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Made in Asian America : a history for young people
\"This book is a stirring account of the ordinary people and extraordinary acts that made Asian America and the young people who are remaking America today\"--Amazon.
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Disenchanting Citizenship
Central to contemporary debates in the United States on migration and migrant policy is the idea of citizenship, and—as apparent in the continued debate over Arizona’s immigration law SB 1070—this issue remains a focal point of contention, with a key concern being whether there should be a path to citizenship for “undocumented” migrants. In Disenchanting Citizenship, Luis F. B. Plascencia examines two interrelated issues: U.S. citizenship and the Mexican migrants’ position in the United States. The book explores the meaning of U.S. citizenship through the experience of a unique group of Mexican migrants who were granted Temporary Status under the “legalization” provisions of the 1986 IRCA, attained Lawful Permanent Residency, and later became U.S. citizens. Plascencia integrates an extensive and multifaceted collection of interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, ethno-historical research, and public policy analysis in examining efforts that promote the acquisition of citizenship, the teaching of citizenship classes, and naturalization ceremonies. Ultimately, he unearths citizenship’s root as a Janus-faced construct that encompasses a simultaneous process of inclusion and exclusion. This notion of citizenship is mapped on to the migrant experience, arguing that the acquisition of citizenship can lead to disenchantment with the very status desired. In the end, Plascencia expands our understanding of the dynamics of U.S. citizenship as a form of membership and belonging.
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Discovering the Meaning of Leadership: A Canadian First Nations Exploration
First Nations Canadians are in a unique cultural context, with values resulting from both traditional, heritage influences and Eurocentric Canadian influences. Different patterns of endorsing heritage versus mainstream values have resulted. This research examined leadership preferences in First Nations individuals. Linking acculturation patterns to descriptors of leadership attributes that enhance or inhibit outstanding leadership, characteristics of leadership prototypes were developed for members of four acculturative strategy groups. These leadership prototypes were then compared with existing academic leadership theories.
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Ethnic Historians and the Mainstream
Do historians \"write their biographies\" with the subjects they choose to address in their research? In this collection, editors Alan M. Kraut and David A. Gerber compiled eleven original essays by historians whose own ethnic backgrounds shaped the choices they have made about their own research and writing as scholars. These authors, historians of American immigration and ethnicity, revisited family and personal experiences and reflect on how their lives helped shape their later scholarly pursuits, at times inspiring specific questions they asked of the nation's immigrant past. They address issues of diversity, multiculturalism, and assimilation in academia, in the discipline of history, and in society at large. Most have been pioneers not only in their respective fields, but also in representing their ethnic group within American academia. Some of the women in the group were in the vanguard of gender diversity in the discipline of history as well as on the faculties of the institutions where they have taught.
The authors in this collection represent a wide array of backgrounds, spanning Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. What they have in common is their passionate engagement with the making of social and personal identities and with finding a voice to explain their personal stories in public terms.
Contributors:Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp, John Bodnar, María C. García, David A. Gerber, Violet M. Showers Johnson, Alan M. Kraut, Timothy J. Meagher, Deborah Dash Moore, Dominic A. Pacyga, Barbara M. Posadas, Eileen H. Tamura, Virginia Yans, Judy Yung
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Stepping Into The River: Learnings from Simon Fraser University Community Economic Development’s Economic Reconciliation Framework Development
INTRODUCTION This reflection paper captures the learnings of Simon Fraser University's Community Economic Development (SFU CED) team. How do we remove the silos and work collaboratively for the collective benefits of Indigenous communities and future generations? * Mapping the Ecosystem of Economic Reconciliation Actors and Initiatives * Investment Readiness for Indigenous Communities The SFU CED team also internally reflected on this work constantly. Amidst that dynamic, we recognize that each First Nation community is trying to get the most out of the current economic system to meet current community needs, which are generally overwhelming, and these on-going responsibilities keep leadership and community from larger and longer-term visioning. Multiple Voices, Multiple Audiences Writing as Women of Colour In the written framework, we openly and honestly share the challenge of engaging in this work as women of colour. Since efforts and expressions of reconciliation, decolonization, equity, and \"inclusion\" have often been token acts, it was difficult to remain hopeful that this process would bring small or incremental change, let alone catalyze any significant transformation.
