IDS 101-04 College Colloquium Oh Canada!

Prof. Sammy Basu MWF12:40p-01:40p WLT 235

http://www.willamette.edu/~sbasu/IDS101/

with the generous assistance of the Government of Canada/ avec l’aide du gouvernement du Canada

Course Description

What is Canada? This course surveys broadly and historically some of its major dimensions: politics, economics, environments, philosophies, cultures, languages and literatures, and invites students to explore comparatively some of the myriad ways in which Canada converges and diverges from America.  Special emphasis will be placed on Canadian conceptions of the values of 'freedom', 'equality', and 'community' as they manifest themselves in public policies towards aboriginal issues, crime, environmental issues, healthcare, multiculturalism, nationalism, pornography, religion, and the rest of the world.

Course Objectives

As a section of Willamette University’s College Colloquium, this course is intended to cultivate and facilitate your abilities to:

• Read closely
• Interpret critically
• Think independently
• Converse collegially
• Write effectively

Course Requirements

You will be evaluated on your successful completion of the following:

• Participation including consistent attendance, general preparedness, regular involvement, and random quizzes (35%)
• Discussion leadership (15%)
• Writing Assignments including drafts, and meeting with writing consultant (50%)

Attendance

If you miss a class, for whatever reason, at the start of the following class you are required to turn in a 300-word paper discussing the relevance of the reading that was assigned for the day missed.

Plagiarism

“Plagiarism (from Latin plagiare "to kidnap") is the practice of claiming, or implying, original authorship or incorporating material from someone else's written or creative work, in whole or in part, into ones own without adequate acknowledgement.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism)

WU Policy TurnItIn Plagiarism.org

Course Readings

	Diana Hacker, Pocket Style Manual, Fourth Edition	Bedford/St. Martin's (2006) ISBN-10: 0312467230 ISBN-13: 978-0312467234	You buy
	Philip Resnick, The European Roots of Canadian Identity	Broadview Press (2005) ISBN-10: 1551117053 ISBN-13: 978-1551117058	Provided
	Forsey, Eugene. How Canadians Govern Themselves	Government of Canada/ gouvernement du Canada	Provided and also available here
	Citizenship and Immigration Canada. A Look at Canada	Government of Canada/ gouvernement du Canada	Provided and also available here
	Statistics Canada. Canada at a Glance, 2007	Government of Canada/ gouvernement du Canada	Provided and also available here
Other	Various	Various	Provided online or available here

Writing Consultant

Colin Dailey

“It is the natural tendency for…similar groups of people to exaggerate otherwise superficially minor differences. The more alike the groups, the more they will seek ways to differentiate from each other…. Uniting against others is normal human behaviour.”

--Sigmund Freud on the Narcissism of Small Differences, 1930.

“Americans do not know but Canadians cannot forget that two nations, not one, came out of the American Revolution.”

--S.M. Lipset in Continental Divide.

“Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant; no matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I may call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.”

--Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Washington, 1969.

“The 49th parallel does sometimes appear to be the boundary between self-confident and self-conscious.”

--Maclean's, 13 October 2003.

Schedule

Date		Class
Thurs, 8/23		CC class 4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m Why Canada? ‘As Canadian as …’ Rick Mercer Talking with Americans, again, again, and again Carlson and Coulter take on Canada Colin Mochrie Apology to America shows that have canada in the name Becoming Canadian... an acting exercise. Escape To Canada (2005) Quiz Liberal Arts and Why Canada

Fri, 8/24

CC "Prep time" 8:30 to 10:15 Read: Rushdie, Salman. 2002. “Step Across This Line.” The Tanner Lectures on Human Values. Part 1, pp. 75-90 (1-18). Or here Extra reading: Rushdie on Radical Islamism with Moyers (vid) Rushdie on Anti-Americanism in National Post Rushdie with Amartya Sen at PEN Rushdie on Multiculturalism in Times Rushdie on Multiculturalism at Canada 2020 (vid) On Rushdie

