Canada’s history has been shaped by settler colonialism. The Indigenous populations who had lived on the territory prior to the arrival of European colonists are now marginalized groups. But how...Show moreCanada’s history has been shaped by settler colonialism. The Indigenous populations who had lived on the territory prior to the arrival of European colonists are now marginalized groups. But how did they go from being trading partners to being forced into reservations? This thesis investigates changes in notions of political authority of Indigenous Peoples in Canada in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The findings include proof for a plurality of practices between settlers and Indigenous communities in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, this plurality disappeared, and was replaced by the imposition of European practices on Indigenous Peoples. This change was due to a changing political landscape in the colony, with the Canadian colonial government gaining more independence and changing the doctrine on relations with Indigenous Peoples. These changes resulted in Indigenous Peoples being stripped of their political authority and ultimately falling under the authority of the Canadian colonial government, which had gained power in the same century.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Nederlandse taal en cultuur (BA)
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Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog emigreerden veel Nederlanders naar Canada. Deze scriptie onderzoekt de literatuur die daarmee gepaard ging. Er is een inventarisatie gemaakt met de literatuur uit de...Show moreNa de Tweede Wereldoorlog emigreerden veel Nederlanders naar Canada. Deze scriptie onderzoekt de literatuur die daarmee gepaard ging. Er is een inventarisatie gemaakt met de literatuur uit de periode 1945 tot 1960. Twee emigratiewerken worden verder toegelicht.Show less
A seat in the United Nations Security Council is more attractive and prestigious than ever among the organisation’s member states. This thesis investigates the importance of credibility connected...Show moreA seat in the United Nations Security Council is more attractive and prestigious than ever among the organisation’s member states. This thesis investigates the importance of credibility connected to a running candidate’s campaign message in a contested security council election. By adopting a qualitative comparative analysis between the three candidates from the highly competitive Western European and Others Group election of 2020 - Canada, Ireland and Norway – this thesis aims to increase our knowledge of the determinant factors for successful campaigns. The results suggests that proven consistency and positive political engagement and results related to the communicated priorities in the campaign message – at least in relation to those of its competitors – can play a decisive role in the outcome of contested elections. However, the thesis cannot exclude any other possible determinants nor point out any single factor that is more decisive than the others. Nevertheless, the results open up for further research on political commitment as a determinant factor, with special focus on campaign messages.Show less
This thesis asks why Canada became a global leader in peacekeeping in the 1960s and 1970s. The thesis is conducted through an analysis of both domestic and international causes that played a role...Show moreThis thesis asks why Canada became a global leader in peacekeeping in the 1960s and 1970s. The thesis is conducted through an analysis of both domestic and international causes that played a role in Canada's acquisition of a disproportionally large role within global peacekeeping. These causes are extensively researched using two case studies, being the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in Congo in the 1960s as well as the mission in Cyprus in the 1960s and 1970s. Furthermore, the thesis analyses the link between the United Nations and Canada on the peacekeeping front and discusses why it is that the UN came to rely on Canada so heavily for global peacekeeping efforts in the time period of the 1960s and 1970s.Show less
Veel Joodse overlevenden van de Holocaust kozen er na de oorlog voor om te emigreren. Het merendeel vertrok naar Israël, daarna waren de Verenigde Staten en Canada de populairste bestemmingen. Ze...Show moreVeel Joodse overlevenden van de Holocaust kozen er na de oorlog voor om te emigreren. Het merendeel vertrok naar Israël, daarna waren de Verenigde Staten en Canada de populairste bestemmingen. Ze verlieten hun geboorteland en trokken elk met hun eigen oorlogservaringen, achtergrond en verwachtingen de oceaan over. Waarom wilden zij niet langer in Nederland blijven? En waarom vertrokken zij naar de Verenigde Staten of Canada en niet naar een ander land? De vraag die in dit onderzoek centraal staat is: waarom emigreerden Nederlandse overlevenden van de Holocaust tussen mei 1945 en 1960 naar de Verenigde Staten of Canada?Show less
In the decades prior to the Civil War, several abolitionist initiatives in Canada West led to the founding of independent black agricultural communities. These initiatives generally functioned by...Show moreIn the decades prior to the Civil War, several abolitionist initiatives in Canada West led to the founding of independent black agricultural communities. These initiatives generally functioned by setting up a financial fund to buy plots of land from the Canadian government, reselling those to black settlers, many of them fugitives from slavery. This thesis looks at how the three fugitive communities active during the 1850s — the Dawn Settlement, the Elgin Settlement, and the Refugee Home Society’s Settlement — were of importance to the American abolitionist movement, looking at their function in American abolitionist literature. How were the Canadian fugitive communities portrayed in American abolitionist literature and in what ways did they contribute to the goals of the American abolitionist movement in the 1850s? It concludes that fugitives were key to the contribution these communities made to the abolitionist movement, nuancing former depictions of the communities as initiatives mostly informed by American middle class ideals of self-improvement, and shows the importance of taking a transnational perspective in approaching the communities.Show less
