The place of arts and culture in Canadian foreign policy

Rachael Maxwell

Sep­tem­ber 2007

In 2007 Rachael Maxwell com­pleted a three month intern­ship with the CCA as part of her research for her MA in Cul­tural Pol­icy and Arts Man­age­ment at the Uni­ver­sity Col­lege of Dublin. Ms. Maxwell’s research was used in prepa­ra­tion for a Novem­ber 2007 sym­po­sium on the topic of cul­tural diplo­macy. Titled: The Place of Arts and Cul­ture in Cana­dian For­eign Pol­icy, this paper presents a broad per­spec­tive on the evo­lu­tion of pub­lic diplo­macy around the world and in Canada. The paper takes into account devel­op­ments over the past 60 years and the role of cul­ture in pub­lic diplo­macy. The study acknowl­edges the deep impact of new tech­nolo­gies, glob­al­iza­tion, and the reper­cus­sions fol­low­ing the Sep­tem­ber 11^th attacks on the World Trade Cen­ter in New York.

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