Colonialism and Language in Canada's North : A Yukon Case Study

The relationship between the federal and territorial governments in Canada has been described as colonial because important decisions affecting the territories can be, and have been, imposed upon them by the federal government. In the 1980s, the federal government utilized its power to unilaterally...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Smyth, Steven
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1996
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64248 2023-05-15T14:19:10+02:00 Colonialism and Language in Canada's North : A Yukon Case Study Smyth, Steven 1996-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64248 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64248/48183 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64248 ARCTIC; Vol. 49 No. 2 (1996): June: 107–210; 155-161 1923-1245 0004-0843 colonial constitution federal government francophones language negotiation territories Yukon gouvernement fédéral langue négociation territoires info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1996 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:24Z The relationship between the federal and territorial governments in Canada has been described as colonial because important decisions affecting the territories can be, and have been, imposed upon them by the federal government. In the 1980s, the federal government utilized its power to unilaterally impose constitutional changes which were perceived by Northerners as being contrary to their interests. This Yukon case study exemplifies that colonial relationship in the context of language rights. On a décrit la relation entre les gouvernements fédéral et territoriaux au Canada comme coloniale parce que les décisions importantes affectant les territoires peuvent être - et ont été - imposées à ces derniers par le gouvernement fédéral. Au cours des années 1980, le gouvernement fédéral a utilisé son pouvoir pour imposer de façon unilatérale des changements constitutionnels qui ont été perçus par les habitants du Grand Nord comme contraires à leurs intérêts. Cette étude de cas au Yukon illustre cette relation coloniale dans le contexte des droits linguistiques. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Yukon University of Calgary Journal Hosting Canada Yukon ARCTIC 49 2
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federal government
francophones
language
negotiation
territories
Yukon
gouvernement fédéral
langue
négociation
territoires
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federal government
francophones
language
negotiation
territories
Yukon
gouvernement fédéral
langue
négociation
territoires
Smyth, Steven
Colonialism and Language in Canada's North : A Yukon Case Study
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francophones
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negotiation
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gouvernement fédéral
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négociation
territoires
description The relationship between the federal and territorial governments in Canada has been described as colonial because important decisions affecting the territories can be, and have been, imposed upon them by the federal government. In the 1980s, the federal government utilized its power to unilaterally impose constitutional changes which were perceived by Northerners as being contrary to their interests. This Yukon case study exemplifies that colonial relationship in the context of language rights. On a décrit la relation entre les gouvernements fédéral et territoriaux au Canada comme coloniale parce que les décisions importantes affectant les territoires peuvent être - et ont été - imposées à ces derniers par le gouvernement fédéral. Au cours des années 1980, le gouvernement fédéral a utilisé son pouvoir pour imposer de façon unilatérale des changements constitutionnels qui ont été perçus par les habitants du Grand Nord comme contraires à leurs intérêts. Cette étude de cas au Yukon illustre cette relation coloniale dans le contexte des droits linguistiques.
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