Case Studies - Basic Overview

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Japense Internment

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- History
Japanese Canadians were discriminated against. Society was worried about them being spies. Ian Mckenzie wanted to see all Japanese people removed from BC or ‘interned’
-What
The War Measured Act was used. Internemtn camps were opened to separate Japense Canadians from Canada. Men were sent to work on roads, women were sent to ‘shantytowns’ (a section chracterised by shanties and crudely built houses).
-After internment
After closed, Japanese canadians struggled to regain their identity. Prime Minister Brian Muroney gave compensation of 21,000 to each individual who was interned
-Globelization
Negative impact.

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Immigration Waves

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- Wave #1
o British Military and French Acadians. Why – to colonization of the new world expansion of land. Relation to globalization – the spreading of control of one significant power
- Wave #2
o Europeans after the war of 1812. Why – the Irish Potato Famine, and the poor/crowded living conditions in Europe. Relations to globalization: immigrants were encouraged to come based on a misleading advertising campaign across English speaking British colonies/Britain.
- Wave #3
o Canadian Pacific Railroad. Why – the Chinese flooded into Canada to work for the CPR; they were looking for a better life. Relation to globalization – a new culture came to Canada in great numbers, adding their culture to Canada (also being severely discriminated against) Vancouver.
- Wave #4
o Europeans after WW2. Why – fleeing the European conditions, seeking a better life and a new start Relation to Globalization – again adding to Canadian diversity; they were not so discriminated against (unlike first European

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Residental Schools and Treaties

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-Who
Aboriginal Children. It was compulsory for aboriginals under the age of 16 to attend schools. This included metis and Inuit. They were built by the Canadian Government, but Different religious organizations ran them
-What
Forced aboriginal children to attend these schools. Children were taken away from their families and had to integrate the children into Christian ideologies. Targeted the children as they were the future of aboriginal culture.
-When
First one opened in 1928. Last one closed in 1996
-Where
Throughout Canada (With expectation to PEI and Newfoundland and New Brunswick). They were far away from native tribes
-Why
To assimilate the Aboriginals into the Christian ideologies of mainstream society. they wanted to abolish the identity of the aboriginals.
-Globalization
Aboriginals were unable to show their identity. Settlers used the concept of assimilation. Aboriginals are now accepted into society, but this had a negative effect of globalization.

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Canadian Idenity

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-What is it?
Refers to the set of characters and symbols that Canadians regard as expression their place in the world (history, programing, government system, symbols). Immigrants make up the majority of the Canadian population (population is declining at the moment). Frist nations played a critical role in the development of European colonies. Our needs, wants and values really determine who we are
-Define Canadian
We define ourselves as multicultural, bilingual nation who accepts any culture or race. Only reason are population has not declined is because of immigration. Without globalization we would not be the multicultural nation , and we would not have realtionships with other coutnries.
-Influences on Identity
Trace back to the arrival of settlers. First nations played an important part (exploring the continent, fur trade, art, culture). OVERVIEW: History defines us, fact that we have first nations + French, practice bilingualism, geographic,
-Globalization cause/hurt our identity
Aided in th

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Separatist Movement

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-Who
The Quebecois. The bloc Quebecois and party Quebecois wants Quebec to come an independent nations that is completely separate from Canada
-What
Quebec wanted to separate from Canada and form its own country. These governments protected the French-Canadian identity, advocate the sovereignty of Quebec
-When
Occurred from 1960 to around 2001. Last election was in 1995, and 51% voted not to separate from Canada.
-Why
Quebecois people feel that they have a different lifestyle than the rest of Canada. They have different language, culture, views, religion, traditions and history. The only way to protect culture, language and social equality rights for Francophone people is to create an independent Quebec
-How
Created political parties, those in favor of Quebec sovereignty can support them. They were discriminated against and they want to focus on Francophone, culture, language and identity
-Globalization
Globalization had a small role in Quebec separatist movement. Countries around the world hav

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FLQ Crisis

Back 6

Who: A group of French terrorists, the Front de Liberation du Québec ; their focus was separating Québec from the rest of Canada to create an independent province
What: A series of events triggered by two terrorist kidnappings by members of the Front de Liberation du Québec in October 1970, which ultimately resulted in a brief invocation of the War Measures Act by Pierre Trudeau
Where: Montreal, Quebec
Why: the terrorists were making a statement, but they had been disturbing the peace for so long (prior bombing attacks) that the Prime Minister was forced to take drastic actions – they planned to use their hostages as leverage in order to force the government to comply with their manifesto
How: it started with various bombing and attacks throughout the province of Quebec, organized by various cells of the FLQ. Then, the terrorists kidnapped James Cross (British Trade Commissioner) and Pierre Laporte (minister of Labour and vice-premiere of Quebec), and made various demands. Eventually, the FLQ anno