Gender Power And Representations Of Cree Law

Author : Emily Snyder
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774835718

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Gender, Power, and Representations of Cree Law by Emily Snyder Pdf

Drawing on the insights of Indigenous feminist legal theory, Emily Snyder examines representations of Cree law and gender in books, videos, graphic novels, educational websites, online lectures, and a video game. Although these resources promote the revitalization of Cree law and the principle of miyo-wîcêhtowin (good relations), Snyder argues that they do not capture the complexities of gendered power relations. The majority of these resources either erase women’s legal authority by not mentioning them, or they diminish their agency by portraying Cree laws and gender roles in inflexible, aesthetically pleasing ways that overlook power imbalances and other forms of oppression.

Author : Emily Snyder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Cree Indians
ISBN : 0774835729

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Gender, Power, and Representations of Cree Law by Emily Snyder Pdf

This powerful book investigates the relationship between the oversimplification of gender in representations of Cree law and its effect on perceptions of Indigenous women as legal agents and citizens.

Author : Martin J. Cannon
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774860987

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Men, Masculinity, and the Indian Act by Martin J. Cannon Pdf

Canada’s Indian Act is infamously sexist. Many iterations of the legislation conferred a woman’s status rights through marriage, and even once it was amended First Nations women could not necessarily pass their status on to their descendants. What has that injustice meant for First Nations men? Martin J. Cannon challenges a decades-long assumption that the act has affected Indigenous people as either “women” or “Indians” – but not both. He argues that sexism and racialization within the law must instead be understood as interlocking forms of discrimination that disrupt gender complementarity and undercut the identities of Indigenous men through their female forebears.

Author : Catherine Bell,Val Napoleon
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774858465

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First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law by Catherine Bell,Val Napoleon Pdf

First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law explores First Nations perspectives on cultural heritage and issues of reform within and beyond Western law. Written in collaboration with First Nation partners, it contains seven case studies featuring indigenous concepts, legal orders, and encounters with legislation and negotiations; a national review essay; three chapters reflecting on major themes; and a self-reflective critique on the challenges of collaborative and intercultural research. Although the volume draws on specific First Nation experiences, it covers a wide range of topics of concern to Inuit, Metis, and other indigenous peoples.

Author : Law Commission of Canada
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774855778

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Indigenous Legal Traditions by Law Commission of Canada Pdf

The essays in this book present important perspectives on the role of Indigenous legal traditions in reclaiming and preserving the autonomy of Aboriginal communities and in reconciling the relationship between these communities and Canadian governments. Although Indigenous peoples had their own systems of law based on their social, political, and spiritual traditions, under colonialism their legal systems have often been ignored or overruled by non-Indigenous laws. Today, however, these legal traditions are being reinvigorated and recognized as vital for the preservation of the political autonomy of Aboriginal nations and the development of healthy communities.

Author : Cheryl Suzack,Shari M. Huhndorf,Jeanne Perreault,Jean Barman
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774859677

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Indigenous Women and Feminism by Cheryl Suzack,Shari M. Huhndorf,Jeanne Perreault,Jean Barman Pdf

Can the specific concerns of Indigenous women be addressed by mainstream feminism? Indigenous Women and Feminism proposes that a dynamic new line of inquiry – Indigenous feminism – is necessary to truly engage with the crucial issues of cultural identity, nationalism, and decolonization particular to Indigenous contexts. Through the lenses of politics, activism, and culture, this wide-ranging collection crosses disciplinary, national, academic, and activist boundaries to explore deeply the unique political and social positions of Indigenous women. A vital and sophisticated discussion, these timely essays will change the way we think about modern feminism and Indigenous women.

Author : Michel S. Beaulieu,David K. Ratz,Ronald N. Harpelle
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774834711

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Hard Work Conquers All by Michel S. Beaulieu,David K. Ratz,Ronald N. Harpelle Pdf

Above the entrance to the Finnish Labour Temple in Thunder Bay is the motto labor omnia vincit – “hard work conquers all” – reflecting the dedication of the Finnish community in Canada. Hard Work Conquers All examines Finnish community building in Canada during the twentieth century. Waves of immigrants imbued the relationship between people, homeland, and host country with the politics, ideologies, and cultural expressions of their time. This collection of essays explores the cultural identities of Finnish Canadians, their ties to Finland, intergenerational cultural transfer, and the community’s connections with socialism and labour movements. It offers new interpretations of the influence of Finnish immigration on Canada.

Author : Angela Cameron,Sari Graben,Val Napoleon
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781487532130

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Creating Indigenous Property by Angela Cameron,Sari Graben,Val Napoleon Pdf

While colonial imposition of the Canadian legal order has undermined Indigenous law, creating gaps and sometimes distortions, Indigenous peoples have taken up the challenge of rebuilding their laws, governance, and economies. Indigenous conceptions of land and property are central to this project. Creating Indigenous Property identifies how contemporary Indigenous conceptions of property are rooted in and informed by their societally specific norms, meanings, and ethics. Through detailed analysis, the authors illustrate that unexamined and unresolved contradictions between the historic and the present have created powerful competing versions of Indigenous law, legal authorities, and practices that reverberate through Indigenous communities. They have identified the contradictions and conflicts within Indigenous communities about relationships to land and non-human life forms, about responsibilities to one another, about environmental decisions, and about wealth distribution. Creating Indigenous Property contributes to identifying the way that Indigenous discourses, processes, and institutions can empower the use of Indigenous law. The book explores different questions generated by these dynamics, including: Where is the public/private divide in Indigenous and Canadian law, and why should it matter? How do land and property shape local economies? Whose voices are heard in debates over property and why are certain voices missing? How does gender matter to the conceptualization of property and the Indigenous legal imagination? What is the role and promise of Indigenous law in negotiating new relationships between Indigenous peoples and Canada? In grappling with these questions, readers will join the authors in exploring the conditions under which Canadian and Indigenous legal orders can productively co-exist.

