{"id":34099,"date":"2025-07-25T11:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=34099"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:40:27","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-be-canadian-strombo-wants-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2025\/07\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-canadian-strombo-wants-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does It Mean To Be Canadian? Strombo Wants To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Stroumboulopoulos &#8211; the ex-MuchMusic VJ is making his way across the country to ask Canadians &#8216;What Canadian film and television MADE you?&#8217;<br \/>\nPart of a nationwide MADE | NOUS campaign,\u00a0 he will start his cross-country trip today in Vancouver, ending in Toronto in September.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from Strombo reads &#8220;I have been lucky to meet so many of you Canadians over the years, and you\u2019ve shared stories about how a Canadian television show or movie deeply affected you \u2014 whether it inspired you to live more authentically, to better understand your roots and this country&#8217;s history, or maybe even to pursue a career path. These are the kinds of stories that we&#8217;re searching for, the Canadian stories that MADE you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Valerie Creighton, president and CEO, Canada Media Fund &#8211; released a statement that reads &#8211; \u201cEvery Canadian has that one film or series that left a mark. This road trip is about honouring those defining screen moments while exploring the themes that have long preoccupied us and the questions that still remain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Starting in 2019, MADE | NOUS is a campaign from the Canada Media Fund and Telefilm Canada that highlights Canada&#8217;s great film, TV, gaming, and digital entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>What would you add to the list?\u00a0 What are you favourite Canadian movies or tv shows that shaped you?<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Facebook video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/718598587595462\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Stroumboulopoulos &#8211; the ex-MuchMusic VJ is making his way across the country to ask Canadians &#8216;What Canadian film and television MADE you?&#8217; Part of a nationwide MADE | NOUS campaign,\u00a0 he will start his cross-country trip today in Vancouver, ending in Toronto in September. A statement from Strombo reads &#8220;I have been lucky to","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":17481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1468,6413,689,5866,950,5747,6414,34],"class_list":["post-34099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","tag-canadian","tag-george-stromboulopous","tag-movies","tag-mr-dressup","tag-series","tag-shows","tag-strombo","tag-tv"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 21:38:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2025\/07\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-canadian-strombo-wants-to-know\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34099"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34106,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34099\/revisions\/34106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}