CANADIAN STUDIES
CANADIAN STUDIES COURSE - Winter 2016
Instructor: Doc. PaedDr. Jana Javorčíková, PhD.
This page contains all materials for the course in Canadian Studies including the lesson plan and weekly readings.
The page is under construction, please check weekly.
- POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (Please print and bring to class)
- WEEKLY READINGS (Please read prior to seminar and bring to class):
- WEEK 1 - 3: Sinclair Ross: Painted Door (a short story by a Canadian author about the weather and the country in Canada)
- WEEK 4: Thomas King: Open Car (a short story by a Canadian author about indirect discrimination in Canada)
COURSEBOOK: sorry, the book (Bain, C. Canadian Society - A Changing Tapestry) will not be available online, please, go the the departmental library (room 034) and ask the librarian for the xerox-copy.
If you take this course after 2014, ignore everything below this line:
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Video comprehension sheet (due: exam, app. the 1st week of May)
- WEEK 5: Bain, C. M.: What are Some Example of Discrimination...? (pp. 56,57)
What Causes Prejudice and Discrimination? (PP. 52,53); (two coursebook texts discussing discrimination in Canada)
- WEEK 6 - 13 To be specified (TBS)
Those who attend the course in 2015, please ignore everything below this line:
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WEEK 2: CANADIAN STUDIES 2012 - Finding and evaluating sources 607-639
WEEK 3: Bain, C. M.: What are Some Example of Discrimination...? (pp. 56,57)
What Causes Prejudice and Discrimination? (PP. 52,53);
WEEK 4: Handout: Bilingualism in Canada
WEEK 5: Canadian Literature: Sinclair Ross: Painted Door
WEEK 6: NO CLASS - read the presentation: political system: Canadian Studies Powerpoint
WEEK 7: read the presentation (in week 6): Canadian Indians
WEEK 8: Canadian school system
WEEK 9: WORKSHOP (bring 3 copies of your essay)
WEEK 10: NO CLASS - Easter Monday
WEEK 11: Final consultations for your essay
WEEK 12: DEADLINE FOR ESSAYS
CANADIAN DIASPORA CORPUS - ORAL INTERVIEWS
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Int. no.; Pseudonym |
Male/fem. | Born in/Age in 2008/9 | Year/Age upon arrival in Canada | Citizen-ship obtain-ed in: | Place of residence in 2008/9 | Wave of immigration/reasons for coming | Original and current profession |
| 1. (AH) H., Augustin | M | 1917/92 | 1951/34 | 1965 | Cambridge, ON | 3rd wave; Communist regime escapee | glass-maker/pensioner |
| 2. (AG) G., Adi | F | 1952/56 | 1981/29 | 1984 | Toronto, ON | 4th wave; Communist regime escapee, economic migrant | hotel manager/housewife and beauty parlour manager |
| 3. (PB)B., Peter | M | 1956/52 | 1992/36 | 1996 | New York, USA | 4th wave; Communist regime escapee, economic migrant | musician/writer, columnist |
| 4. (IC)C., Ilja | M | 1940/69 | 1968/28 | 1973 | Ottawa, ON | 4th wave; Communist regime escapee, economic migrant | MA in Economy/writer |
| 5. (AK)K., Andrej | M | 1975/34 | 1984/6 | 1984 | Toronto, ON | 4th wave; Communist regime escapee, economic migrant | schoolchild/airport services |
| 6. (MM)M., Marika | F | not stated | 1992/- | 1995 | Toronto, ON | 5th wave, brain drain | professor of economy/TA; PhD. student |
| 7. (SO)O., Stanislava | F | Vancouver, BC | 5th wave; brain drain | nurse/cook | |||
| 8. (PP)P., Petro | M | 1947/62 | 1968/21 | 1974 | Vancouver, BC | 4th wave; Communist regime escapee | MA in composition/university teacher and writer |
| 9. (ER)R., Eva | F | 1974/35 | 1998/24 | 2000 | Vancouver, BC | 5th wave; brain drain | student/teacher |
| 10. (RR)R., Roman | M | 1977/32 | 1996/19 | 1999 | Toronto, ON | 5th wave; opportunity seeker | secondary high school/ garden maintenance |