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People's citizenship guide : a response to conservative Canada
Record details
- ISBN: 9781894037563 :
- ISBN: 1894037561
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Physical Description:
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80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm. - Publisher: Winnipeg : Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2011.
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| Subject: | Citizenship -- Canada Immigrants -- Canada Conservatism -- Canada Canada -- History Canada -- Social conditions |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Legislative Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Legislative Library, Vaughan Street | FC 170 Peo (Text) | 36970000862567 | Manitoba Heritage Collection | Not holdable | Onsite consultation | - |
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In 2009, Stephen Harper's Conservative government changed the contents of the official citizenship guide that is given to all recent immigrants. The new version contained a lot more military history and plenty of information about the monarchy, but little about public programs such as medicare or education, or our rich history of social justice movements. Ignoring the work and democratic struggles of generations of newcomers, it presumes that new immigrants need to be taught how to "take responsibility" for their families. In short, the official guide outlines an exceptionally narrow, conservative view of Canadian politics and society. In A People's Citizenship Guide, a group of progressive historians offer an alternative citizenship guide for Canada: a lively, political, humane--and more accurate--alternative to Stephen Harper's version of the story. - Litdistco
In 2009, Stephen Harper's Conservative government changed the contents of the official citizenship guide that is given to all recent immigrants. The new version contained a lot more military history and plenty of information about the monarchy, but little about public programs such as medicare or education, or our rich history of social justice movements. Ignoring the work and democratic struggles of generations of newcomers, it presumes that new immigrants need to be taught how to "take responsibility" for their families. In short, the official guide outlines an exceptionally narrow, conservative view of Canadian politics and society. In People's Citizenship Guide, a group of progressive scholars offer an alternative citizenship guide: a lively, political, humane--and more honest--alternative to Stephen Harper's version of the story.