This thesis argues that practice of presenting gifts to the UN by member states constitutes a vital part of the diplomatic discourse at the UN, as the gifts contribute – positively or negatively –...Show moreThis thesis argues that practice of presenting gifts to the UN by member states constitutes a vital part of the diplomatic discourse at the UN, as the gifts contribute – positively or negatively – to social solidarity by reflecting on the identity of the UN and the gift-giving motives related to instrumentality and power. This argument is substantiated by drawing on Komter’s (2009) theoretical framework, by drawing on Lister and Wells’ (2004) cultural studies approach to visual culture and by the analysis of an American gift, Canadian gift, and Soviet gift. The main findings of the analysis of the historical context, the context of viewing, the context of production and distribution and the material, cultural and social properties of the gift indicate that the gifts donated to the UN contribute to social solidarity irrespective of the political or cultural dispositions of the donating member-state based on the three aforementioned aspects. Nonetheless, the gifts do emphasize different aspects based on the self-interest of the donor.Show less
The ongoing debate in Canadian and Australian societies about the meaning of multiculturalism and the associated discussion of belonging, citizenship and national culture cannot be divorced from...Show moreThe ongoing debate in Canadian and Australian societies about the meaning of multiculturalism and the associated discussion of belonging, citizenship and national culture cannot be divorced from the consideration of a major social element in both societies: the original inhabitants of the territories prior to their colonization by the European settlers. This group of people, which over the course of the national histories of these two countries was reduced to the status of minority on its own ancestral land , has since the early 1960s demonstrated increased agency by mounting a campaign of political, cultural, economic and social mobilization to reclaim its rights, most notably through the recognition of sovereignty, and to re-negotiate its relationship with the settler majority societies. The outcome of this mobilization is often portrayed in an interesting account that shows Canada to have gone further than Australia in the accommodation of indigenous rights and the righting of the historical injustices towards them. This thesis will be an attempt to reassess the veracity of this portrayal through a comparative study of the struggle for indigenous rights in both countries.Show less
This thesis aims to investigate the American draft resisters’ decision to immigrate to Canada and their experiences there. It assesses the contribution of the American war resisters in Canada to...Show moreThis thesis aims to investigate the American draft resisters’ decision to immigrate to Canada and their experiences there. It assesses the contribution of the American war resisters in Canada to the Canadian anti-war movement. The research question therefore is: what was the experience of the American draft resisters in Canada, and how did they contribute to the anti-war movement? Both secondary and primary are analyzed in order to conduct this research.Show less
This thesis discusses the relationship between Jews in British Dominions and Jews in the Metropole, through looking at the major Jewish institutions. This thesis argues that Jewish institutions...Show moreThis thesis discusses the relationship between Jews in British Dominions and Jews in the Metropole, through looking at the major Jewish institutions. This thesis argues that Jewish institutions responded to their ambivalent position within British Imperial racial taxonomies through adopting a form of British identity, in order to gain access to the social and political benefits entailed by whiteness.Show less
This thesis explores the roots of Canadian multiculturalism and places itself in the camp of Mackay who cites a racialized hierarchy within the policy and subsequent ideology of multiculturalism....Show moreThis thesis explores the roots of Canadian multiculturalism and places itself in the camp of Mackay who cites a racialized hierarchy within the policy and subsequent ideology of multiculturalism. It will assess whether the government is projecting the multicultural myth and if so whether the public is regurgitating this myth in 2017.Show less
Following the 2015 Paris attacks, public opinion on refugees drastically diverged in Canada and the United States. Whereas Canadians became more supportive towards taking in Syrian refugees, US...Show moreFollowing the 2015 Paris attacks, public opinion on refugees drastically diverged in Canada and the United States. Whereas Canadians became more supportive towards taking in Syrian refugees, US-Americans increasingly disapproved the intake of refugees. In the weeks after the attacks, the fact that one of the attackers entered Europe with a Syrian passport through the refugee roads initiated a global discussion on the safety of taking in Syrian refugees. Especially television news were of major importance in pushing this debate. Through critical discourse analysis, this bachelor thesis examined whether the divergent trends in public opinion in the United States and Canada could be explained by differing news discourses. The analysis found that the US discourse extensively focused on refugees as a potential threat to national security. Due to the fact the US had entered the pre-election phase at this point, the discussion on refugees was markedly politicized. Especially Republican presidential candidates were given plenty of airtime to comment on refugees, while refugees themselves were left almost entirely voiceless. In contrast, the Canadian news discourse discussed the crisis more from a humanitarian perspective, extensively covering philanthropist Canadians who were aiding Syrian refugees through different means such as privately-sponsoring, providing medical care or donating money, clothes and housing. This analysis demonstrates that the news discourses in Canada and the US were indeed profoundly different. This supports the theory that different reporting on refugees in the wake of the Paris attacks contributed to the shifts in public opinion in Canada and the US.Show less
In the fall of 2012, in reaction to proposed legislation by the Canadian government, the actions of four women, three of which of First Nations descent, led to a grassroots activist movement called...Show moreIn the fall of 2012, in reaction to proposed legislation by the Canadian government, the actions of four women, three of which of First Nations descent, led to a grassroots activist movement called ‘Idle No More’. This movement has since inspired many people to take action for Indigenous rights and environmental preservation. In this thesis I will research which historical, social, economical, environmental and political factors contributed to the origination and the continuing impact of the Idle No More movement to answer the question: who is Idle No More, and what does being Idle No More mean to those involved?Show less
Remembering the Great War in the Dominions of the British Empire provides an insight into how the contributions of the British dominions of Australia and Canada have been memorialised in the...Show moreRemembering the Great War in the Dominions of the British Empire provides an insight into how the contributions of the British dominions of Australia and Canada have been memorialised in the aftermath of the First World War?Show less
