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SOCI 3205

"Race," Ethnicity, and Social Justice

1.0 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2026

Topics

  • (C) Community Involvement/Observation (to be incorporated in the presentation)

Readings

  • Required: 1) Satzewich, Vic (and Nikolaos Liodakis). 2021. "Race" and Ethnicity in Canada (5th Eds.). Toronto: Oxford University Press. (
  • Recommended: Bolaria, B. Singh & Peter Li. 1988. Racial Oppression in Canada. 2nd Ed., Toronto: Garamond.
  • Recommended: Bourgeault, Ron. 1988. “Race & Class under Mercantilism: Indigenous People in the Nineteenth Century Canada” (chapter 3: pp: 41-70)—in Bolaria & Li, Eds. Racial Oppression in Canada. Toronto: Garamond.
  • Recommended: Kincheloe, Joe L., S.R. Steinberg, C.D. Stonebanks. 2010. Chapters.1, pp: 3-27—Why Teach Against Islamophobia? & chap. 5, pp: 79-97—Islamophobia: The Viewed and the Viewers. Teaching Against Islamophobia. New York: Peter Lang.
  • Recommended: Perry, Barbara. 2011. Chap. 3, pp: 39-56—Yasmin Jiwani, Mediations of Race & Crime; Chap.8
  • Recommended: pp:125-148—Scott Wortley & Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, Crime & Justice). Diversity, Crime & Justice in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
  • Recommended: Zawilski, Valerie. 2016. Inequality in Canada: A Reader on the Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
  • Recommended: Agnew, Vijay. 1996. Resisting Discrimination: Women from Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean and the Women's Movement in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  • Recommended: Bourgeault, Ron, Dave Broad, Lorne Brow and Lori Foster. 1992. 1492-1992: Five Centuries of Imperialism and Resistance. Winnipeg/Halifax: Society for Socialist Studies, Vol. 8, Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Cole, Desmond. 2019. The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power. Toronto: Random House of Canada.
  • Recommended: Chahal, Walid. 2006. “Multicultural Education and Policy Making (Revised Version),” in Dawn M. Zinga (ed.), Navigating Multiculturalism: Negotiating Change. Cambridge Scholar's Press: UK. (Pp. 98
  • Recommended: …, 2004. “Restorative Justice: Rethinking Policy for Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples,” in Dawn Zinga (ed.), Perspectives on Multiculturalism (E-book). Hamilton, Ontario: Zing Media Inc. pp:136-150. < >
  • Recommended: ---. (2004). “Knowledge Discourses and International Peace and Justice,” in Canadian Critical Race Conference: Pedagogy and Practice, May 2003, Conference Proceedings. pp: 1-39. Simon Fraser University Library's website: <
  • Recommended: Choudry, Aziz, Jill Hanley, Steve Jordan, Eric Shragge, and Martha Steigman. 2009. Fight Back: Workplace Justice for Immigrants. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Dei, Sefa George J. and Agnes Calliste. (2000). Power, Knowledge and Anti-Racism Education: A Critical Reader. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Fanon, F. 1967. Black Skin, White Masks. New York: Grove Press.
  • Recommended: ---. 1965. The Wretched of the Earth. New York: Grove Press.
  • Recommended: Fleras, Augie and Jean Lock Kunz. 2001. Media and Minorities: Representing Diversity in Multicultural Canada. Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing.
  • Recommended: Freire, P. 1972. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Herder & Herder.
  • Recommended: Galabuzi, Grace-Edward. (2006). Canada’s Apartheid: the Social Exclusion of Racialized Groups in the New Century. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.
  • Recommended: Haig-Brown, Celia and David A. Nock. 2006. With Good intentions: Euro-Canadian & Aboriginal Relations in Colonial Canada. Vancouver; Toronto: UBC Press.
  • Recommended: Kelly, Jennifer. 1998. Under the Gaze: Learning to Be Black in White Society. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Karim, H. Karim. 2003. Islamic Peril: Media and Global Violence. Montreal: Black Rose Books.
  • Recommended: Li, Peter. 1999. Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada. 2nd ed. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
  • Recommended: ---. 1988. The Chinese in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
  • Recommended: Mannette, Joy. 1992. Elusive Justice: Beyond the Marshall Inquiry. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: McCarthy, Cameron and Warren Crichlow. 1993. Race, Identity, and Representation in Education. New York: Routledge.
  • Recommended: McCaskell, Tim. (2005). Race to Equity: Disrupting Educational Inequality. Toronto: Between the Lines.
  • Recommended: Miles, Robert. 1989. Racism. London: Routledge.
  • Recommended: Monthly Review. 1992. Columbus and the New World Order 1492-1992, Vol. 44, No. 3.
  • Recommended: Razack, Sherene. 2002. Race, Space, and the Law: Unmapping a White Settler Society. Toronto: Between the Lines.
  • Recommended: Ryan, William. 1971. Blaming the Victim. New York: Vintage Books.
  • Recommended: Said, Edward W. 1978. Orientalism. New York: Pantheon Books.
  • Recommended: ---. 1993. Culture and Imperialism. New York, Vintage books.
  • Recommended: ---. (1997). Covering Islam. Vantage: New York.
  • Recommended: Satzewich, Vic and Terry Wotherspoon. 1993. First Nations: Race, Class, and Gender Relations. Scarborough: Nelson Canada.
  • Recommended: Satzewich, Vic. 1992. Deconstructing a Nation: Immigration, Multiculturalism & Racism in 90s Canada. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Schissel, Bernard and Terry Wotherspoon. (2003). The Legacy of School for Aboriginal People:
  • Recommended: Education, Oppression, and Emancipation. Don Mills: Oxford University Press.
  • Recommended: Sleeter, Christine E. 1991. Empowerment through Multicultural Education. Albany: Suny.
  • Recommended: Teelucksingh, Cheryl. 2006. Claiming Space: Racialization in Canadian Cities. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
  • Recommended: Welch, Michael. (2006). Scapegoats of September 11th: Hate Crimes and State Crimes in the War on Terror. New Brunswick, NJ; London: Rutgers University Press.
  • Recommended: Zinga, D. 2006. Navigating Multiculturalism: Negotiating Change. UK.: Cambridge Scholar's Press.
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Winter 2018

