Instruction Mode: Online
Professor: Multiple Professors
Resource(s): | Type | Description | Required | Textbook | Pens of Many Colours, A Canadian Reader, Eva C. Karpinski, Nelson, 3rd Edition, ISBN 978-0-7747-3767-8, 2002 |
Applicable student group(s): General Education Electives
Course Details: Module 1: Weeks 1-3
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Week 1
Migration: Early Arrivals
All readings from text, Pens of Many Colours
Margaret Atwood, p.3-5; Lyse Champagne, p.27-35
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Week 2
Canadian Migration Trends
Readings: Joy Mannette, p.36-52; Denise Chong, p.53-64
Journal 1 - 10%
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Week 3
Changing Demographics of Migrants
Readings: Helga Mills, p.65-71; Joy Kogawa, p.82-90; Vinita
Srivastava, p.112-118
Quiz 1 - 5%
Survey 1
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Module 2 - Weeks 4-5
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Week 4
Settlement Challenges
Readings: Mehri Yalfani, p.174-177; Isabel Vincent, p.178-181;
Yeshim Ternar, p.274-281
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Week 5
Race and Identity
Readings: Himani Bannerji, p.182-187; Henry Martey Codjoe, p.96-111
Journal 2 - 15%
Quiz 2 - 5%
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Module 3: Weeks 6-7
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Week 6
Language and Culture
Readings: Eva Hoffman, p.123-129; Genni Gunn, p.130-138; Garry
Engkent, p.139-146
Personal Narrative Assignment - 15%
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Week 7
Poverty and Work
Readings: Maxine Tynes, p.270-273; Denny Hunte, p.282-288; Salwa
Mohareb Said, p.289-295
Quiz 3 - 5%
Stop Start Continue Survey
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Module 4: Weeks 8-9
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Week 8
Migration and Families - Continuity and Change
Readings: Mordecai Richler, p.199-210, Frank Paci, p.218-224,
Michael Ondaatje, p.301-304
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Week 9
Gender Roles in Migrant Families
Readings: Anne Jew, p.234-239; Katherine Vlassie, p.258-269
Quiz 4 - 5%
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Module 5: Weeks 10-11
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Week 10
The Idea of Home
Readings: Austin Clarke, p.225-233; Gabrielle Roy, p.311-320; Dionne
Brand, p.328-334
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Week 11
Preserving Cultural Heritages
Readings: Guy Bedard, p.344-349; David Suzuki, p.367-371
Journal 3 - 15%
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Module 6: Weeks 12-14
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Week 12
Hyphenated Canadians
Readings: Sun-Kyung Yi, p.357-360; C. Hernandez-Ramdwar, p.377-382
Group PowerPoint Presentation on One Migrant Writer Due - 20%
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Week 13
Multiculturalism: Canada's Future?
Readings: Cyril Dabydeen, p.341-343
Quiz 5 - 5%
Final Course Evaluation
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Week 14
Course Summary: Final Thoughts and Comments
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Lines.
Kamboureli, Smaro, ed. (1996). Making a Difference: Canadian
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Selvadurai, Shyam (ed.). (2004) Story-Wallah! A Celebration of South
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