Canadian Culture and National Identity (eBook)

The School’s Role in Debating and Discussing the Roots of our National Identity

Jerry Diakiw (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
80 Seiten
GRIN Verlag
978-3-656-07229-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Scientific Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Cultural Studies - Canada, York University, language: English, abstract: Many have argued that there is no such thing as a Canadian culture or identity. This article explores the history of how schools in the past have shaped a national identity and how cultures transmit their vaules and traditions to their young. This article argues that there are twelve commonplaces about Canada that all Canadians, regardless of where they live or how long they have lived here can identify with. The schools across the country have an obligation to debate, argue and explore these twelve commonplaces thereby promoting a shared Canadian culture that is fluid, flexible and evolving. It argues that these twelve are not fixed in stone but are just a starting point for "keeping the conversation going". It promotes a revisioning of our culture throiugh a myulticulturalism prism.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.2011
• Verlagsort: München
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: antiracism • british_columbia • British Columbia • Canada • canada_usa • canada USA • canadian artists • canadian_artists • canadian culture • canadian_culture • canadian geography • canadian_geography • canadian_history • Canadian History • canadian identity • canadian_identity • canadian immigration • canadian_immigration • canadian inventions • canadian_inventions • canadian landscape • canadian_landscape • canadian nationalism • canadian_nationalism • canadian north • canadian_north • charter of rights and freedoms • charter_of_rights_and_freedoms • commonplaces of canadian identity • commonplaces_of_canadian_identity • Education • first_nations • First Nations • french canadians • french_canadians • human rights in canada • human_rights_in_canada • _i_am_canadian_ • "I am Canadian" • immigrants to canada • immigrants_to_canada • Maritimes • monarchy in canada • monarchy_in_canada • Multiculturalism • native_peoples • Native Peoples • Peacekeeping • polar canada • polar_canada • praires • Quebec • quebecois • Regionalism • regionalism in canada • regionalism_in_canada • school's role in nationalism • school_s__role_in_nationalism
• ISBN-10: 3-656-07229-9 / 3656072299
• ISBN-13: 978-3-656-07229-4 / 9783656072294