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A Feminist Response to the Bouchard-Taylor Commission
Uploaded: 4 Dec, 2008
Recording Date: 28 Nov, 2008
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Program Title: A Feminist Response to the Bouchard-Taylor Commission
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| Listen (h:mm:ss) 0:07:39 | 1 Daniel Weinstock | Download (6) |
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| Comments: At about 3:40 he switches from French to English. Discusses the relationship between church and government. Religious freedom, and the neutrality of institutions. Individuals will have beliefs but the institutions for which the work won't necessarily.
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| Listen (h:mm:ss) 0:55:13 | 10 Community and group discussion | Download (6) |
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| Comments: Nancy asked to speak on behalf of CSF Tess speaks on diverstiy of opinions on ex. hijabs Samma- speaks to assumptions of oppression Tess- human rights are feminist righs. colective solidarity of men and women very important in achiving human rights Group discussion follows. Is very good but requires some editing.
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| Listen (h:mm:ss) 0:20:26 | 2 Gada Mahrouse | Download (7) |
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| Comments: Puts the responsibility of interculturalism on Quebecers. She challenges quebecs exceptional vulnerability. Looks at equality and discrimination, as well as socio-economic factors that shape experiences. Looks at how the commission perpetuated many of the issues that it tried to mitigate. The idea of crisis. The commission conclude the idea of Quebec being under threat is largely in peoples minds. BT didn't address itself as a source of crisis. Looks at the veil as seen as seen as a threat to Quebec identity. Within feminism debates over freedom of religion versus gender equality. Examination of race void from discussion. Looks at the heirarchy that the forums produced, putting the minority groups on the defensive, justifying their presence. The commission sets out to be open and democratic, but its structure was flawed.
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| Listen (h:mm:ss) 0:28:04 | 3 Alia Al-saji | Download (9) |
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| Comments: Muslim veiling was central to the commission, but also marginal because there wasn't an analysis of why it was a central issue. 1) Identity and racism- not sufficently addressed in the report (though secularism was) 2) Misperception of others 3) ender equality
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| Listen (h:mm:ss) 1:04:19 | 4 Group Discussion | Download (8) |
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| Comments: 1) Limitations of dress in public work- judges, prison guards, police etc. 2)French 3)Gada to Weinstock- lack of incorporation of Aboriginal history 4)French and English 5)Alan wong- differences in English and French version -absense of sexual minorities in doc. 6) Wasilia- French 7) French 8)Tess- question of class in debates 9French 10) McGill Prof.- Department of Integrated Studies. -its meaningless unless you look back to indigenous peoples
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| Listen (h:mm:ss) 0:03:23 | 5 Introduction to each of the community speakers | Download (7) |
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| Listen (h:mm:ss) 0:27:57 | 6 Emilie Connelly and Robyn Maynard | Download (7) |
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| Comments: -from Accommodate This! -saw commission as a tactic of disciplining minority groups and legitimizing racism -Foucault- governmentality -states admit racism only on the premise that it becomes something that is only in the past -Commission helps put a signpost of progress- a smokescreen for dealing with real issues -immigrants asked to sign on to document of adhearing to "Quebec values" -created US & THEM- immigrants seen as a threat to supposed feminist equality here -gender equality is a myth as it ignores all women -what are the material effects of the discussion- police brutality, harrassment of youth of colour
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| Listen (h:mm:ss) 0:19:37 | 7 Tess Tessalona | Download (7) |
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| Comments: -VERY GOOD FOR BROADCAST -wanted to be part of the dialogue, but unable to be heard by the commission -they really tried to block the voices of those that are involved in anarchist workin the community -Commission assumes common values -attempts to homogenize, blinds public to issues of global migration -discussions of labour issues ignored when they should be central -no accomodation made for the workers -invisible work available for exploitation -governments position one of not needing to increase salaries or improve labour conditions if non-citizen workers are brought in temporarily -justice for workers should be the precondition of accomodation -congradulates the commission on its critical position, but points out the IWC, FDO, and IMA concerns have not been addressed -when injustices against immigrant workers have not been addresses after the commission, what good did it do?
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| Listen (h:mm:ss) 0:20:07 | 8 Samaa Elibyari | Download (6) |
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| Comments: CCMW- Canadian Council of Muslim Women -Immigration, Discrimination, and Identity -Muslims in Mtl. come from all corners of the world- large diversity -meeting held during Ramandan in NDG- to get as much input as possible from diverse range of Muslim women, had an agreement on two issues a) keen desire to get integrated b) lack of job oppurtunities -widespread discrimination on the basis of religion-lack of employment limits Islamicwomen's independance ability to confront oppression -Muslim women highly educated, yet the least employed -there is a new generation of Muslim women ready to gin clout in the community -media viewed as vehicle for Islamaphobia
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| Listen (h:mm:ss) 0:26:17 | 9 Nancy Burrows | Download (6) |
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| Comments: -have to defend rights of all women -3 systems of oppression i patriarchy ii capitalism iii racism -there's lots more to it
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