brownstone/Oxfam Canadá

COVID‑19: ¿Por qué en los malos momentos nos aferramos a la música que nos resulta más familiar?

Emily Abrams Ansari, Western University

La gente se aferra a la música que le resulta familiar para superar periodos difíciles como el que estamos viviendo. Los refugiados de la guerra civil de El Salvador usaban la música para iluminar los recuerdos de su pasado.
Singer-songwriter Norberto Amaya, pictured in the hat, singing at a refugee camp for El Salvadorians fleeing their country’s civil war, in La Virtud, Honduras, 1981. (Photo courtesy of Meyer Brownstone/Oxfam Canada)

Music helps us remember who we are and how we belong during difficult and traumatic times

Emily Abrams Ansari, Western University

People rely on familiar music to get through difficult times. Refugees from El Salvador’s civil war used music to light up memories of their past.

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