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Book SynopsisCanada’s history, since its birth as a nation one hundred and fifty years ago, is one of immigration, nation-building, and contested racial and ethnic relations. In Immigration, Racial and Ethnic Studies in 150 Years of Canada: Retrospects and Prospects scholars provide a wide-ranging overview of this history with a core theme being one of enduring racial and ethnic conflict and inequality. The volume is organized around four themes where in each theme selected racial and ethnic issues are examined critically. Part 1 focuses on the history of Canadian immigration and nation-building while Part 2 looks at situating contemporary Canada in terms of the debates in the literature on ethnicity and race. Part 3 revisits specific racial and ethnic studies in Canada and finally in Part 4 a state-of-the-art is provided on immigration and racial and ethnic studies while providing prospects for the future. Contributors are: Victor Armony, David Este, Augie Fleras, Peter R. Grant, Shibao Guo, Abdolmohammad Kazemipur, Anne-Marie Livingstone, Adina Madularea, Ayesha Mian Akram, Nilum Panesar, Yolande Pottie-Sherman, Paul Pritchard, Howard Ramos, Daniel W. Robertson, Vic Satzewich, Morton Weinfeld, Rima Wilkes, Lori Wilkinson, Elke Winter, Nelson Wiseman, Lloyd Wong, and Henry Yu.
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables 1. Immigration, Racial and Ethnic Studies in 150 Years of Canada: An Introduction Shibao Guo and Lloyd Wong Part 1: History of Canadian Immigration and Nation-Building 2. Permanently Under Construction: Immigration and Canadian Nation-Building Nelson Wiseman 3. Who Are We? When Are We?: A Migration History That Reframes Race, Ethnicity, and Immigrants at Canada’s 150 Henry Yu 4. African Canadians: “Still in Search of the Promised Land” David Este 5. The Komagata through a Media Lens: Racial, Economic, and Political Threat in Newspaper Coverage of the 1914 Komagata Maru Affair Nilum Panesar, Yolande Pottie-Sherman and Rima Wilkes Part 2: Situating Contemporary Canada 6. A Demographic Overview of Ethnic Diversity in Canada Lori Wilkinson 7. Black Families and Socio-Economic Inequalities in Canada Anne-Marie Livingstone and Morton Weinfeld 8. Patterns of Integration, Identification and Participation among Latin American Immigrants in Canada Victor Armony 9. What Do We Know about Research on Refugee Children and Youth Integration in Canada? Paul Pritchard and Howard Ramos Part 3: Revisiting Racial and Ethnic Studies in Canada 10. Quo Vadis Canada?: Tracing the Contours of Citizenship in a Multicultural Country Elke Winter and Adina Madularea 11. Race and Racism by Pierre Van Den Berghe: A Fifty Year Retrospect Augie Fleras 12. The Nature of Canadian Identity in the Context of Multiculturalism: A Social Psychological Perspective Peter R. Grant and Daniel W. Robertson 13. Religion in Canadian Ethnic Landscape: The Muslim Factor Abdol Mohammad Kazemipur 14. I Am Not a Problem, I Am Canadian: Exploring Canadian Muslim Women’s Experiences of “Being Canadian” Ayesha Mian Akram Part 4: Prospects 15. Canadian Exceptionalism: From a Society of Immigrants to an Immigration Society Augie Fleras 16. The Future of Ethnic and Racial Studies Vic Satzewich Notes on Contributors Index