Opening Convo 10:30-12:00 in Smith Sir Salman Rushdie, “THE ROLE OF THE WRITER IN THE 21^ST CENTURY”

CC class 1:30-3:00 in Walton 265

Sat, 8/25

CC "Prep time" View: ‘O Canada’ (1880, 1968, 1980) (vid) ’American Woman’ (1970) (vid) or (2006) (vid) ‘Blame Canada’ (1999) (vid) or Williams (2000) (vid) ‘I am a Canadian’ (2000) (vid), or (vid) ’I am Not Canadian’ (2000) (vid) and Shatner ‘I am Canadian’ (vid) and The Arrogant Worms ‘I am not American’ (2004) (vid) and Yankovic ‘Canadian Idiot’ (2006) (vid)

CC class 1:00-2:30 Videos Music Paintings (Group of Seven, on G7, gallery) Symbols Metaphors Maps (CanadainMaps)

Civilization v. Clash of Civilizations (ppt) The Other America, Canada, and the Other Distribute academic schedules

Mon,  8/27		CC class 9:00-10:30 Later Beer ads: anthem (vid), moon (vid), passive (vid), 500 miles (vid), abroad (vid), Glen (vid), beaver (vid), chasing beaver (vid), rash (vid), starts here (vid), hockey (vid), hockey stick (vid), hockey bag (vid), fly (vid), penalty box (vid), Jason Jones (vid), Canada Day (vid) Read: Lyrics Discussion readings:
	Katie, Lauren, Josh, Kim	Edwardson, Ryan. 2003. "Of War Machines and Ghetto Scenes": English-Canadian Nationalism and The Guess Who's "American Woman". American Review of Canadian Studies, Autumn2003, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p339-356.
	Edward, Robert, Greg, Phillip	Manning, Erin. 2000. “I AM CANADIAN Identity, Territory and the Canadian National Landscape.” Theory and Event, 4:4 See also G7, yoon, thomson
	Jessica, Talia, Scott, Sydney	Seiler, Robert M. “Selling Patriotism/ Selling Beer: The Case of the "I AM CANADIAN!" Commercial.” American Review of Canadian Studies, Spring 2002, Vol. 32, Issue 1, pp.45-67.

Shared Canadian Values: Issues and Symbols (ppt) Historic Pride (ppt) Katrina (ppt) Canadian perceptions of America (2004 poll and 2005 polls) Canada as alternative Assignment 1 (10%): “I am American” Due: M, 9/10

Academic Advising and Schedule Confirmation  10:30-3:00 in Smu 322

W, 8/29

Regular schedule: 12:40-1:40 Overview of raw similarities and differences (una.org) Explanations? Canada-Us relations - The good, the bad and the ugly (ppt) PeaceArch Read: Resnick, ERCI, ‘Preface’

F, 8/31

Read: Resnick, ERCI, ‘Preface’ and ‘1. The Canadian Enigma’

M, 9/3

No Class, Labor Day ???

W, 9/5

Due: Draft of Assignment 1 Discussion of Assignment

F, 9/7

View: A Look at Canada . Message to Our Readers . Applying for Citizenship . What Does Canadian Citizenship Mean? . Introducing Canada . Canada’s History and Symbols

M, 9/10		History Timeline Canada Timeline USA History of Canada-US relations Migration (UofC)
		Read: S.M. Lipset, Continental Divide, Chapter 1: Revolution and Counterrevolution Chapter 2: The American Ideology Chapter 3: The Canadian Identity
		Discussion readings:

Due: Assignment 1

W, 9/12

History of Canada English-Canada French-Canada Settlement (ppt)

F, 9/14		Geography Political geography (ppt) Canada interest in own geography (pdf) Rick Mercer: traditional values Rick Mercer: Us on Cda and navy Rick Mercer: Us on Cda and polar bears
		View: A Look at Canada . Map of Canada . The Atlantic Region . Central Canada . The Prairie Provinces . The West Coast . The North