Topics

  • Identities, Citizenship & the Canadian Narrative—C. James (pp: 1-7)
  • People of Colour & the Social Construction of Nationality—C. James (Shadd: 10-16
  • James:17-19)
  • The Concepts of Ethnicity & “Race” Satzewich & Liodakis
  • Historical Representations of the Other in Canada
  • French & English Relations & Aboriginal/Non- Aboriginal Relations—Satzewich & Liodakis
  • Indigenous People in the Nineteenth Century Canada
  • (: pp: 41-70)”—in Bolaria & Li, Eds. Racial Oppression in Canada
  • Racism in Canadian History Henry & Tator, The Colour of Democracy—pp
  • & Tator, pp:64-92
  • Choudry et al, Fight Back: Workplace Justice for Immigrants
  • Satzewich
  • Deconstructing A Nation
  • Case study: Zawilski (Preston et al, pp: 67-81)
  • Transnational Motherhood & Migrant Domestic Workers—Zawilski (Arat-Koc, pp: 365
  • Case study: Mexican Women Workers in the Tomato Food Chain in Canada—Zawilski
  • (Brandt, pp: 389-399)
  • Racism & Indigenous Peoples—D. Long & O. Dickason, Visions of the Heart: Canadian
  • Aboriginal Issues. 3rd Eds. (pp: XXI-XXXIV)
  • Theories of Ethnicities & “Race” Satzewich & Liodakis
  • Feminist Intersectional Theorizing Zawilski (Stasiulis, pp: 25-52)

