scholarly journals Denials of Racism in Canadian English Language Textbooks

2017 ◽  
pp. 42-61
Author(s):  
Trevor Gulliver ◽  
Kristy Thurrell
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Canadian History ◽  
Antiracist Education ◽  
Nationalist Discourse ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Language Textbooks ◽  
Ethnic And Racial Diversity

This critical discourse analysis examines denials of racism in descriptions of Canada and Canadians from English language textbooks. Denials of racism often accompany racist and nationalist discourse, preempting observations of racism. The study finds that in representations of Canada or Canadians, English language texts minimize and downplay racism in Canada’s past and present while problematically and uncritically constructing Canadians as committed to multiculturalism and ethnic and racial diversity. The authors echo the call made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for antiracist education and education materials that speak frankly of racism in Canadian history. Cette analyse critique du discours porte sur le déni du racisme dans des descriptions du Canada et des Canadiens tirées de manuels de langue anglaise. Les dénis du racisme accompagnent souvent le discours raciste et nationaliste, empêchant ainsi la reconnaissance du racisme. Cette étude a trouvé que dans leurs représentations du Canada ou des Canadiens, les manuels de langue anglais minimisent ou amoindrissent les cas de racisme dans le passé et le présent tout en proposant, de manière problématique et incontestée, une vision des Canadiens comme étant attachés au multiculturalisme et à la diversité ethnique et raciale. Les auteurs répètent l’appel de la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation pour un enseignement et du matériel pédagogique antiracistes qui dévoilent ouvertement le racisme dans l’histoire canadienne. 

scholarly journals Constructing patriotism: How Canada's History Hall has evolved over 50 years

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Wallace-Casey
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
National Narrative ◽  
Canadian History ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
National Capital ◽  
Past Wrongs ◽  
Indigenous Voices

In this article, I illustrate how the national narrative in Canada's Museum of History has evolved over 50 years. Located in the national capital of Ottawa, the new Canada's History Hall presents a concise overview of a nation, stretching from time immemorial to the present. It was opened on 1 July 2017 as a signature exhibition in celebration of Canada's sesquicentennial. It also represents a fourth manifestation of a national museum narrative for Canada. From humble beginnings in 1967 (when Canada celebrated its centennial), the narrative has changed substantially in response to national policies and societal values. Adopting a critical discourse analysis methodology, and drawing from archival evidence, I analyse how this national narrative has evolved. Canada's History Hall presents Canadian students with a concise national template for remembering Canada's past. Over the past 50 years, this narrative has changed, as curators have employed artefacts and museum environments to construct patriotic pride in their nation. Until 2017, this narrative was blatantly exclusionary of Indigenous voices. More recently, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has called for reconciliation in education, including public forums for education. The Canadian Museum of History has responded to this call by weaving Indigenous voices into the national narrative of the new Canadian History Hall. In so doing, I argue, the museum has successfully entwined patriotism with reconciliation against past wrongs.

scholarly journals Indoctrination and Islamization in Higher Secondary Curriculum in Pakistan: A Case Study of Sindh Textbook Board of Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Razia Kazim ◽  
Shabana Sartaj ◽  
Sadia Memon
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Active Agent ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Language Textbooks

Language is a social phenomenon. It helps us to interact with the world around us. The prevailing content explores and emphasizes the idea of language as a significantly active agent which indoctrinates learners and excludes people from minorities through English Language textbook of Class 9 published by Sindh Textbook Board of Sindh, Pakistan. The study used Fair Clough’s model of CDA 1995 (Critical Discourse Analysis) as a tool to reveal the hidden ideologies behind the language used in the textbook. English, in Pakistan, is used as a language-learning subject in the context of L2. However, the language used in textbooks imposes certain ideological connotations in not only an implicit but also explicit manner. Rahman (2002).The language textbooks indoctrinate learners by propagating hidden agendas such as excessive promotion of Islamization and glorification of war and war heroes to name just a few. The study recommends language textbooks to focus on developing language skills and enlarging the lingual capabilities of the learners instead of selling indoctrination and constricting the critical abilities of the learners. In order to meet the needs of a modern world, balance curriculum contents should be designed for the learners. It is highly suggested to the designers and policy makers, to focus on language learning items and content, instead of content-oriented textbooks. The research will be beneficial in the domain of education and for fellow researchers as they would be able to discern in clear terms why indoctrination should be discouraged in the process of education; language should only be taught without distortion.

scholarly journals Clearing the Path to Truth: Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal Life, by James Daschuk, and the narrative of Canadian history. A Commentary

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-52
Author(s):  
Mary-Ellen Kelm
Keyword(s):  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Canadian History ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
History Of

This paper considers how Clearing the Plains helps contextualize, through Canada’s long history of settler colonialism, the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The Status of Diversity in Canadian Radiology—Where We Stand and What Can We Do About It