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Price of the Soil: Property Values of Leaseholds and Certificates of Possession
This paper presents the empirical analysis of property values across a sample of 228 leaseholds and 79 Certificates of Possession (CP) on 34 First Nation Reserves. The property values were benchmarked against a sample of 338 fee simple property sales in 34 comparable non-Indigenous communities. The results were that leaseholds were discounted 17-75% (with a mean of 24%) and CPs were discounted 65-98% (with a mean of 88%). Data across 14 factors was used to analyze trends in property values. Three trends were noteworthy: (1) Leasehold values were higher in communities where the community housing score (estimate of the quality of housing) was higher; (2) CP values were higher in communities where the ratio of informality was lower (estimate of the proportion of properties held by formalized rights under the Indian Act); and (3) Property values were higher when Chief and Council remuneration was higher. The steep discounts observed here must spur research into the viability of existing land tenure/registration systems on First Nation Reserves and into the merits of new institutions to serve First Nations.
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2019 Economic Developer of the Year Award Winners
In 1995, the Cando Economic Developer of the Year Award was created to recognize and promote recent or long standing Indigenous economic development initiatives throughout Canada. Cando Economic Developer of the Year Award Winner Community Category Simpcw Resources Group Simpcw First Nation, British Columbia The Simpcw First Nation is proof that even a relatively small First Nation can achieve great things. Cando Economic Developer of the Year Award Winner Indigenous Private Sector Business Category Buck's Auto Parts Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, Quebec Frank Buckshot is proof a lot of hard work can take one a long way. [...]one of his businesses, Buck's Auto Parts, took top
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Blacks, Reds, and Russians
One of the most compelling, yet little known stories of race relations in the twentieth century is the account of blacks who chose to leave the United States to be involved in the Soviet Experiment in the 1920s and 1930s. Frustrated by the limitations imposed by racism in their home country, African Americans were lured by the promise of opportunity abroad. A number of them settled there, raised families, and became integrated into society. The Soviet economy likewise reaped enormous benefits from the talent and expertise that these individuals brought, and the all around success story became a platform for political leaders to boast their party goals of creating a society where all members were equal.In Blacks, Reds, and Russians, Joy Gleason Carew offers insight into the political strategies that often underlie relationships between different peoples and countries. She draws on the autobiographies of key sojourners, including Harry Haywood and Robert Robinson, in addition to the writings of Claude McKay, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Langston Hughes. Interviews with the descendents of figures such as Paul Robeson and Oliver Golden offer rare personal insights into the story of a group of emigrants who, confronted by the daunting challenges of making a life for themselves in a racist United States, found unprecedented opportunities in communist Russia.
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Leadership and Followership
LEADERSHIP AND FOLLOWERSHIP While the focus of understanding leadership has typically been understanding who a leader is, what characteristics are possessed by the leader, what a leader does, and the match between leadership behaviour and the situation, a more recent trend in the leadership literature is to understand that leadership does not function in isolation - rather, it is part of a dyadic relationship with followership. The leader comes to rely on those who provide this support, which in turn can provide a positive exchange for both leader and follower. [...]followership can actually direct leadership through its expectations and can also, in part, explain leadership behaviours and effectiveness (Wang, Van Iddekinge, Zhang, & Bishoff, 2018). Sometimes leadership is given based on an expectation that there will be a reward provided for following a particular individual; or alternatively, in some cases, leadership is given through fear that there will be punishment or retribution if followership is not provided. [...]expectations inherent in particular situations can impact who is chosen to be a leader and the extent to which others are willing to follow that individual. LEARNING ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND FOLLOWERSHIP While every individual holds implicit ideas of what leadership is and is not, and what makes leadership a success or a failure, examining leadership through the lens of research helps to establish more generalized views of leadership, and can also aid in understanding how followership develops, and the role of followership in developing leadership.
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Education Remains Critical with Unemployment, Employment, and Participation Rates in 2020 Being the Worst in Many Years for Aboriginals and Non-Aboriginals
The higher the level of education completed the higher the wage rates, the lower the rate of unemployment, and the higher the employment rates. Unemployment rates were significantly higher and participation and employment rates were significantly lower for Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals in Canada in 2020. This may be attributed to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. The rate of unemployment increased more for nonAboriginals than for Aboriginals in 2020. However, participation and employment rates decreased more for Aboriginals than for non-Aboriginals. Employment, unemployment, and participation rates are and historically have been more favourable for non-Aboriginals than for Aboriginals. As educational levels increase, employment measures and wage rates improve. Employment measures are examined by gender, age, province, and education, and for Métis, Inuit, and First Nations.
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