Syllabus
5. 10. Introduction, Canadian identity and history of Canada since Confederation ( Magdalena Fiřtová)
Mandatory Backgrounder:
S. Lipset, Continental Divide, Chapter 3 (Canadian Identity), Routledge, 1990, Available in the SIS.
For discussion:
Nimijean, Richard, The Paradoxical Nature of the Canadian Identity, Teaching Canada n.23, 2005, 25-31. 12. 10. Political System of Canada: the End of Brokerage Politics? (Magdalena Fiřtová)
Mandatory Backgrounder:
Eagles and Manna: Politics and Government, in Canadian Studies in the New Millenium, by M. Kasoff. Available in the SIS.
For discussion:
John Geddes, This is what's wrong with Canada's Left, Macleans, January 11, 2019, https://www.macleans.ca/politics/this-is-whats-wrong-with-canadas-left/
John Geddes, What's actually standing in the way of right-wing populism in Canada?, Macleans, February 8, 2022, https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/whats-actually-standing-in-the-way-of-right-wing-populism-in-canada/
Recommended:
Karimi, The Flaws of our electoral system, Policy Options, December 2019, https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/december-2019/the-flaws-of-our-electoral-system-showed-up-in-the-october-election/
Marland, Election candidates have become brand ambassadors, Policy Options, September 2019, https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/september-2019/election-candidates-have-become-brand-ambassadors/ or longer, well-written academic research by Alex Marland, and Angelia Wagner, Scripted Messengers: How Party Discipline and Branding Turn Election Candidates and Legislators into Brand Ambassadors, Journal of Political Marketing, January 2019, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15377857.2019.1658022
Stephanie Hastick, The Canadian Senate and the election of senators, Federalism-E Volume 23, 82-94, https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/fede/article/view/15367/10195 19. 10. Indigenous Peoples of Canada: Politics of Reconciliation (guest lecture by Denisa Krásná)
Mandatory
Christine Welsh: Finding Dawn (2006); Available at: https://www.nfb.ca/film/finding_dawn/Deer, Sarah and Mary K. Nagle. “The Rapidly Increasing Extraction of Oil, and Native Women, in North Dakota.” The Federal Lawyer, April 2017: 34-37. https://www.fedbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Extraction-pdf-1.pdf
Recommended by Denisa Krasna
Hargreaves, Allison. “Finding Dawn and Missing Women in Canada: Story-Based Methods in Antiviolence Research and Remembrance.” Studies in American Indian Literatures, 27.3 (2015): 82–111., www.jstor.org/stable/10.5250/studamerindilite.27.3.0082.Lindeman, Tracey. “Canada: remains of 215 children found at Indigenous residential school site.” The Guardian, 28 May 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/28/canada-remains-indigenous-children-mass-gravesPaquin, Mali I. “Unsolved murders of Indigenous women reflect Canada’s history of silence.” The Guardian, 25 June 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jun/25/indigenous-women-murders-violence-canada
Glen Coulthard, "From Wards of the State to Subjects of Recognition?", in Theorizing Native Studies by Audra Simpson et al (ed), Duke University Press, 2014, pp. 56-86, pdf in SIS.
Erica Violet Lee, Reconciling in the Apocalypse, March 2016, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/monitor/reconciling-apocalypse
The Colonialism of the Present, An interview with Glen Couthard, Jacobin, 2015, https://jacobin.com/2015/01/indigenous-left-glen-coulthard-interview/
Taiaiake Alfred and Jeff Corntassel, “Being Indigenous: Resurgences Against Contemporary Colonialism” Government and Opposition: An International Journal of Comparative Politics 40, 4 (2005) 597-614. (e-brary).
Glen Coulthard, “Place Against Empire: Understanding Indigenous Anti-Colonialism,” Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action, Volume 4, Number 2, Fall 2010, pp. 79-83. 26.10. Economic and Political Regionalism of Canada: The End of Laurentian Thesis? (Magdalena Fiřtová)
Mandatory Backgrounder: Michael Broadway, Canada: Too Much Geography?, Chapter 1, pp. 8-35, Available in the SIS.
For Discussion:
Berdahl, Loleen. “The Persistence of Western Alienation.” Institute for Research on Public Policy, May 27, 2021, https://centre.irpp.org/research-studies/the-persistence-of-western-alienation/ 2.11. No class due to fire tests in Jinonice Campus 9. 11. Canadian Society: Migration and Multiculturalism (Magdalena Fiřtová)
Backgrounder: Bradshaw, Leah. 2021. "Identity Politics and Multiculturalism: A United States/Canada Comparison." Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 41: 87-99, pdf in SIS.
For discussion:
Alexia Fernández Campbell, The Philosophical Differences on Immigration Between Canada and the U.S., The Atlantic, June 24, 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/the-philosophical-differences-on-immigration-between-canada-and-the-us/488534/, or pdf Immigration reader.
Tony, Keller, Canada Has Its Own Ways of Keeping Out Unwanted Immigrants, The Atlantic, July 12, 2018, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/07/canada-immigration-success/564944/, or pdf Immigration reader.
Recommended:
Irene Bloemraad, Understanding Canadian exceptionalism in immigration and pluralism policy, Migration Policy Institute, July 2012, http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/CanadianExceptionalism.pdf
Andrew Griffith, Building a Mosaic: The Evolution of Canada’s Approach to Immigrant Integration, MPI, Migration Policy Institute, November 1, 2017, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/building-mosaic-evolution-canadas-approach-immigrant-integration 4. 1.2024 Foreign policy of Canada ( Magdalena Fiřtová)
Backgrounder: Carment, Nimijean, "Assessing Canada's Liberal Internationalism", in Canadian Political, Social and Historical (Re)visions in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Berlin: Peter Lang, 2020.
Recommended:
“The United-States and Canada: Outlook for Bilateral Relations in 2021,” Canada Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, December 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7y7qJv1rfI.
Bow, Brian and Adam Chapnick, "Teaching Canada-US Relations: Three Debates," International Journal, June 2016, see pdf.
Nord, D. and Smith H.: Canadian Foreign Policy, in Canadian Studies in the New Millenium, by M. Kasoff. Available in the SIS, the book is available in e-brary.
"Canada-U.S. Relations," Outburst-CPAC, November 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_5dlK1Wk08. 16.11. Mexican history since the revolution (lecturer Lukáš Perutka) 23.11. Political system of Mexico – end of one-party rule? (lecturer Lukáš Perutka) 30. 11.
Annotation
This course explores why it is important to study Mexico and Canada if we want to better understand the nuances of cross-border dynamics on the North American continent. We will analyze these countries from four different perspectives: politics, economics, society, and foreign relations.
Emphasis will be placed on the key current issues facing Mexicans and Canadians today. Individual topics will also address ties with their northern/southern neighbor, the United States, as many of the current issues (emigration, drugs, economic cooperation under the NAFTA/USMCA, Keystone XL, etc.) are transnational in nature and need to be studied from a broader perspective. This course is highly recommended, but not exclusively, to MA students of Territorial studies with a North American specialization.