The Muslim Community and Education in Quebec: Controversies and Mutual Adaptation

Andrew, Marie Mc

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“…Quebec maintains its own selection criteria for immigration specifically targetting francophone countries, resulting in more Muslim immigration numbers than experienced in the rest of Canada (McAndrew, 2010). Over the last ten years, seventy percent of all Muslims to Canada came to Quebec (McAndrew, 2010).…”

Section: The Context Of Muslims In Quebecmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Unveiling the myth of the Muslim woman: a postcolonial critique

Golnaraghi

Mills²

2013

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between neo‐colonialist discourse and Quebec's proposed Bill 94 aimed at restricting the public activities of niqab and veil‐wearing Muslim women.Design/methodology/approachDrawing upon postcolonial feminist frames, this study critically analyzes the discourses of Muslim women and Western elites that serve to construct the niqab and veil‐wearing Muslim women. Using critical discourse analysis of digital and print media articles from 1994 to 2010, the authors trace the discursive character of the Muslim woman related to Bill 94 which proposes the banning of religious face coverings when seeking public services in the Province of Quebec, Canada.FindingsThis paper develops a postcolonial understanding of the discursive conditions that constitute the social environment in which Muslim women are required to operate in Quebec and the advent of Bill 94. The authors contend that the discourses in the construction of Muslim women have mutated over time towards Western cultural hegemony and paternalism, and, in the process, Muslim women have been constructed as oppressed, in need of saving, and at the same time not to be trusted.Research limitations/implicationsThe account of events in this paper offer an alternative lens in privileging some of the embedded beliefs and values behind dominant cultural accounts of Quebec in relation to Muslim women and Bill 94. Future scholars may wish to extend this study through examining discourses of secular, veil and niqab‐wearing Muslim women; newcomers, those living in Canada for a longer period and those born in Canada; as well as those from different countries of origin. Another area of research that is ripe for exploration is workplace experiences of Muslim women in Canada. Additionally, examination of overt and subtle discrimination faced by Muslim women would provide important insights into employment equity and human rights.Originality/valueThis paper presents a close look at public discourses around the niqab and Muslim women in Canada, demonstrating the persistence of colonial dynamics and mindsets influencing how issues regarding minority groups are evaluated today.

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Section: The Context Of Muslims In Quebecmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Over the last ten years, seventy percent of all Muslims to Canada came to Quebec (McAndrew, 2010). As Quebec's population continues to become more multicultural, various controversies have sparked heated debates about the niqab and Muslim woman.…”

Section: The Context Of Muslims In Quebecmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unveiling the myth of the Muslim woman: a postcolonial critique

Golnaraghi

Mills²

2013

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

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“…In various other works, the reasonable accommodations debate is said to have begun with the 1985 Canadian Supreme Court case of the Ontario Human Rights Commis~ion v. Simpsons-Sears (Nieguth & Lacassagne, 2009;McAndrew, 2010). These authors use this case as their starting point because it was the first instance where a legal intervention was required in settling the conflict between two groups regarding the accommodation of one's religious practices.…”

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Québec News-Print Media Portrayals of Immigrants During the Reasonable Accomodations Commission

Hall¹

2021

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Media and public discourses are constantly changing as a result of their effect on one another. The Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences which roamed the province of Québec in late 2007 was widely reported on in the mainstream news-media. This paper provides a critical content analysis of 105 articles in three Québec daily newspapers (La Presse, Le Soleil, and The Gazette) during the months of September to December 2007 when the public forums discussing the reasonable accommodation of minority groups took place. By making theoretical linkages with the data collected, the findings show that the media discourses between the three newspapers vary slightly and are not accurate representations of the public discourses surrounding the issue of reasonable accommodations amongst the Québec population.

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“…For instance, by 1967, according to a report by the Canadian Citizenship Branch of the Department of the Secretary of State, the number of people from the Middle East (broadly conceived) stood at about 35,000, although the report does not indicate how many were Muslim. 3 In the past two decades, however, Canada's Muslim community has grown dramatically, with immigrants in English-speaking Canada coming largely from India, Pakistan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran, and immigrants in French-speaking Quebec coming largely from the francophone Maghreb region of North Africa (McAndrew 2010). In 2001, Muslims accounted for about 2 percent of the country's population, a rate that was predicted to rise to more than 4 percent by 2017.…”

Section: Historical Contextmentioning

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Cultural Translation, Long-form Journalism, and Readers’ Responses to the Muslim Veil

Conway

2013

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This article examines, first, news translation as a form of cultural translation, and, second, readers’ responses to this mode of journalism. In particular, it examines the series Derrière le voile… des femmes, published in May 2010 by Radio-Canada.ca, through the lens of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s discussion of the I-Thou relationship, looking first at the stories in the series and then at readers’ comments. This series explained why some Muslim women chose to wear a niqab or veil, but the comments revealed that readers were largely unwilling to see the choice as one made freely. However, the comments also revealed that readers were willing to engage in conversation, pointing to one potential value of long-form interpretive journalism.Le présent article examine la traduction des nouvelles comme forme de traduction culturelle, ainsi que la réception des lecteurs à ce mode de journalisme. En particulier, il considère la série Derrière le voile… des femmes, diffusée par Radio-Canada.ca en mai 2010, à travers le prisme de la discussion de la relation Je-Tu de Hans-Georg Gadamer. Il considère d’abord les reportages eux-mêmes, puis les commentaires laissés par des lecteurs. La série explique les raisons pour lesquelles certaines musulmanes choisissent de porter un niqab (voile), mais les commentaires révèlent que les lecteurs refusent en grande partie de croire que ce choix soit libre. En revanche, les commentaires révèlent aussi que les lecteurs sont prêts à participer à une espèce de conversation, ce qui indique un bénéfice potentiel du journalisme interprétatif

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The Muslim Community and Education in Quebec: Controversies and Mutual Adaptation

Cited by 15 publications

References 7 publications

Unveiling the myth of the Muslim woman: a postcolonial critique

Unveiling the myth of the Muslim woman: a postcolonial critique

Québec News-Print Media Portrayals of Immigrants During the Reasonable Accomodations Commission

Cultural Translation, Long-form Journalism, and Readers’ Responses to the Muslim Veil

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