M, 9/17		Politics Rick Mercer rants about the Queen Rick Mercer on Behavior Modification Rick Mercer on Meet your new MP Rick Mercer Report : What kind of a goalie is Ken Dryden? Audio Challenge Rejects Read: Resnick, ERCI, ‘2. Particularistic vs. Universalistic Identities’ and Forsey, How Canadians Govern Themselves Economist on Political Forces
		Rene Descartes (22), Montesquie, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (23) Tom Paine, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman (22) v. Edmund Burke (24)

W, 9/19		View: A Look at Canada Government in Canada Other Levels of Government in Canada Do You Know Your Elected Representatives? Federal Elections Voting Procedures During an Election Period
		Canada’s House of Commons (vid) Jack Layton Slip (vid) Stephen Harper meets George Bush Cartoon (vid) Is Stephen Harper a climate change denier? (vid) Changing the Climate in Parliamen (vid)

F, 9/21		Discussion readings:
		Patels, Werner. “Canadian Politics In 2007”, The Alberta Spectator, January 2, 2006
		Donley T. Studlar and Kyle Christensen. 2006. “Is Canada a Westminster or Consensus Democracy? A Brief Analysis.” PS: Political Science & Politics, Volume 39, Issue 04, , pp 837-841. HTML (185 KB)
		Harold D. Clarke, Allan Kornberg, Thomas Scotto and Joe Twyman. 2006. “Flawless Campaign, Fragile Victory: Voting in Canada's 2006 Federal Election.” PS: Political Science & Politics, Volume 39, Issue 04, pp 815-819. HTML (416 KB)
		Mebs Kanji and Antoine Bilodeau. 2006. “Value Diversity and Support for Electoral Reform in Canada.” PS: Political Science & Politics, Volume 39, Issue 04, October 2006, pp 829-836. HTML (1.004 MB)
	also	US renders Canadian Guantanamo detainees not go to Canada Illegal immigrants chase false hope to Canada

Assignment 2 (10%): “Settler Societies” Due: M, 10/8

M, 9/24		Culture(s) Read: Resnick, ERCI, ‘3. As Canadian as Possible under the Circumstances’ and ‘4. Multinational Realities and Ambiguous Identities’ Banknotes
		Friedrich Nietzsche (36) Karl Jaspers (37) Martin Heidegger (41)
		Discussion readings:
		Coates, Kenneth: Lord Durham revisited: The Cultural Struggle of Nations and Peoples Within The Canadian State, in: Canadian Institute for the Administration of Culture, Justice and Law …, 1992
		Kay Anderson (2000) Thinking "Postnationally": Dialogue across Multicultural, Indigenous, and Settler Spaces. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 90 (2), 381–391.
		Gerald Noonan. “Canadian Duality and the Colonization of Humour.” College English, Vol. 50, No. 8, Canadian Literature and Rhetoric. (Dec., 1988), pp. 912-919.
		banknotes

W, 9/26		Quebec Canadian heritage: bilingualism Shared? Values (pdf) ’I am Not Canadian’ (2000) (vid) Trudeau on "Equality or Independence" (vid) Quebec as a Nation: New Perspective (vid) Quebec wants
		Harper on Quebec as distinct society Rick Mercer on Quebec 2006
		Quebec Liberals re-elected Separatists push PM Harper Canadians and Bilingualism in Canada, 2003 poll results Language Map

