The Social Contribution of the Canadian Rangers: A Tool of Assimilation or Means of Agency ?
International audience The Canadian Rangers is a subcomponent of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) reserve deployed in remote areas of Canada. Canadian Rangers’ patrols are composed mainly of indigenous under the responsibility of non-indigenous instructors. This close association of indigenous people...
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ftuniparissaclay:oai:HAL:hal-02006033v1 2024-01-21T10:07:33+01:00 The Social Contribution of the Canadian Rangers: A Tool of Assimilation or Means of Agency ? Vullierme, Magali Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat (CEARC) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2019 https://hal.science/hal-02006033 en eng HAL CCSD University of Calgary hal-02006033 https://hal.science/hal-02006033 ISSN: 1488-559X Journal of Military and Strategic Studies https://hal.science/hal-02006033 Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2019, 19 (2), pp.193-211 https://jmss.org/issue/view/4804 [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2019 ftuniparissaclay 2023-12-23T22:35:26Z International audience The Canadian Rangers is a subcomponent of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) reserve deployed in remote areas of Canada. Canadian Rangers’ patrols are composed mainly of indigenous under the responsibility of non-indigenous instructors. This close association of indigenous people with a non-indigenous military force raises the questions of assimilation and agency. How do patrols’ members describe the Canadian Rangers? Do elements of assimilation or of agency transpires from their discourse? This paper is based on an inductive analysis of twenty interviews and observations conducted in 2016 in Quebec. Two central themes can be identified in the data. First, phrases, or part of phrases, pointing towards the identification of assimilation were identified. Yet these elements refer to the assimilation – albeit limited – of instructors rather than Inuit. Second, elements referring to a positive contribution to Inuit agency were identified. These elements further explain the active support of Inuit for the subcomponent. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Archives ouvertes de Paris-Saclay Canada |
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International audience The Canadian Rangers is a subcomponent of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) reserve deployed in remote areas of Canada. Canadian Rangers’ patrols are composed mainly of indigenous under the responsibility of non-indigenous instructors. This close association of indigenous people with a non-indigenous military force raises the questions of assimilation and agency. How do patrols’ members describe the Canadian Rangers? Do elements of assimilation or of agency transpires from their discourse? This paper is based on an inductive analysis of twenty interviews and observations conducted in 2016 in Quebec. Two central themes can be identified in the data. First, phrases, or part of phrases, pointing towards the identification of assimilation were identified. Yet these elements refer to the assimilation – albeit limited – of instructors rather than Inuit. Second, elements referring to a positive contribution to Inuit agency were identified. These elements further explain the active support of Inuit for the subcomponent. |
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Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat (CEARC) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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The Social Contribution of the Canadian Rangers: A Tool of Assimilation or Means of Agency ? |
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ISSN: 1488-559X Journal of Military and Strategic Studies https://hal.science/hal-02006033 Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 2019, 19 (2), pp.193-211 https://jmss.org/issue/view/4804 |
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