CDNS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ath, The Symbolic, Inuit

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CDNS 1000
• Professor: Richard Nimijean

Document Summary

Continue to think about how changes in canadian society relate to changes in canadian. Think about different forms of post-colonialism that exist in canada. During the 80s and 90s were terrified canada was breaking apart. This is true for many reasons, early 1980s there was an energy crisis that splits up. Idea of national unity was always on our minds the country in terms of east and west; rise of western alienation. Two referenda where quebec is seen as always on the brink of leaving canada. Other regional grievances, in the early 90s, there are two constitutionals that try to bring quebec into the fold and bring country together; both fail. Middle of the 90s, start to see canada is a fragile construction, always on the brink of shattering. The fede(cid:396)al go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e the po(cid:449)e(cid:396) to keep the (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)(cid:455) togethe(cid:396)