Canadian Identity Essay

Self-identity is extremely important to one’s personal life. Identity is an image, idea, group, or culture that people associate with. What makes identity so unique is that every person creates their own identity. Although it is greatly influenced by one’s environment, it is ultimately the person them self that decides the type of identity they want to be associated with. For example, one might grow up in a neighbourhood that is known for the high rates of crime. As a result, it is very easy for…

The Construction of Nation Identities Shiyi Chen Arts Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 64805161 ABSTRACT This discussion paper explores the importance of the construction of a nation’s identity and assumed ways in which this construction can be made. Two possible ways have been suggested: 1) building a brand and associating it with specific sign values, through this gain the support to national identity; 2) localizing foreign brands or products, enriching them with…

2008; Anthias, 2002a). In light of this, Anthias (2001) asserts that identity markers such as culture, origin and language, may function as resources used by the individual or a group contextually or situationally. Thus, adopting a translocational positionality line of thought and reasoning, the proposed research seeks to understand the context and the situation in which Canada’s ethnocultural groups or people, such as Canadian residents of Sub-Sahara African origin, use available social…

In the words of James Baldwin, “An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which a person faces and uses his experience”. What Baldwin is discussing is the idea of adversity being the core of which identity develops. Struggle shapes individuals. Without hardship, every individual would be completely synonymous with each other. Each individual develops their identity through adversity in unique ways. Some rise to the challenge adversity places on them, becoming more sure of themselves…

“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, all have characters who are changed by some item or event from their lives. All these characters have different “I am...” statements that, ultimately, create their self-definition, “the definition of one’s identity, character, abilities, and attitudes by oneself.” The “I am...”…

social isolation of an individual can lead to that individual’s identity dramatically shifting. Social isolation refers to the state of lacking a solid community. Social isolation does not have to refer to physical detachment from society. A person can even feel isolated and lonely among a crowd if he feels as though he does not fit in with the people within that crowd. In Through Black Spruce, the character of Will illustrates the identity changes that come from such social isolation. In the…

Social identity, the classification and organization of heterogeneous people based on physical characteristics, is perhaps, one of the most prominent abstraction used in modern discourse. The need to belong to a group has increased; though identification has played a role in how we perceive ourselves and those around us, unfortunately at least one group is put at a disadvantage due to the categorized label that society condemns them off. In Charles Cunningham’s article, To Watch the Faces of the…

Ontario should only be educated on Canadian literature within English courses. Even though other writers from all cultures provide excellent teaching tools to assist with the provinces educational curriculum, the focus should be related to Canadian literature and it’s writers. As a matter of fact, the direr need for students to become accustomed with the literacy of Canada is greatly important. In all honesty, three reasons are; requiring to concentrate upon Canadian Literacy/culture besides…

Grill, Wah himself experiences segregation both during his time in school and as an adult. Stanley’s literary work “Contesting White Supremacy: School Segregation, Anti-Racism, and the Making of Chinese Canadians,” provides an essential context that explains the different fashions in which Chinese-Canadian students are treated by their fellow students and teachers. Stanley references a specific event during the July of 1922, which involved a pair of high school teachers who informed a group of…

Among the battlegrounds Canadian soldiers have toiled and fought, Vimy is aptly the location of Canada’s largest war memorial, symbolic of the selfless exploits of Canadian soldiers. The Battle of Vimy Ridge awakened nationalism and pushed the country out of Britain’s shadow, while other battles such as those of Passchendaele and Somme were counterproductive, leading to fruitless sacrifices that deflated Canadian morale and a costly stalemate that created internal and external rifts for Canada,…