Lest We Forget: Politics of Multiculturalism in Canada Revisited during COVID-19

Lee, Eunjung; Johnstone, Marjorie

doi:10.1177/08969205211000116

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“…It argues that the multicultural policy of the new millennium has realised a discursive turn, losing a large part of its progressive elements and adhering to the neo-conservative agenda of social cohesion and economic productivity. In contrast with the somehow tenuous position of multiculturalism in Canada and the United States (Lee & Johnstone, 2021;Stratton & Ang, 1994), the refocused Australian multicultural policy is reasonably successfully in achieving political equilibrium and stands the test of surging hate crimes, racism, and xenophobia in the wake of the Covid pandemic, which points to the unique situation in Australia and the significance of this research.…”

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A Critique of the Discursive Turn of Australian Multicultural Policy in the Globalisation Era

Shen

2024

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This article examines the changing discourses of Australian multicultural policy from the late 1990s until now and discusses their ideological significance under the twin-frames of globalization and Australian political culture. By systematically analyzing the series of policy papers launched by successive governments, it becomes clear that the multicultural policy has completed a discursive turn, deviating from its progressive trajectory of cultural diversity and substantive equality to suit the neo-conservative agenda of national unity and economic productivity. While the strengthened national identity based on the civic model corresponds with the surging tide of social conservatism, the shrinking government funding in this policy area and the utilitarian perception of cultural diversity are tied up with market-oriented reforms, indicating the government's shifting interests from minimizing the existing cultural barriers to maximizing cultural dividends through diversity management strategies.

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A Critique of the Discursive Turn of Australian Multicultural Policy in the Globalisation Era

Shen

2024

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“…In 2016, Indigenous peoples comprised 4.9% of the population of Canada (Statistics Canada, 2017). White settler colonialism has caused atrocities, trauma, and cultural genocide for Indigenous peoples in Canada (Lee & Johnstone, 2021; Simpson, 2016). Approximately 150,000 Indigenous children were separated from their families and placed by force in residential schools (Rose et al, 2018; Sinclair, 2019).…”

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Clinical Social Work Practice in Canada: A Critical Examination of Regulation

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Ashcroft²,

Mohamud³

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The most common form of social work (SW) practice in Canada is clinical which requires specialized knowledge and advanced clinical skills. The SW profession is more than 100 years old, but regulation is new to Canada and presently most jurisdictions have regulatory bodies to advance safe, competent, and ethical practices. Regulatory bodies establish admission requirements, standards of practice, ethical guidelines, supervision, continuing education requirements, and measures for complaints and discipline. This article examines regulation of SW practice in Canada with a focus on registration requirements, clinical SW designation, use of controlled acts such as psychotherapy and diagnosis, supervision, continuing education, technology, private practice, and how regulatory bodies address diversity, equity, reconciliation, racism, and discrimination. This critical examination of clinical SW practice found inconsistent standards across the country. It is important to harmonize the three pillars including education, association, and regulation to strengthen clinical SW practice in Canada.

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“…Political responses to COVID-19 across the world have reinforced this authoritarian populism which has significantly reduced democratic freedoms and civil liberties, expanded psychological and physical borders and increased xeno or racism globally (Lee and Johnstone (2021a); Bieber, 2020). As we describe later, under increasing far-right authoritarian governance intensified by the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, it is not a coincidence that George Floyd was knelt on, so he was unable to breathe for 8 minutes and 46 seconds and killed by militarized police violence on 25 May 2020.…”

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Resisting politics of authoritarian populism during COVID-19, reclaiming democracy and narrative justice: Centering critical thinking in social work

Lee

Johnstone

2021

International Social Work

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Authoritarian populism that fosters deep hate of ‘Others’ and a desire for obedience and order, has attacked the fundamental principles of social work and democracy. During the global health crisis, another global pandemic – xeno or racism – is evoked to corroborate authoritarian populism. We critically analyze the dynamics of populism that shift the focus from ‘people’ to ‘problems’ and how it has been intensified during COVID-19. Using narrative justice as a guiding framework, we invite social workers to critically reflect on how this politics has impacted marginalized populations and injuries done to democracy and how social workers can contribute constructing social justice narratives.

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Lest We Forget: Politics of Multiculturalism in Canada Revisited during COVID-19

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

A Critique of the Discursive Turn of Australian Multicultural Policy in the Globalisation Era

A Critique of the Discursive Turn of Australian Multicultural Policy in the Globalisation Era

Clinical Social Work Practice in Canada: A Critical Examination of Regulation

Resisting politics of authoritarian populism during COVID-19, reclaiming democracy and narrative justice: Centering critical thinking in social work

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