EDU211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Identity, Indian Register, Half-Breed
19 Sep 2016
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Discourse and identity fuzzy concepts identity can be a self-perception (personality based) groups what share a collective psychological process how others see you. Identity and politics relational - develops, malleable, can be hidden something a person does is this really your identity? who has the authority to determine a groups" identity/authenticity. Identity in canada multicultural or a cultural mosaic it is not a melting pot this isn"t necessarily how it is, but it is how it is portrayed. Roots of canadian identity what languages do you speak mostly english, but also french hockey as a religion canada is a poltical nation. Canada was built on an ancient burial ground and instead of poltergeists, we have apologies haunting us. Fnmi - not okay to use lumps together multiple groups there is no fnmi culture allows you to gloss over details.