F, 9/28		Marie-Eve Thifault, Visiting Instructor of French D.S.S., Mont-Bruno Secondary School; D.S.C., Edouard-Montpetit College; B.A., Universite du Quebec a Montreal; M.A., San Diego State University.
		Discussion readings:
		Bélanger, Louis. “The Domestic Politics of Quebec's Quest for External Distinctiveness.” American Review of Canadian Studies, Summer 2002, Vol. 32, Issue 2
		Monica  Hwang, Robert  Andersen, and  Edward  Grabb. “Voluntary Association Activity in Quebec and English Canada: Assessing the Effects of Region and Language.” Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique (2007), 40: 209-232. Or here
	extra	Landry, Rodrigu, and Forgues, Éric. “Official language minorities in Canada: an introduction.” International Journal of the Sociology of Language; 2007, Vol. 185 Issue 1, p1-9. Get article
		Allaire, Gratien. "From “Nouvelle-France” to “Francophonie canadienne”: a historical survey." International Journal of the Sociology of Language; 2007, Vol. 185 Issue 1, p25-52. Get article

M, 10/1		First Nations View: A Look at Canada Aboriginal Peoples of Canada Canada’s first nations Maps FactSheets Stats Canada on Aboriginal Peoples UN ratings of Canada and FN Native groups protest
		Long Train of Abuses 1 and 2

W, 10/3
	Discussion readings:
	Nichols, Roger L. 2003. Myths and Realities in American-Canadian Studies: Challenges to Comparing Native Peoples' Experiences. American Review of Canadian Studies, Winter2003, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p597-606.
	Martin Papillon and Gina Cosentino. 2004. Lessons from Abroad: Towards a New Social Model for Canada's Aboriginal Peoples, reviews experience in the United States, New Zealand and Australia for lessons relevant to developing a new social model for Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
	Bonita, Lawrence. 2003. “Gender, Race, and the Regulation of Native Identity in Canada and the United States: An Overview.” Hypatia. 18.2: 3-31
	KUPER, ADAM. 2003. “The return of the native.” CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY 44:389 – 402. And responses

F, 10/5	Due: Draft of Assignment 2 Discussion of Assignment 2
	On Clutter in Writing Fix this Writing Checklist

M, 10/8		Socioeconomic Policies Canadian economy online Stats Canada on the economy Stats Canada on economic accounts Stats Canada on Energy Economist on Cdn economic structure Financial Post on Cdn Economy looking more American Bloomberg on “Canada's Dollar High on Oil Mercer on Softwood and Free Trade Read: Resnick, ERCI, ‘5. The Canadian Social Contract’
		John Locke v John Stuart Mill, T.H. Green (52)
		Kasoff, Mark. 2007. “East Meets West in the Canadian Oil Sands.” ARCS, 37, 2, 177-183. (handed out)
		Canada ‘not for sale’
		Guest: Mark J. Kasoff Professor Emeritus of Economics Former Director of Canadian Studies Bowling Green State University And Former Editor, The American Review of Canadian Studies NAFTA Economy or PPT

W, 10/10		The Canadian Social Contract Mercer on Why Canadians Pay Taxes Health Care Health Canada on 2^nd Hand Smoking Mercer on Health Canada Mercer on Health Canada Fake Ad Health History National Health Care policy (ppt) Canadian healthcare 2004 (ppt) Canadian healthcare 2007 (ppt)
		US v Canada stats (ppt) US v Canada obesity (ppt) OECD HC Report on Canada NYT on Healthcare costs Framing and Healthcare (ppt) v. Citizens Hc Working Group Report

F, 10/12		Welfare Smeeding House Ways and Means Testimony Center for Global Development 2007 report CGD on Canada Due: Assignment 1I
		Discussion readings:
	Thanks Phil	S.J. Kunitz, with I. Pesis-Katz, “Mortality of White Americans, African Americans, and Canadians: the causes and consequences for health of welfare state institutions and policies.”  Milbank Quarterly, 83: 5-39, 2005.
		D Raphael. “POLITICS, POLITICAL PLATFORMS AND CHILD POVERTY IN CANADA” POLICY, 2006.

