Professor Aparna Sundar, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University, has most kindly provided us with the transcript from her presentation at last week's panel - "Tamil Canada in the Media Eye: Protests Under Multiculturalism."
Each panelist spoke for about 5 minutes, after which they took questions from the audience.
Prof. Sundar covered some important points about the responsibility of the media and the boundaries of "Canadian multiculturalism."
Note: For those who are interested, I've added links to the various articles Prof. Sundar cites. Please note that these may not be the place the piece was originally published, and that the link may not always be active / accessible. -- Koko
07 December 2009
05 December 2009
Last week's panel discussion
The panel discussion at UTSC last week had great attendance, and generated some very interesting questions. I just want to mention something that stuck with me personally because it bothered me quite a bit.
Prof. Daniel Drache described immigrant activism as an uphill struggle, and he gave some important examples from recent Canadian history (the Italian and Japanese communities). He stressed the importance of educating the rest of the population, that this was the responsibility of the immigrant community if they wanted their struggles to be heard and understood; you can't expect things to be handed to you on a silver platter.
Prof. Daniel Drache described immigrant activism as an uphill struggle, and he gave some important examples from recent Canadian history (the Italian and Japanese communities). He stressed the importance of educating the rest of the population, that this was the responsibility of the immigrant community if they wanted their struggles to be heard and understood; you can't expect things to be handed to you on a silver platter.
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