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Author : Shumona Ray
Publisher : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Identity (Philosophical concept)
ISBN : 061278259X
Author : Naghmana Zahida Ali
Publisher : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Abused women
ISBN : 0612916561
My doctoral dissertation is a study in exploring ways of making LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) curriculum more responsive to the needs of South Asian immigrant women in Canada. As a former LINC teacher, I had found the LINC curriculum deficient because I felt that (a) it did not acknowledge the rich cultural background of the learners and (b) it did not address the emergent needs of the immigrants in the new country. I therefore hypothesized that one of the reasons that South Asian immigrant women dropped out of LINC classes despite the various incentives offered by the government was these women's inability to relate to the curriculum being offered. In my view, a curriculum based on their everyday needs and their cultural demands would prove beneficial for the women settling in Canada and coming to terms with their identity---an identity influenced by the discourses of patriarchy, racism, sexism and stereotypes. In keeping with the humanistic tradition, I locate the origin of knowledge within the learner himself/herself. Dewey believed that " ... education in order to accomplish its end both for the individual learner and for society must be based upon experience---which is always the actual life experience of some individual" (1938, p.113). Hence, my approach to understanding South Asian women's lives was to focus on their immigration experiences and I used narrative inquiry for the purpose. The stories of Razia, Saima and Rukhsana---my participants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India, respectively---epitomized the challenges immigrants face in Canada. They revealed details of their personal and professional life that require a new curriculum forum for helping them become acculturated in the Canadian society. Using Connelly and Clandinin's work (1988) on personal practical knowledge, I suggest the need to initiate self study as a way of enhancing the critical awareness in South Asian immigrant women to overcome the challenges in their lives and question their redundant cultural assumptions. I have proposed a postmodern, multidimensional narrative curriculum to address issues around their identity in Canada by designing a replicable, tentative course outline for a narrative approach to curriculum in LINC.
Author : Amita Handa
Publisher : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Children of immigrants
ISBN : 0612279421
Author : Helen Ralston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020160532
This study has made use of historical records, census data, and in-depth interviews with 120 first-generation women to generate a detailed portrayal of the demographics of South Asian women immigrants and their lived experiences. The text begins with a discussion of the major theoretical issues in studying South Asian women in Canada and the impact of Canadian immigration policy on this group of women. It goes on to provide a profile of these women and their socio-demographic context of their everyday lives in three domains: work in the home; work outside the home; and participation in community organizations, notably religious and cultural organizations.
Author : Monica Singh
Publisher : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : South Asians
ISBN : 0612125521
Author : Amita Handa
Publisher : Women's Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1991-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0889612390
In this incisive work, author Amita Handa investigates how young women negotiate their identities across various cultural/community/ethnic boundaries and historical domains. She examines the ways in which gender, race, and sexuality work together in constructing and imagining the narratives of community and nation.
Author : Eve Haque
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442640788
"From the time of its inception in Canada, multiculturalism has generated varied reactions, none more starkly than between French and English Canadians. In this groundbreaking new work, Eve Haque examines the Government of Canada's attempt to forge a national policy of unity based on 'multiculturalism within a bilingual framework, ' a formulation that emerged out of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963-70). Uncovering how the policies of bilingualism and multiculturalism are inextricably linked, Haque investigates the ways in which they operate together as part of our contemporary national narrative to favour the language and culture of Canada's two 'founding nations' at the expense of other groups. Haque uses previously overlooked archival material, including transcripts of royal commission hearings, memos, and reports, to reveal the conflicts underlying the emergence of this ostensibly seamless policy. By integrating two important areas of scholarly concern -- the evolution and articulation of language rights in Canada, and the history of multiculturalism in the country, Haque provides powerful insight into ongoing asymmetries between Canada's various cultural and linguistic groups."--Publisher's website.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121673268
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Dissertation abstracts
ISBN : UOM:39015086908145
Author : Mythili Rajiva,Sheila Batacharya
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780889614802
The murder of British Columbia teen Reena Virk shocked Canadians and provoked an outpouring of media commentary, academic explanation, plays, and novels. But while much attention was paid to the problem of violence and "girl bullying," race and related issues hardly figured in mainstream conversation. This collection aims to refocus the conversation about Reena Virk by considering how racism, colonialism, and hierarchies of gender, class, age, and sexuality figure in this crime and our understanding of it. The ten thoughtful chapters by both prominent and emerging scholars force us to grapple with the difficult and at times ugly implications of Reena Virk's murder for Canadian national identity.
Author : Jane L. Parpart,Patricia Connelly,Eudine Barriteau
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 9780889369108
Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development demytsifies the theory of gender and development and shows how it plays an important role in everyday life. It explores the evolution of gender and development theory, introduces competing theoretical frameworks, and examines new and emerging debates. The focus is on the implications of theory for policy and practice, and the need to theorize gender and development to create a more egalitarian society. This book is intended for classroom and workshop use in the fields ofdevelopment studies, development theory, gender and development, and women's studies. Its clear and straightforward prose will be appreciated by undergraduate and seasoned professional, alike. Classroom exercises, study questions, activities, and case studies are included. It is designed for use in both formal and nonformal educational settings.
Author : New York Public Library Staff
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0783804075
Author : Leo Driedger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015019597916
Author : José A. Cobas,Joe R. Feagin,Daniel J. Delgado,Maria Chávez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429753633
"Latinos" are the largest group among Americans of color. At 59 million, they constitute nearly a fifth of the US population. Their number has alarmed many in government, other mainstream institutions, and the nativist right who fear the white-majority US they have known is disappearing. During the 2016 US election and after, Donald Trump has played on these fears, embracing xenophobic messages vilifying many Latin American immigrants as rapists, drug smugglers, or "gang bangers." Many share such nativist desires to build enhanced border walls and create immigration restrictions to keep Latinos of various backgrounds out. Many whites’ racist framing has also cast native-born Latinos, their language, and culture in an unfavorable light. Trump and his followers’ attacks provide a peek at the complex phenomenon of the racialization of US Latinos. This volume explores an array of racialization’s manifestations, including white mob violence, profiling by law enforcement, political disenfranchisement, whitewashed reinterpretations of Latino history and culture, and depictions of "good Latinos" as racially subservient. But subservience has never marked the Latino community, and this book includes pointed discussions of Latino resistance to racism. Additionally, the book’s scope goes beyond the United States, revealing how Latinos are racialized in yet other societies.
Author : Mona Oikawa
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802096012
"In 1942, the federal government expelled more than 22,000 Japanese Canadians from their homes in British Columbia. From 1942 to 1949, they were dispossessed, sent to incarceration sites, and dispersed across Canada. Over 4,000 were deported to Japan. Cartographies of Violence analyses the effects of these processes for some Japanese Canadian women. Using critical race, feminist, anti-colonial, and cultural geographic theory, Mona Oikawa deconstructs prevalent images, stereotypes, and language used to describe the 'internment' in ways that masks its inherent violence. Through interviews with women survivors and their daughters, Oikawa analyses recurring themes of racism and resistance, as well as the struggle to communicate what happened. Disturbing and provocative, Cartographies of Violence explores women's memories in order to map the effects of forced displacements, incarcerations, and the separations of family, friends, and communities"--Publisher's website.