M, 10/15		Sociolegal Policies Religion Read: Resnick, ERCI, ‘9. The Cultural Imperative’ Assignment 3 (15%): “Common-wealth” Due: M, 10/29
		Discussion readings:
		Christopher T. Burris, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Lynne M. Jackson. “’For God and Country’: Religion and the Endorsement of National Self-Stereotypes.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 31, No. 4, 517-527 (2000)
		Dennis R. Hoover, Michael D. Martinez, Samuel H. Reimer, and Kenneth D. Wald. “Evangelicalism Meets the Continental Divide: Moral and Economic Conservatism in the United States and Canada.” Political Research Quarterly 2002 55: 351-374
		Eisgruber, Christopher L. and Zeisberg, Mariah, "Religious Freedom in Canada and the United States." International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 244-268, 2006.

W, 10/17		Sex Mercer on Traditional values “Gay couples increasing in Canada” Drugs
		Discussion readings:
		Harder, Lois. “Rights of Love: the State and Intimate Relationships in Canada and the United States.” Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society. Volume 14, Number 2, Summer 2007.

F, 10/19		No Class Mid semester Day
		Victoria Trip Victoria Trip with Pictures

M, 10/22

Film: Escape to Canada: Land of the Truly Free (2007), Directed by Albert Nerenberg BEST OF: Saving the global gay-o-sphere Video: Gay marriage

W, 10/24		Crime View: A Look at Canada The Canadian Justice System Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
		Discussion readings:
		Anthony N Doob, Cheryl Marie Webster (2006) ”Countering Punitiveness: Understanding Stability in Canada's Imprisonment Rate.” Law & Society Review 40 (2), 325–368.
		Newman, Stephen L.. Liberty, Community, and Censorship: Hate Speech and Freedom of Expression in Canada and the United States. By: American Review of Canadian Studies, Autumn2002, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p369.

F, 10/26		Comparing Values and Policies Rick Mercer: RCMP Boot Camp Crime rates in Canada Death Death Penalty
		Discussion readings:

M, 10/29		Due: Draft of Assignment 3 Environmentalism If Rick Mercer were Prime Minister... Rick Mercer Report : Our Shame Based Heritage Rick Mercer Report : Global Warming, Let's Roll With It! David Suzuki on Climate Change and Harper Glacier Melting (vid) Hundreds strip naked on glacier in global warming protest (vid) Melting Arctic Sea Ice (vid) NASA Tour of the Cryosphere (vid) Gore’s Inconvenient Truth - Glaciers recede around the world (vid)
		View: A Look at Canada Protecting the Environment—Sustainable Development
		US Enviro 2005 (ppt) Canada Greenhouse Policy (pdf) CANADA DEEPENS TIES WITH WORLD'S BIGGEST POLLUTERS The Economist on the Canadian Arctic NYT on Arctic Ice and this Enviro Canada cuts budget Great Lakes becoming less great Widening Arctic Ice chills
		Cdn National Energy Board on Oil Oct 2007 poll US and Europe poll US and Asia, EE poll
		Guest: Dr. Hester Jiskoot Assistant Professor in Physical Geography Department of Geography University of Lethbridge CANADA Jiskoot on Alberta
		Discussion readings:
		Leslie R. Alm and Ross E. Burkhart. 2006. “Differences That Matter: Canada, the United States and Environmental Policymaking.” Ameriquests, vol 3, no 1.

M Oct 29, 7pm, Paulus Lecture Hall (Room 201) Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center, Willamette University

SLIP-SLIDING AWAY: THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GLACIERS Dr. Hester Jiskoot, Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, Canada Join Dr. Hester Jiskoot in understanding more about this highly important topic as she explains glacier dynamics, glacier-climate interactions, water issues, and the impact glaciers have on our environment.