Readings

  • Required: 1) Satzewich, Vic and Nikolaos Liodakis. 2017. "Race" and Ethnicity in Canada (4th Eds.). Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Required: 2) Zawilski, Valerie. 2016. Inequality in Canada: A Reader on the Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class (3rd Eds.). Toronto: Oxford University Press.
  • Required: James, Carl E. and Adrienne Shadd. 2001. The Intro chapter by Carl James: pp: 1-7; Adrienne
  • Required: 19); Didi Khayatt, Revealing Moments (pp:74-88). Talking About Identity: Encounters in Race, Ethnicity, and Language. Toronto: Between the Lines.
  • Required: Henry, Frances and Carol Tator. 2010. Chapter 3, pp: 57-63—Racism in Canadian History; Chapter 8, pp: 199-232: Racism in Canadian Education; Chapter 13, pp: 337-358: Organizational Resistance to Anti-racism; Chapter 14, pp: 359-376—The Paradox of Democratic racism. The Colour of Democracy: Racism in Canadian Society. 4th Edition. Toronto: Thomson Nelson.
  • Required: Long, David and Olive Patricia Dickason. 2011. Visions of the Heart: Canadian Aboriginal Issues. 3rd Edition (pp: III; XXI-XXXIV). Toronto: Oxford U Press.
  • Recommended: Battiste, Marie. 2013. Chap. 2, pp: 23-33—The Legacy of Forced Assimilative Education for Indigenous Peoples; chap.6, pp: 125-139—Confronting & Eliminating Racism. Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit. Saskatoon: Purich Publishing Ltd.
  • Recommended: Benjamin, Akua et al. 2012. Chapter 5, pp: 115-140. Racism Is Bad for Your Health. Race and Well-Being: The Lives, Hopes and Activism of African Canadians. Halifax: Fernwood.
  • Recommended: Bolaria, B. Singh & Peter Li. 1988. Chapter 3, pp: 41-70, Ron G. Bougeault, Race & class under Mercantilism: Indigenous People in the Nineteenth-Century Canada. Racial Oppression in Canada. 2nd Ed., Toronto: Garamond.
  • Recommended: Chan, Wendy & Dorothy Chunn. 2014. Race, Sentencing & Imprisonment — pp: 87-100; the Racialization of National Security— pp: 119-132; The Racialization of Immigration Surveillance—pp: 133-147. Racialization, Crime, & Criminal Justice in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  • Recommended: Gosh, Ranta & Ali A. Abdi. 2004. Education & the Globalization of Difference with Reference to the September 11 World—pp: 141-164. Education & the Politics of Difference: Canadian Perspectives. Toronto: CSPI.
  • Recommended: Hamdon, Evelyn Leslie. 2010. Intro: Being Muslim in Canada—pp: 3; 9-26. Islamophobia and the Question of Muslim Identity: The Politics of Difference and Solidarity ll. Halifax: Fernwood.
  • Recommended: Kincheloe, Joe L., S.R. Steinberg, C.D. Stonebanks. 2010. Chapters.1, pp: 3-27—Why Teach Against Islamophobia? & chap. 5, pp: 79-97—Islamophobia: The Viewed and the Viewers. Teaching Against Islamophobia. New York: Peter Lang.
  • Recommended: Perry, Barbara. 2011. Chap. 3, pp: 39-56—Yasmin Jiwani, Mediations of Race & Crime; Chap.8, pp:125-148—Scott Wortley & Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, Crime & Justice; Chap.10, pp:165-186—Denis Helly, Justice & Islam in Canada). Diversity, Crime & Justice in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
  • Recommended: Further Recommended Readings:
  • Recommended: Agnew, Vijay. 1996. Resisting Discrimination: Women from Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean and the Women's Movement in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  • Recommended: Bourgeault, Ron, Dave Broad, Lorne Brow and Lori Foster. 1992. 1492-1992: Five Centuries of Imperialism and Resistance. Winnipeg/Halifax: Society for Socialist Studies, Vol. 8, Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Chahal, Walid. 2006. “Multicultural Education and Policy Making (Revised Version),” in Dawn M. Zinga (ed.), Navigating Multiculturalism: Negotiating Change. Cambridge Scholar's Press: UK. pp. 98-123.
  • Recommended: ---. 2004. “Restorative Justice: Rethinking Policy for Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples,” in Dawn M. Zinga (ed.), Perspectives on Multiculturalism (E-book). Hamilton, Ontario: Zing Media Inc. pp:136-150.< >
  • Recommended: ---. (2004). “Knowledge Discourses and International Peace and Justice,” in Canadian Critical Race Conference: Pedagogy and Practice, May 2003, Conference Proceedings. pp: 1-39. Simon Fraser University Library's website: <
