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The Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences (The Massey Commission, 1949 is widely seen to be Canada's most important position paper on national cultural policy. This article explores the relation of this significant document to UNESCO and its characteristic discourse of "cultural relations." Not only did UNESCO appear in the terms of reference for the Massey Commission Report, but it also was a repeated touchstone for submissions to the Commission. This overlooked international aspect of the Massey Commission underscores the connection between politics and culture in Cold War Canada providing a clear case of how international political language becomes entangled with-and helps to legitimize-artistic and cultural endeavours. The combination of the discussion of education and culture with that of development and trade allowed Canada to reconsider its position on public funding for the arts.Résumé: La commission royale sur le développement national des arts, des lettres et des sciences (la Commission Massey, 1949) est vue par de nombreuses personnes comme étant la plus importante en ce qui a trait à la politique culturelle nationale. Cet article explore les rapports entre ce document présenté à l'UNESCO et son discours caractéristique de ¨relations culturelles¨. Non seulement l'UNESCO sert-elle comme point de référence dans ce rapport, mais il fut aussi un repère constant dans les soumissions à la commission. Cet aspect international négligé de la commission Massey souligne le lien entre la politique et la culture au Canada pendant la guerre froide. Ceci démontre de façon évidente de quelle façon le langage politique international devient entremêlé avec et prête une certaine légitimité aux activités culturelles et artistiques. Le rapprochement de la discussion sur l'éducation et la culture avec celle du développement et du commerce permet au canada de reconsidérer sa situation vis-à-vis le financement public des arts.

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We have some excellent books awaiting your review to be published in CJC.Click on the Books for Review tab on cjc-online.ca's home page, choose your book, and follow the online instructions. Reviewers can be either faculty members or graduate students. Or, if you are keen to review a particular title that you have encountered and feel would benefit other readers, our Book Review Editors can request a review copy for you from the publisher. They also want to hear from authors. If you have a publication that you think the CJC should review, please contact either Penelope Ironstone

This special issue includes six essays that consider the gendered dimensions of property television in the UK, Canada and the US as they have emerged since the financial crises of 2008.