ABSTRACT: Global climate change has caused widespread accelerated glacier retreat, which has negative effects on the fresh water available for humans and the freshwater found in ecosystems. In turn, changing glaciers cause global sea levels to rise, alter the landscape, and affect climate at the local and global scale. In order to understand how glaciers fit into our world and how we fit into the glaciers’ world it is important to understand how glaciers work and what causes them to change. By being informed about natural systems such as glaciers we can understand why some changes in nature happen so fast while others take longer. We will also be able to see that all these systems are interconnected and what our influence on these systems can be.

W, 10/31		Multiculturalism Read: Resnick, ERCI, ‘6. Is Multiculturalism Enough?’ Trudeau on Multiculturalism 1971 Canadian Multiculturalism Act 1985 CPRN Policy Brief on Diversity Canadian Multiculturalism Day Canada’s Multicultural Portal Cdn Government approach to MC Population Language Issues (pdf) Refugee policy (ppt) Dominion Institute on Assimilation Economist on “One nation or many?” Recent reactions US multiculturalism in literature US conservative view on MC Sneja Gunew. “Multicultural Differences: Canada, USA, Australia.”
		Rick Mercer goes Bollywood with Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla How Canada thinks about MC
		Montesquie (60)

F, 11/2	Due: Assignment 3
	Discussion readings:
	Will Kymlicka (2003) ”Being Canadian.” Government and Opposition 38 (3), 357–385.
	Harles, John C., “Immigrant Integration in Canada and the United States.” American Review of Canadian Studies, 02722011, Summer2004, Vol. 34, Issue 2

Assignment 4 (15%): “The Future” Due: M, 11/21

M, 11/5		War & Peace George Bush is coming to Canada (vid) Mercer on War of 1812 Mercer on missile defense Mercer PSA spoof Chretien was muddled Chretien on proof re Iraq CANADA'S NEW ARCTIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM Arctic Cold War - Canada Canada on foreign policy Canada on foreign policy in North RiceonArar The politics of war G& M: Oh, Canada, don't forsake the peacemakers
		George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Herman Melville, Woodrow Wilson, Walter Lippmann (65) George Orwell (68) Thomas Hobbes v. Immanuel Kant (68)
		Read: Resnick, ERCI, ‘7. Canada and the Pax Americana’ Funk, McKenzie. 2007. “Cold Rush: The coming fight for the melting north.” Harper’s Magazine, 45-55. (handout)

T, 11/6

Film: Smoke Signals (Chris Eyre, 1998) introduced by Ken Nolley, Professor of English and Film Studies

W, 11/7

Discussion readings: Richter, Andrew. “From Trusted Ally to Suspicious Neighbor: Canada-US. Relations in a Changing Global Environment.” American Review of Canadian Studies, Autumn2005, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p471-502.

F, 11/9		Read: Resnick, ERCI, ‘8. Americanness vs. Europeanness’ Adams, Fire and Ice or here on myth of converging values Periwal on converging values Radical Canada as Alternative Conservative Canada move closer NAFTA USTR http://www.unitednorthamerica.org/why.htm http://www.unitednorthamerica.org/future.htm
		Canadian energy strategy for a carbon-constrained future
		Alexis de Tocqueville
		Dean, James W.; Dehejia, Vivek H. “ Would a Borderless North America Kill Canadian Culture?” American Review of Canadian Studies, Summer2006, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p313-327.
		David L. Leal and Dan Lipinski. “Northern Exposure? The Politics of Canadian Provincial Admission into the United States.” PS: Political Science & Politics, Volume 39, Issue 04, pp 843-847, 2006 or as PDF.

M, 11/12

Taking Stock

W, 11/14

With Colin Dailey Due: Draft of Assignment 4 Discussion of Assignment 4

F, 11/16

TBA

M, 11/19	Conclusion: the future of Canada (& America) Future of Canada Scenarios Read: Resnick, ERCI, ‘10. The Metaphysics of Canadian Identity’
	Friedrich Nietzsche (84, 95, 96), Martin Heidegger, J-P Sartre, Albert Camus (84) Ernest Renan (93)

W, 11/21

Due: Draft of Assignment 4