Question: What type of details about harold innis can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: harold adams innis -lrb- ; november 5 , 1894 -- november 8 , 1952 -rrb- was a canadian professor of political economy at the university of toronto and the author of seminal works on media , communication theory and canadian economic history . despite his dense and difficult prose , many scholars consider innis one of canada 's most original thinkers . he helped develop the staples thesis , which holds that canada 's culture , political history and economy have been decisively influenced by the exploitation and export of a series of '' staples '' such as fur , fish , wood , wheat , mined metals and fossil fuels . innis 's writings on communication explore the role of media in shaping the culture and development of civilizations . he argued , for example , that a balance between oral and written forms of communication contributed to the flourishing of greek civilization in the 5th century bc . he warned , however , that western civilization is now imperiled by powerful , advertising-driven media obsessed by '' present-mindedness '' and the '' continuous , systematic , ruthless destruction of elements of permanence essential to cultural activity '' . his intellectual bond with eric a. havelock formed the foundations of the '' toronto school of communication '' which provided a source of inspiration for future members of the school : marshall mcluhan and edmund snow carpenter . innis laid the basis for scholarship that looked at the social sciences from a distinctly canadian point of view . as the head of the university of toronto 's political economy department , he worked to build up a cadre of canadian scholars so that universities would not continue to rely as heavily on british or american-trained professors unfamiliar with canada 's history and culture . he was successful in establishing sources of financing for canadian scholarly research . innis also tried to defend universities from political and economic pressures . he believed that independent universities , as centres of critical thought , were...
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