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This collection looks to move beyond the myth of the model minority by theorizing the Asian-Canadian experience.
Sommario
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Rose Ann Torres, Kailan Leung and Vania Soepriatna
PART 1
Theorizing Asian¿Canada
1 Critical Reflexivity
Re-imagining Asian Canada
Rose Ann Torres and Dionisio¿Nyaga
2 Mixture and Movement
Reflections on Identity, Power and Border Crossing through the Process of Currere
Kailan¿Leung
3 Transnational Labour Migration of Filipino Nurses to Canada
An Organized Historical, Institutional and Social Process
Valerie G. Damasco
4 Theorizing Asian Canada
Rose Ann¿Torres
PART 2
Race, Gender, Multiculturalism,¿Work
> Prospects and Challenges in the Labor Market
Sarah¿Alam
6 Unmapping Diasporic Pilipina Geographies
Rose Ann Torres and Dionisio¿Nyaga
7 Reciprocity Policies and Institutional Practices as Exclusionary Exceptions
Filipino Nurses as Recruited and Excluded Subjects
Valerie G. Damasco
8 OutsourcEd
International Practicums as Responses to Internationalization in Canadian Teacher Education
Kailan¿Leung
9 Why I Don’t Talk about Being Filipino (I Think)
Wallis Caldoza (in thought with Peyton Caldoza)
PART 3
Citizenship, Multiculturalism, Culture, Identity
10 The Multicultural Façade
A Colonial Performance of Diversity in Canada and Indonesia
Vania Soepriatna
11 Impact and Implications of Rap and Hip-Hop Music as a Form of Resistance
JuannäNguyen
12 “L’Autore Ha Musicato Fin Qui, Poi è Morto”
Allison¿Lam
13 South Asian Representations in the Media
Repetition or Progress?
Syed Fahad¿Ali
14 The Fallacy of Native-Speakerism in English Language Education
Jasmine¿Pham
PART 4
Community Resistance and Activism>
15 Feminization of Pandemics
Experiences of Filipino Women in the Health Care System
Rose Ann¿Torres
16 Multiculturalism
A Case for Continued Resistance for Space for Race
Tika Ram¿Thapa
17 Brokering Belonging, Shattering Silence and Interrogating Resistances
Grace¿Garlow
18 Filipina Activism from a Transnational Theoretical Framework
Rose Ann¿Torres
19 Framework for Developing Resilience among Filipino-Canadian Youth during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Valerie G. Damasco and Rose Ann¿Torres
Index
Info autore
Dr. Rose Ann Torres is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Science at the University of New Brunswick Saint John. She has published books and many articles on Asian, African, Indigenous, and Women and Gender studies.
Kailan Leung is an international educator, currently teaching and coordinating service learning initiatives at a K-12 school in Vancouver, BC. He holds a MEd degree from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, as well as a BA in English Literature from McGill University. His interests include cross-cultural identity formation, Third Culture Kids, and international education.
Vania Soepriatna is an Indonesian international student in Canada. She is currently pursuing an Education Doctorate in Social Justice Education and Comparative, International, and Developmental Education at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Her research so far has focused on diasporic identities within the international student body in higher education institutions.
Riassunto
This collection looks to move beyond the myth of the model minority by theorizing the Asian-Canadian experience.
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