Reflecting on our past and embracing our future : a Senate initiative for Canada /

"Since 1967, the centennial year of Confederation, numerous political crises, economic challenges, and international events have helped to transform Canadian society, and will continue to shape its future. Taking these various challenges and opportunities of the past into account, how does the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Joyal, Serge, 1945- (Editor ), Seidman, Judith, 1950- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.
Temas:
Canada. > Parliament.
Civil rights > Canada.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Canadian.
Civil rights.
International relations.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Canada > Social conditions.
Canada > Politics and government.
Canada > Relations.
Canada > Conditions sociales.
Canada > Politique et gouvernement.
Canada.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; REFLECTING ON OUR PAST AND EMBRACING OUR FUTURE; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; PROLOGUE; Welcoming Address by the Speaker of the Senate; Opening Speech by the Governor General; 1 WHAT DOES A NATION-TO-NATION RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES REALLY MEAN?; Setting the Record Straight on the Origin Story of Canada; Moving Forward: Addressing Indigenous Rights Honourably, Respectfully, and Courageously; 2 CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL IDENTITY: BETWEEN IMAGE AND REALITY; On the World Stage
  • Projecting Our Values and Advancing Peace
  • Canadian Aid: Reflecting Humanist Values and Supporting Economic Development3 MAJOR CHALLENGES ARE ON THE HORIZON FOR FRANCOPHONE COMMUNITIES AND THEIR POLITICAL DIMENSION; Living Your Language to its Fullest; Language Equality: Between Aspirations and Day-to-Day Reality; 4 CITIZENS EMPOWERED BY THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: A MORE FUNDAMENTAL TURNING POINT THAN WAS ANTICIPATED; Celebrating the Charter: Respecting the Rights of Individuals and Protecting the Rights of Minorities; The Charter and the Idea of Canada; 5 NATIONAL UNITY: HIGH-RISK TENSIONS THAT LEAD TO PROGRESS
  • The Unfinished Canadian Dream: Building on its Promise and ChallengesCanadian Federalism: A Dynamic Partnership of Contested Rights and Responsibilities; Enhancing Canadian Values; 6 GENDER EQUALITY: POWER, MONEY, AND SEX; A Personal Reflection on Gender Equality in Canada; The Need for Inclusive Leadership and Canada's Influence; 7 THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ARCTIC; The Environment: Denial Is No Longer an Option; Canada at a Crossroad: Setting the Bottom Line; The Arctic, or the Risk of Making the Calamities of the South Worse in the North
  • An Inuit Nunangat, "First Canadians, Canadians First" (Jose Kusugak)8 SCIENCE AND CULTURE; Science: Is Canada in Danger of Missing the Fourth Industrial Revolution?; Scientific Success Stories and Modern-Day Threats; Milestones in the Development of Science in Canada; Culture: How Much of Canada's Cultural Visibility Will Remain in the Digital World?; Culture Lies at the Heart of What Makes Us Human; 9 THE INVENTION OF A NEW ECONOMY: CAN THE FUTURE BE PREDICTED?; Economic Policy in Canada 1966-2016; A "New Social Settlement" with the New Economy
  • 10 THE SENATE
  • BETTER PROTECTING THE FEDERAL PRINCIPLEWhither the Senate at 150?; Reflections on the House of Commons; List of Figures, Charts, and Tables; Contributors

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