ut signification would never be attained. Given the difficulty of this, it appears worthwhile to consider distinctive elements from both groups and assess their merger into modern Canadian culture. An element such as the game of hockey has always been reminiscent of Canadian life, while multiculturalism has been a newer and yet equally important aspect to the personal identification of being a Canadian.
             Culture has never been affiliated with sports, especially hockey. Hockey has been viewed as "a game whose sheer physicality and potential for seemingly random violence" (Gruneau, 12) is in direct conflict with culture's intellectual belief that strives for the cultivation of "the finer things in life." Culture is seen as serious art, not popular sport (Gruneau, 12). Hockey is only a form of amusement and accepting sport as culture meant accepting a "populist understanding" (Gruneau, 12) of the word. Even though the game inspired many cultural producers to create works of art, i.e. poems, paintings, etc., the game itself was not conce
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