Social Media and the Idle No More Movement: Citizenship, Activism and Dissent in Canada
This paper, informed by a critique of traditional understandings of citizenship and civic education, explores the use of social media as a means of fostering activism and dissent. Specifically, the paper explores the ways in which the Idle No More Movement, which began in Canada in 2012 marshalled s...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e48cc67e30484c4f8c2da7df2a2077c0 2023-05-15T16:16:32+02:00 Social Media and the Idle No More Movement: Citizenship, Activism and Dissent in Canada Jennifer Tupper 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.2390/jsse-v13-i4-1354 https://doaj.org/article/e48cc67e30484c4f8c2da7df2a2077c0 DE EN FR ger eng fre Bielefeld University http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/1354 https://doaj.org/toc/1618-5293 1618-5293 doi:10.2390/jsse-v13-i4-1354 https://doaj.org/article/e48cc67e30484c4f8c2da7df2a2077c0 Journal of Social Science Education, Vol 13, Iss 4 (2014) Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Social sciences (General) H1-99 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.2390/jsse-v13-i4-1354 2022-12-31T14:10:52Z This paper, informed by a critique of traditional understandings of citizenship and civic education, explores the use of social media as a means of fostering activism and dissent. Specifically, the paper explores the ways in which the Idle No More Movement, which began in Canada in 2012 marshalled social media to educate about and protest Bill C-45, an omnibus budget bill passed by the Federal Government. The paper argues that Idle No More is demonstrative of young people’s commitments to social change and willingness to participate in active forms of dissent. As such, it presents opportunities for fostering ethically engaged citizenship through greater knowledge and awareness of Indigenous issues in Canada, which necessarily requires an understanding of the historical and contemporary legacies of colonialism that continually position First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples as ‘lesser’ citizens. Finally, the paper suggests that the example of Idle No More stands in contrast to the notion of a “civic vacuum” that is often used to justify the re-entrenchment of traditional civic education programs in schools and as such, can be used as a pedagogic tool to teach for and about dissent. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations inuit Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada |
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This paper, informed by a critique of traditional understandings of citizenship and civic education, explores the use of social media as a means of fostering activism and dissent. Specifically, the paper explores the ways in which the Idle No More Movement, which began in Canada in 2012 marshalled social media to educate about and protest Bill C-45, an omnibus budget bill passed by the Federal Government. The paper argues that Idle No More is demonstrative of young people’s commitments to social change and willingness to participate in active forms of dissent. As such, it presents opportunities for fostering ethically engaged citizenship through greater knowledge and awareness of Indigenous issues in Canada, which necessarily requires an understanding of the historical and contemporary legacies of colonialism that continually position First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples as ‘lesser’ citizens. Finally, the paper suggests that the example of Idle No More stands in contrast to the notion of a “civic vacuum” that is often used to justify the re-entrenchment of traditional civic education programs in schools and as such, can be used as a pedagogic tool to teach for and about dissent. |
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