Nationalist [vs] Non-Nationalist Loyalties Contending loyalties Nationalist [vs] Non-Nationalist Loyalties

Where do your loyalties lie? Write down something/someone a person/you can be/are loyal to. Do your loyalties ever create a conflict with you? (this can either be a conflict with yourself or others.

What are contending loyalties? Can you think of examples either in your life or with other people when there would be contending loyalties? What are contending loyalties? Contending loyalties are loyalties that compete with each other. Often there has to be a choice between one or the other.

Nationalism and Loyalty People feel a sense of loyalty, commitment, and identification with a particular nation How deep does one’s loyalty to a nation have to be? Does this depend on the nation and/or circumstances? Are there times when your loyalty to a nation might be challenged?

Contending Nationalist Loyalties in Canada 20-1: What challenges arise from having contending nationalist loyalties? 20-2: How can nationalist loyalties create conflict?

Contending Loyalties of French Canadians What challenges arise from having contending nationalist loyalties? Social 20-1 Social 20-2 What are the existing contending loyalties in each case? Do/did they require reconciliation? Language Loyalties and Bill 101 The Rise of the ADQ French Canadians Fighting for Canada Quebecois Nationalism Language & Economic Opportunity The Quiet Revolution Bill 101 The Sovereignty Debate (Sovereigntists vs Federalists)

Contending Loyalties of Aboriginal Canadians What challenges arise from having contending nationalist loyalties? How have people reconciled contending loyalties? Social 20-1 Social 20-2 Aboriginal people, Aboriginal nations vs Canada Ideas and Opinions, p. 107 First Nations and the Meech Lake Accord How did Elijah Harper and Phil Fontaine’s loyalties to the First Nations influence their actions? The Dene’s desire for self-determination Inuit Perspectives Labrador Inuit delay vote on uranium mining (p. 109) Quebecois Nationalism The Oka Crisis, 1990 The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Y MNIlPRl8) Canadian Government’s Statement of Reconciliation Aboriginal Land Claims

July 1 in Newfoundland: An example of nationalist loyalties creating conflict The morning of July 1st 1916, about 780 soldiers of the Newfoundland Regiment we’re ordered to advance against heavy machine gun and artillery fire at Beaumont- Hamel, France. Hundreds of soldiers were wounded and 324 were killed, only 68 soldiers were able to report for duty the next morning. The battle took place on the first day of disastrous Battle of the Somme, which lasted months. During those months, more than a million soldiers were killed or wounded. Battle of Somme, July 1, 1916

”…You see, Canada just happens to celebrate its birthday on the anniversary of the bloodiest day in Newfoundland history.” – Rick Mercer Canada Day The celebrations vary from serious and patriotic to wild and wacky. But July 1 mean something different to many newfoundland. When they wake up on July 1st, some many plan to attend a Canada day celebration. But some also plan to attend memorial day ceremony to honor the Newfoundlanders that have fall at Beaumont-hamel during World War I. Most people don’t know about this fight, but people in Canada should take just a moment on July 1st to recognize the people that died in Newfoundland on that day.

Quick Review of Nationalist Loyalties Attending celebrations (Pow wows, national holidays, keep informed about your home country) Affirm nationalist loyalties (names, wear a maple leaf, sing national anthem) Cultural Pluralism: encouraging collectives to promote and affirm their unique culture in a multicultural society Reasonable Accommodation: a legal constitution concept that require institutions to adapt to the religious and cultural practices

Non-Nationalist Loyalties A loyalty that does not involve the idea of nation. People may be loyal to and identify with family, friends, a region, an idea, group/collective, a way of life, culture What challenges arise from having contending non-nationalist loyalties?

Religious Loyalties and Civic Loyalties What challenges arise from having contending non-nationalist loyalties? Reconciliation? Canadians have the right to freedom of religion AKA One can challenge laws & regulations if they feel their religious freedom is at risk Hutterites exempt from driver’s licence photos (p. 112/3) How does this example demonstrate a reconciliation of contending loyalties? Can you think of other examples in which religious beliefs contend with civic laws or social conventions? February 2007, Asmahan Mansour was not allowed to play in a soccer game because she wore a hijab, cited as a safety issue Others argued that it was an example of failing to accommodate the traditions of people from minority groups

Religious Loyalties and Civic Loyalties (cont’d) What challenges arise from having contending non-nationalist loyalties? Conscientious Objection in Canada German Hutterites, Dutch Mennonites and Russian Doukhobors Pacifists, financially contributed to WW victims Fellow Canadians questioned their loyalty to Canada Regional Loyalties in Canada Think about your ties to a region. What would you identify as your region, and how strongly are you and the people around you attached to it? Do you regional loyalties contend with any other loyalties you have? Explain.

#20-1 Global Loyalties What challenges arise from having contending global loyalties?

Environmentalism and Contending Loyalties #20-1 What challenges arise from having contending global loyalties? Conservation and rehabilitation of the natural environment following the damage caused by human consumption and development Needs of the environment vs needs of humankind Figure 5-8, p. 117 Read: Forest Loss in Sumatra Becomes a Global Issue (p. 118) Create a mind map that illustrates the stakeholders involved in this case and what loyalties they might have (refer to Figure 5-8)

Humanitarianism and Contending Loyalties #20-1 Humanitarianism and Contending Loyalties What challenges arise from having contending global loyalties? What is humanitarianism? Root word How may loyalty to humanitarian beliefs be subject to contentious loyalties? Quick glimpse of misery in Haiti (p. 120) Should the Canadian government respond to the plight of people in other nations? How should we choose which nations to support?

How do Nationalist and Non-Nationalist Loyalties Contend? When nationalist and non-nationalist loyalties lead people to different goals Conflicts can be attributed to divisions in class People may be identified as members of classes according to the work they do, the level of education, ethnicity, ancestry, wealth or combination of factors

vs Nationalist Loyalties #20-2 Class Loyalties Winnipeg General Strike Contemporary Example Religious Loyalties Northern Ireland Regional Loyalties Oil and Gas Ideological Loyalties The Oil Sands Cultural Loyalties -The Oil Sands Non-Nationalist vs Nationalist Loyalties (p. 87-94)

Reconciliation of Nationalist and Non-Nationalist Loyalties When situations such as the competing of nationalist and non- nationalist loyalties occur, people have options in how they handle this: They often try to reconcile (settle) by: Living with the contending loyalties Choosing one over the other Accommodating non-nationalist loyalties by bringing about change

Imagine… because of the colour of your skin, you were not allowed to drink from the same water fountain you could not attend the high school of your choice you were forced to sit in a certain area of the bus To what extent would you go to fight for your rights to be treated as an equal member of society?

Review Questions Social 20-1 Social 20-2 Explore the Issue #1 p. 111 Pause and Reflect p. 113 Recall…Reflect...Respond #1-3 p. 71 #1-2 p. 76 #1-2 p. 88 Making a Difference #1-2 p. 98