Good Morning,
Today you will be looking at two case studies with regards to contending loyalties form Canada. Read the intro information below.
Reconciling can mean coming to terms with the past or mending a broken relationship. When two friends have a serious disagreement, an act of reconciliation can help resolve their differences and bring them together again. Similarly, when peoples or nations disagree, or when their nationalist loyalties lead them to pursue contending goals, an attitude of
reconciliation can bring them together and enable them to coexist in peace.But when two contending nations cannot achieve reconciliation, the outcome can be serious. The inability to resolve differences may lead to damaging political struggles and even outright war.
Self-determination is a right which
belongs to peoples. It does not belong
to states. It is a right of all peoples. It
is universal and non-divisible; that is,
either you have it or you do not. It is
not a right that is given to peoples by
someone else. Please understand, you
may have to fight to exercise this right,
but you do not negotiate for the right of
self-determination because it is yours
already.
— Matthew Coon Come, Cree
leader and former national chief
of the Assembly of First Nations,
in documents filed with the UN
Commission on Human Rights, 1992
Click on the Unit One Tab up top and scroll down to the OKA CRISIS INTRODUCTION NOTES & VIDEO ASSIGNMENT and complete them.
See You on Wed!
