Federal/Provincial relations, Collective rights
- To what extent should we embrace nationalism?
- To what extent should nation be the foundation of identity?
- To what extent should national interest be pursued?
- To what extent should individuals and groups in Canada embrace a national identity?
Students will explore the relationships among identity, nation and nationalism. Outcomes:
- appreciate that understandings of identity, nation and nationalism continue to evolve (I, C)
- appreciate the existence of alternative views on the meaning of nation (I, C)
- appreciate how the forces of nationalism have shaped, and continue to shape, Canada and the world (I, TCC, GC)
- appreciate why peoples seek to promote their identity through nationalism (I, C)
- explore a range of expressions of nationalism (I, C)
- develop understandings of nation and nationalism (relationship to land, geographic, collective, civic, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, political, spiritual, religious, patriotic) (I, CC, LPP)
- analyze the relationship between nation and nation-state (TCC, PADM, C)
- analyze how the development of nationalism is shaped by historical, geographic, political, economic and social factors (French Revolution and Napoleonic era, contemporary examples) (ER, PADM, CC, TCC, LPP)
- analyze nationalism as an identity, internalized feeling and/or collective consciousness shared by a people (French Revolution and Napoleonic era, Canadian nationalism, Québécois nationalism, American nationalism, First Nations and Métis nationalism, Inuit perspectives) (I, TCC, C, CC)
- evaluate the importance of reconciling contending nationalist loyalties (Canadian nationalism, First Nations and Métis nationalism, ethnic nationalism in Canada, civic nationalism in Canada, Québécois nationalism, Inuit perspectives on nationalism) (I, TCC, C)
- evaluate the importance of reconciling nationalism with contending non-nationalist loyalties (religion, region, culture, race, ideology, class, other contending loyalties) (I, C, CC, LPP)
Students will assess impacts of nationalism, ultranationalism and the pursuit of national interest. Outcomes:
- appreciate that nations and states pursue national interest (TCC, GC, PADM)
- appreciate that the pursuit of national interest has positive and negative consequences (TCC, GC, PADM)
- appreciate multiple perspectives related to the pursuit of national interest (TCC, PADM)
- explore the relationship between nationalism and the pursuit of national interest (PADM, I, LPP)
- analyze impacts of the pursuit of national self-determination (successor states; decolonization; Québécois nationalism and sovereignty movement; First Nations, Métis and Inuit self-government; contemporary examples) (PADM, TCC, ER, LPP)
Students will assess impacts of the pursuit of internationalism in contemporary global affairs. Outcomes:
- appreciate the impacts of nation and state involvement in regional and global affairs on individual and collective identities (GC, C)
Students will assess strategies for negotiating the complexities of nationalism within the Canadian context. Outcomes:
- appreciate historical and contemporary attempts to develop a national identity (I, TCC, C)
- appreciate contrasting historical and contemporary narratives associated with national identity (I, C, TCC)
- respect the views of others on alternative visions of national identity (I, C)
- explore multiple perspectives on national identity in Canada (I, C, LPP)
- analyze methods used by individuals, groups and governments in Canada to promote a national identity (symbolism, mythology, institutions, government programs and initiatives) (I, C, LPP)
- examine historical perspectives of Canada as a nation (Louis LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin, the Fathers of Louis National Indian Brotherhood) (I, CC, TCC, LPP) Riel, Sir Clifford Sifton, Henri Bourassa, French-Canadian nationalism, Pierre Trudeau, Confederation, First Nations treaties and the Indian Act, Métis and Inuit self-governance
- evaluate the challenges and opportunities associated with the promotion of Canadian national unity (Québec land claims, bilingualism, multiculturalism) (I, C, CC)
- evaluate various perspectives of future visions of Canada (pluralism, multination model, separatism, Aboriginal self-determination, global leadership, North American integration) (I, C, CC)
- develop personal and collective visions of national identity (I, C)