RACE AND ETHNICITY

In recap of  Dirty Laundry, the film we watched in class today, I found on interesting article that discusses more in depth the Chinese who came to Victoria and their encounters with both racism and homophobia

WOMEN-CULTURAL CHALLENGES

Touching on Pitseolak's presentation, i've enclosed the link to the clip he talked about on YouTube where Joyce Zemans touches on the cultural challenges women artists face in the paper she presents at the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Conference, at Concordia University titled, "The Missing Future."

FEMINISM

 

To discuss some of the topics that came up during Jasmine, Shay and Tyanna's presentation, i've included a short review of the different waves of feminism. As well, I included the Charlatan article written by the engineer student for those who have not seen it yet. Feel free to comment below:

FIRST NATIONS CULTURAL PRESERVATION THROUGH ART

 

Bearing in mind Rachael and Natalie's presentation alongside this week readings, here is an interesting video from the Ted Talks series below. It shows Ursula Johnson , an artist fromthe Eskasoni talking about cultural preservation of First Nations culture through art. Enjoy!

FIRST NATIONS – CULTURAL POLITICS AND HEALING

 

 

In light of the documentary,  Kanehsatake by Alanis Obomsawin, here is a short CBC news clip that reflects on the Oka crisis 10 years later.

 

QUEBEC IDENTITY

 

 

QUEBEC SOVEREIGNTY

 

 

BETWEEN: LIVING IN THE HYPHEN

Hello class, I’ve done a short documentary review that ties into one of the key words “hyphenated-Canadian” that was presented in Don and Elizabeth’s presentation. As well as in Yasmeen Abu-Laban’s article. I have also enclosed the link to the documentary for you guys to watch and comment.

WHAT'S THE MEANING BEHIND THE MONUMENT to MULTICULTURALISM

WHEEL OF CONSCIENCE MONUMENT

Here is an interesting article I found relating to Kristen and Sarah’s presentation and Vukov’s article “Performing the Immigrant Nation at Pier 21: Politics and counter politics in the Memorializing of Canadian Immigration”.  The article provides a detailed background behind the creation of the monument.

WELCOME!

A little about me....

I am a fourth year university student in the Faculty of Public Affairs and Policy Management-specializing in the Human Rights. I have created this blog for CDNS3600A to further explore topics we discuss in the class and the readings. Feel free to participate and if you have any further suggestions or if you would like me to post something up, I can be contacted at maureenattivor@carleton.ca.

Hope you enjoy it :)!

-Maureen Attivor