Spring 2018 - ASC 400 D100
Selected Topics in Asia-Canada Studies (3)
Class Number: 4365
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 18, 2018
Wed, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Paul Crowe
pcrowe@sfu.ca
1 778 782-4664
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Prerequisites:
45 units including at least one lower division ASC course.
Description
COURSE DETAILS:
Multiculturalism Policy in Canada
Following recommendations tabled in 1969 by the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, the Canadian government began a long process of developing public policy in support of a national pursuit of integration rather than assimilation of non-Aboriginal, non-French and non-English ethnic groups to the cultural enrichment of Canada. From its early days as policy to 1988, when the Canadian Multiculturalism Act was adopted by Parliament, multiculturalism has undergone continual change in response to wider historic and demographic changes affecting the nation. Transformation has continued, accompanied by more than four decades of critique by politicians and through popular media. We will look at the history of this policy, which many see, perhaps paradoxically, as a defining feature of Canadian identity. We will also critically assess the arguments of critics concerning the viability of multiculturalism public policy and philosophy. We will also incorporate dialogue with community leaders working in areas of policy and the arts in relation to multiculturalism and students will lead discussion on current controversies related to diversity in contemporary Canadian society based on online, television, radio, and print media reports.
SFU Academic Integrity: https://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity/resources.html
Grading
- Attendance 5%
- Student-led discussion on MC policy in the media 15%
- Reading Quizzes 15%
- Paper (3,000 words) 35%
- Final Exam 30%
NOTES:
Late written assignments will be accepted with the imposition of a 2% penalty per day.
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Canadian Multiculturalism Act. 1985, c. 24 (4th Supp.). Online
Cohen, Andrew. The unfinished Canadian: the people we are. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007.
Dib, Kamal, Ian Donaldson and Brittany Turcotte. 2008. "Integration and Identity in Canada: The Importance of Multicultural Common Spaces." Canadian Ethnic Studies 40. no. 1: 161-187. Online
Garcia, Joseph. “Postulations on the Fragmentary Effects of Multiculturalism in Canada.” Canadian Ethnic Studies/Études ethniques au Canada 40 (1) 2008: 141-160. Online
Griffiths, Rudyard. Who We Are: A Citizen’s Manifesto. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, 2009. (Available through SFU Library, ProQuest ebrary)
Ryan, Phil. Multicultiphobia. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010.
Registrar Notes:
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