  • Recommended: Choudry, Aziz, Jill Hanley, Steve Jordan, Eric Shragge, and Martha Steigman. 2009. Fight Back: Workplace Justice for Immigrants. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Dei, Sefa George J. and Agnes Calliste. (2000). Power, Knowledge and Anti-Racism Education: A Critical Reader. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Fanon, F. 1967. Black Skin, White Masks. New York: Grove Press.
  • Recommended: ---. 1965. The Wretched of the Earth. New York: Grove Press.
  • Recommended: Fleras, Augie and Jean Lock Kunz. 2001. Media and Minorities: Representing Diversity in Multicultural Canada. Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing.
  • Recommended: Freire, P. 1972. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Herder & Herder.
  • Recommended: Gabor. Thomas. March 31, 2004. The Views of Canadian Scholars on the Impact of the Anti- Terrorism Act. University of Ottawa. Department of Criminology. Available for viewing:
  • Recommended: Galabuzi, Grace-Edward. (2006). Canada’s Apartheid: the Social Exclusion of Racialized Groups in the New Century. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.
  • Recommended: Haig-Brown, Celia and David A. Nock. 2006. With Good intentions: Euro-Canadian & Aboriginal Relations in Colonial Canada. Vancouver; Toronto: UBC Press.
  • Recommended: Herman Edward and Noam Chomsky. 1988. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. New York: Pantheon Books.
  • Recommended: Kelly, Jennifer. 1998. Under the Gaze: Learning to Be Black in White Society. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Karim, H. Karim. 2003. Islamic Peril: Media and Global Violence. Montreal: Black Rose Books.
  • Recommended: Li, Peter. 1999. Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada. 2nd ed. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
  • Recommended: ---. 1988. The Chinese in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
  • Recommended: Mannette, Joy. 1992. Elusive Justice: Beyond the Marshall Inquiry. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: McCarthy, Cameron and Warren Crichlow. 1993. Race, Identity, and Representation in Education. New York: Routledge.
  • Recommended: McCaskell, Tim. (2005). Race to Equity: Disrupting Educational Inequality. Toronto: Between the Lines.
  • Recommended: Miles, Robert. 1989. Racism. London: Routledge.
  • Recommended: Monthly Review. 1992. Columbus and the New World Order 1492-1992, Vol. 44, No. 3.
  • Recommended: Razack, Sherene. 2002. Race, Space, and the Law: Unmapping a White Settler Society. Toronto:
  • Recommended: Between the Lines.
  • Recommended: Ryan, William. 1971. Blaming the Victim. New York: Vintage Books.
  • Recommended: Said, Edward W. 1978. Orientalism. New York: Pantheon Books.
  • Recommended: ---. 1993. Culture and Imperialism. New York, Vintage books.
  • Recommended: ---. (1997). Covering Islam. Vantage: New York.
  • Recommended: Satzewich, Vic and Terry Wotherspoon. 1993. First Nations: Race, Class, and Gender Relations. Scarborough: Nelson Canada.
  • Recommended: ---. 1992. Deconstructing a Nation: Immigration, Multiculturalism & Racism in 90s Canada.
  • Recommended: Halifax, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Recommended: Schissel, Bernard and Terry Wotherspoon. (2003). The Legacy of School for Aboriginal People:
  • Recommended: Education, Oppression, and Emancipation. Don Mills: Oxford University Press.
  • Recommended: Sleeter, Christine E. 1991. Empowerment through Multicultural Education. Albany: Suny.
  • Recommended: Teelucksingh, Cheryl. 2006. Claiming Space: Racialization in Canadian Cities. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
  • Recommended: Welch, Michael. (2006). Scapegoats of September 11th: Hate Crimes and State Crimes in the War on Terror. New Brunswick, NJ; London: Rutgers University Press.
  • Recommended: Zinga, D. 2006. Navigating Multiculturalism: Negotiating Change. UK.: Cambridge Scholar's Press.
  • <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOKK-w855Kk> ↗
    Source-linked resource
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