2020 ◽  
pp. 084653712097825
Author(s):  
Kiana Lebel ◽  
Elizabeth Hillier ◽  
Lucy B. Spalluto ◽  
Wan Yap ◽  
Kiera Keglowitsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
Canadian Population ◽  
The Status

Radiology has been identified as one of the medical specialties with the least gender, racial, and ethnic diversity. Despite the demonstrated benefits of gender and race diversity in medicine and industry, including innovation, empathy and improved patient outcomes, diversity in radiology in Canada is still lacking. In 2019, women represented around 63% of current medical graduates. However, within Canadian radiology practices, only 31.6% of radiologists are women. Women are also underrepresented in academic positions and the widening gender gap is present at higher academic ranks, indicating that women may not advance through academic hierarchies at the same pace as men. Although data on racial diversity in Canadian radiology practices is currently lacking, the representation of visible minorities in the general Canadian population is not reflected across Canadian radiology practices. Similarly, despite the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission calling for action to increase the number of Indigenous healthcare workers, Indigenous people remain underrepresented in medicine and radiology. The importance of increasing diversity in radiology has gained recognition in recent years. Many solutions and strategies for national associations and radiology departments to improve diversity have been proposed. Leadership commitment is required to implement these programs to increase diversity in radiology in Canada with the ultimate goal of improving patient care. We review the current literature and available data on diversity within radiology in Canada, including the status of gender, race/ethnicity, and Indigenous people. We also present potential solutions to increase diversity.

scholarly journals CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF POSITIVESELF AND NEGATIVE-OTHER REPRESENTATIONS THROUGH ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Kamran Abbas Ismail ,Ammara Farukh, Muhammad Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Language Textbooks ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
New Curricula

The present research is a critical discourse analysis of the contents related to positive-self representation and negative-other representation projected through Punjab Textbook Board’s (PTB) School English textbooks which are taught in government and non-elite English medium schools at the secondary level (Grades 9 & 10). The present research aims at finding out the ideologies of positive-self representation and negative-other representation in the discourses of PTB School English textbooks. It employs Van Dijk’s (2005) analytical framework of critical discourse analysis to explore the ideologies of positive-self representation and negative-other representation in the discourses of School English textbooks. The findings show that PTB School English Textbooks are replete with the ideologies of positive-self representation and negative-other representation. The said textbooks are more religious, nationalistic, anti-Israel, anti-Hindus, and anti-Christians. The findings of the study can be useful in a number of ways. They can be useful in developing new curricula and teaching materials including textbooks with less nationalistic, religious and cultural biases. They can be helpful for policy makers and textbook authors to realize the politics of language textbooks to establish a symmetrical educational system.  

scholarly journals Considering Indigenous Environmental Issues in Canadian Curricula: A Critical Discourse Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-128
Author(s):  
Gregory Lowan-Trudeau ◽  
Teresa Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Analysis Methodology

This article presents insights from a curricular review of Canada’s ten provinces and three territories with a focus on critical Indigenous environmental issues. This inquiry was conducted amidst nationally prominent events and socio-ecological movements such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Idle No More and numerous oil and gas pipeline protests. We share findings revealed through this review informed by Eisner’s (2002) three curricula—the explicit, implicit and null—and a qualitative critical discourse analysis methodology.

scholarly journals Suggesting reconciliation at the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Afrika Focus ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annelies Verdoolaege
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
South African ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
The South ◽  
Specific Kind ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
African Context ◽  
The One

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) took place under unique circumstances and in a very particular historical context. This article will explore how such a specific kind of reality gave rise to a specific kind of discourse, a so-called 'reconciliation discourse'. On the one hand, this discourse offered the apartheid victims a lot of opportunities regarding linguistic expression. On the other hand, though, this discourse was also regimented and limited to a certain extent. By means of fragments from the TRC victim testimonies, this article will deal with one aspect of this linguistic manipulation, namely the introduction of the concept of reconciliation. In the first part of the article, I will explain which linguistic methods were used during the TRC hearings in order to emphasize the notion of reconciliation in the narratives of the testifying victims. In doing so, a lot of attention will be paid to the concrete interaction between the testifiers and the TRC commissioners. In a second part, I will try to investigate why the construction of this specific reconciliation discourse was necessary in the South African context. We will see that, amongst others, also political considerations played a role in the control exercised over the discourse of the TRC victims. In this way, we will understand that the reconciliation discourse of the Commission was a reflection of a very ambiguous social attitude: this discourse had to reveal as much as possible about the apartheid past - and this in a manner as spontaneous, as transparent and as open as possible -, but it also had to be adapted to certain socio-political needs. This will tell us that also a quasi-judicial institution such as the TRC involves an inevitable interplay between language on the one hand and ideology and society on the other.Key Words: South Africa, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, victim testimonies, critical discourse analysis, reconciliation, apartheid 

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