The Road to Adjustment

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The Road to Adjustment
Genredocumentary
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerMurray Creed
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network CBC Television
Release2 March (1960-03-02) 
30 March 1960 (1960-03-30)

The Road To Adjustment is a Canadian documentary television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1960.

Contents

Premise

Episodes concerned challenges faced by the Canadian farming and fishing industries. [1] [2] Keith Russell was the series researcher.

Scheduling

The half-hour series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) as follows:

  1. 2 March 1960: "The Old Road", concerned small-scale farming, featuring a panel discussion and a filmed segment of Earle Hooker, a farmer from Quebec
  2. 9 March 1960: "The Detour: The Farmer Has Moved Out", highlighted the need for farmers to develop new areas of business for additional income
  3. 16 March 1960: "The Throughway" concerned modern developments in farming
  4. 23 March 1960: "The Seventh Wave" focused on the Atlantic fishing industry, featuring interview segments with fishermen from Port Bickerton, Nova Scotia

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References

  1. "The Road to Adjustment". The Stanstead Journal. Rock Island, Quebec. 3 March 1960. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  2. Corcelli, John (May 2005). "The Road To Adjustment". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.