Reconstructions of Canadian Identity
eBook - ePub

Reconstructions of Canadian Identity

Towards Diversity and Inclusion

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Reconstructions of Canadian Identity

Towards Diversity and Inclusion

About this book

Re-envisioning multiculturalism in Canada

In 1971, Canada became the first nation in the world to officially declare its bilingual and multicultural policies. Reconstructions of Canadian Identity examines what has changed over the past fifty years, highlighting the lived experiences of marginalized Canadians and offering insights into the critical work that lies ahead. 

Editors Vander Tavares and Maria João Maciel Jorge bring together a wide range of disciplines and perspectives to investigate inclusion and exclusion within the processes, discourses, and practices that forge and frame Canadian identity. Chapters analyze ways current multicultural policies continue to benefit the dominant groups and (further) harm minoritized ones. 

Exposing the pitfalls of established notions of Canadian identity, this volume moves traditionally othered identities—immigrant, racialized, hybridized, Indigenous, and women—to the forefront. In doing so, it reveals how these identities negotiate and claim legitimacy, arguing for a reconceptualization from the margins that truly fosters diversity and inclusion. Illustrating both the shortcomings of and possibilities for a more inclusive multiculturalism in Canada, Reconstructions of Canadian Identity invites readers to reflect on what it means to be Canadian in the twenty-first century. 

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: Rethinking National Identity in Multicultural Canada
  6. Part 1: Multiculturalism from Historical and Indigenous Perspectives
  7. Part 2: Redefining Identities in Educational Contexts
  8. Part 3: Beyond Marked Identities in Literature
  9. Part 4: Elevating Transcultural Identities in National Spaces
  10. Part 5: Belonging in Foreign Spaces
  11. Part 6: Rethinking “Canadian Identity” from Socio-Cultural Perspectives of Inclusion
  12. Part 7: Gendered, Racialized, and Transnational Identities Reconstructing “Canadian Identity”
  13. Contributors