2.9.1 Contending Loyalties in Canada Assignment
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During our study of the French Revolution, you learned that, among other things, achieving the Enlightenment concepts of egalitarianism and civil liberty helped push French citizens toward feelings of nationalism for France. But, achieving a sense of nationalism also meant the French people needed to confront the contending loyalties (the conflict) between their desire for change and equality and their previous loyalty to the monarchy, church, and nation.
When there are contending loyalties at play, certain loyalties may take priority over a group's loyalty to their nation. In this assignment, you will research and explain how a group in Canada attempts to achieve their nationalist goals (through self-determination*) in the face of contending loyalties.
*self-determination is the freedom of a nation to make its own decisions, independent of the outside influences from other countries
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Assignment
During our study of the French Revolution, you learned that, among other things, achieving the Enlightenment concepts of egalitarianism and civil liberty helped push French citizens toward feelings of nationalism for France. But, achieving a sense of nationalism also meant the French people needed to confront the contending loyalties (the conflict) between their desire for change and equality and their previous loyalty to the monarchy, church, and nation.
How do people achieve their nationalist goals when faced with contending loyalties?
When there are contending loyalties at play, certain loyalties may take priority over a group's loyalty to their nation. In this assignment, you will research and explain how a group in Canada attempts to achieve their nationalist goals (through self-determination*) in the face of contending loyalties.
*self-determination is the freedom of a nation to make its own decisions, independent of the outside influences from other countries
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Pages in the Understanding Nationalism textbook have been included in the 2.9.1 Contending Loyalties in a Nation assignment. It is expected that you will complete additional research to support your chosen group's pursuit of self-determination in the face of contending loyalties. You should also review page 2.9 from this course and the contending loyalties in the French Revolution.
*These sites are suggestions for where to begin your research. If you use your own research sites, ensure you read the tutorials How to Conduct Research on the Internet and How to Detect Bias and Fake News. Student Example: 2.9.1 Response
I chose the Metis group, and I think their main goals were to reclaim their cultural lands and rights to govern this land for themselves (as part of their self-determination). They initially pursued this goal through the leadership of Louis Riel. However, their efforts to achieve self-determination was impacted by how the land was divided and given out, and even though the Metis people attempted to mount a second uprising Riel was executed and the move towards self-determination was squashed. The efforts to achieve self-determination is that the Metis people were never put onto reserves, but expected to assimilate into Canadian communities with little support and often facing prejudice and oppression. There is a lot of resentment and suffering that the Metis people have gone through that they are pursuing resolution for. In the French Revolution, I think that the main contending loyalties would be class loyalties (based on the treatment of each of the Estates and taxation) and civic loyalties (in that all citizens are equal-so that all French people have the same rights and a voice to govern their country). The only way that the French people could have resolved these contending loyalties was to do it through the French Revolution. The class system and the monarchy were too rigid and strict to try and do it through peaceful means, and with the Third Estate having the highest population they were able to achieve their goals (although through violent methods). I believe that the main contending loyalties presented in the struggle for Metis people to continue to achieve self-determination are cultural loyalties (supporting and nurturing Metis culture in the face of Canada’s culture) and regional loyalties (the rights to govern their traditional lands according to their needs and not be dictated by the Canadian government). This struggle to resolve these contending loyalties is ongoing. For instance, when the TransCanada pipeline was being constructed in 2017 in Chard (a small hamlet 120 km south of Fort McMurray). Members of the Metis community began to engage in peaceful protests, stating the community had never been consulted and the pipeline runs close to a key water source. Unfortunately, a Fort McMurray judge issued orders to dismantle the protest, and the Metis protesters received court documents they were being sued by TransCanada. The perception of the protestors was that the persistent partnership between the Canadian government and industry often silences the needs and voices of Indigenous peoples, and is ongoing. Source: CBC News |
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