Author : National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Governmental investigations
ISBN : 0660292750

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Reclaiming Power and Place by National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Pdf

Author : David Milward
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774824590

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Aboriginal Justice and the Charter by David Milward Pdf

Aboriginal Justice and the Charter examines and seeks to resolve the tension between Aboriginal approaches to justice and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. David Milward asks why Aboriginal communities seek reform and identifies some of the constitutional barriers in their path. He identifies specific areas of the criminal justice process in which Aboriginal communities may wish to adopt different approaches, tests these approaches against constitutional imperatives, and offers practical proposals for reconciling the various matters at stake. This bold exploration grapples with the difficult question of how Aboriginal justice systems can be fair to their constituents but still comply with the protections guaranteed to all Canadians by the Charter.

Author : Laine Zisman Newman
Publisher : Women’s Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780889616158

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Women and Popular Culture in Canada by Laine Zisman Newman Pdf

The first book of its kind, this volume explores women and non-binary people in popular culture in Canada, with a focus on intersectional analysis of settler colonialism, race, white privilege, ability, and queer representations and experiences in diverse media. The chapters include discussions of film, television, videogames, music, and performance, as well as political events, journalism, social media, fandom, and activism. Throughout this collection, readers are encouraged to think carefully about the role women play in the cultural landscape in Canada as active viewers, creators, and participants. Covering a wide range of topics from historical perspectives to recent events, media, and technologies, this collection acts as an introduction, an archive, and a continuing commitment to lifting the voices and stories of women and popular culture in Canada. This book is a must-read for gender studies and media studies courses that focus on popular culture, Canadian feminism, and Canadian media. FEATURES includes questions for critical thought that stimulate discussion focuses on intersections of race, gender, ability, and sexuality provides contemporary Canadian content from an interdisciplinary and intersectional lens

Author : Mitch Daschuk
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773634173

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Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada by Mitch Daschuk Pdf

How does social regulation shape who is “deviant” and who is “normal”? Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada is an introduction to the sociology of what has traditionally been called deviance and conformity. This book shifts the focus from individuals labelled deviant to the political and economic processes that shape marginalization, power and exclusion. Class, gender, race and sexuality are the bases for understanding deviance, and it is within these relations of power that the labels “deviant” and “normal” are socially developed and the behaviours of those less powerful become regulated. This textbook introduces readers to theories and critiques of traditional approaches to deviance and conformity. Using vivid and timely examples of contemporary social regulation and control, this textbook brings to life how forces of social control and marginalization interact with social media, sex work, immigration, anti-colonialism, digital surveillance and social movements, and much more. Theories and critiques are clarified with summaries, definitions, rich illustrative examples, discussion questions, recommended resources and test banks for instructors.

Author : Fiona MacDonald,Alexandra Dobrowolsky
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487588342

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Turbulent Times, Transformational Possibilities? by Fiona MacDonald,Alexandra Dobrowolsky Pdf

In Canada and elsewhere, recent political, economic, and social shifts have brought gender to the forefront of politics as never before, from gender-based analyses and “feminist budgets” to the #MeToo, Idle No More, and Black Lives Matter movements. Detailing these gendered and turbulent political times, this book features state-of-the art scholarship from diverse contributors that encompasses both contemporary challenges as well as avenues for change now and into the future. This collection represents a complex treatment of both gender and politics, in which gender is examined in light of other collective identities and their intersections and politics refers to both institutional and movement and countermovement politics.

Author : Cheryl Suzack
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781442628588

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Indigenous Women's Writing and the Cultural Study of Law by Cheryl Suzack Pdf

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Indigenous Women's Writing, Storytelling, and Law -- Chapter One: Gendering the Politics of Tribal Sovereignty: Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez (1978) and Ceremony (1977) -- Chapter Two: The Legal Silencing of Indigenous Women: Racine v. Woods (1983) and In Search of April Raintree (1983) -- Chapter Three: Colonial Governmentality and GenderViolence: State of Minnesota v. Zay Zah (1977) and The Antelope Wife (1998) -- Chapter Four: Land Claims, Identity Claims: Manypenny v. United States (1991) and Last Standing Woman (1997) -- Conclusion: For an Indigenous-Feminist Literary Criticism -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Author : Allison Weir
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780197507940

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Decolonizing Freedom by Allison Weir Pdf

Freedom is celebrated as the definitive ideal of modern western civilization. Yet in western thought and practice, freedom has been defined through opposition to the unfreedom of most of the world's people. Allison Weir draws on Indigenous political theories and practices of decolonization in dialogue with western theories, to reconstruct a tradition of relational freedom as a distinctive political conception of freedom: a radically democratic mode of engagement and participation in social and political relations with an infinite range of strange and diverse beings perceived as free agents in interdependent relations in a shared world.