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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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COMM 2311U – The Creative Industries: Ideas, Art, Tech, Money, Power

From Hollywood to Silicon Valley to the whole wide world, creativity is now core to the largest and fastest growing industries on the planet and part of our everyday lives. New ideas, styles, artworks, devices, and media products move from major studios to smartphones to theatres to social media sites to the streets. Creativity is now said to be everywhere and in everything, and many creative works are made and sold each day to inform, entertain, inspire, and move millions to think, feel and act in old and new ways. But what exactly is creativity? How does the creative process happen? If everyone is creative, why do only a few get to do what they love and get paid? This course introduces students to creativity and the creative industries in the digital age and provides a foundation in the fields of creative and media economics, media and cultural industries, and the political economy of communication.