Publications
Nortel Networks Canadian Studies Series
CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION: THE CHINESE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE
By Senator Vivienne Poy
The Centre for Canadian-Australian Studies is pleased to announce the imminent release of its first publication, the Nortel Networks Canadian Studies Inaugural Address delivered in July 2000 by Canadian Senator Vivienne Poy. The address offers a personal and historical discussion of the evolution of Canadian immigration law as well as the shifting trends and attitudes that have influenced the Chinese-Canadian experience.
The volume will be published by the University of Wollongong Press and will be the first in a series of annual lectures delivered by prominent Canadians. Senator Poy's book will also feature an Introduction by Helen Sham-Ho, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. The book is now available from the Centre for Canadian-Australian Studies for $9.95.
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Entering the Labyrinth: The Blind Assassin
By Margaret Atwood
Entering the Labyrinth: The Blind Assassin, is the second book in the series, and combines the Nortel Networks Canadian Studies Address delivered by Margaret Atwood shortly after her novel The Blind Assassin was awarded the prestigious Booker prize, with two specially-commissioned critical essays by University of Reading scholar Coral Ann Howells, and the University of Wollongong's Honorary Fellow, Dorothy Jones. |
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A Little Bit of Witchcraft: Patriots in the New Land of Writing
By Roch Carrier
A Little Bit of Witchcraft: Patriots in the New Land of Writing, is a collection of works by Roch Carrier, the National Librarian of Canada. His Nortel Networks Canadian Studies Address is paired with a first-ever English translation of L'Ours et le Kangourou, prepared by University of Wollongong 's Dr. Brian McCarthy, and another talk by Mr. Carrier which addresses the issue of multiculturalism in Canada.
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Other Publications
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Compr(om)ising post/colonialism(s): Challenging Narratives and Practices
Edited by Greg Radcliffe and Gerry Turcotte
The volume of essays edited by Greg Radcliffe and Gerry Turcotte is currently in print and can be found at all bookstores. The volume explores the controversy surrounding the postcolonial, and its intersection with appropriation, multi- or inter-culturalism, identity politics, and radicalisation utilizing a variety of topics and disciplines. Contributors to the volume include Diana Brydon, Helen Triffin, Paul Sharrad, Wendy Pearson, Hanna Jaireth, Hart Cohen, Kathleen Firth, Phillip Holden and Saeed Urrehman.
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Regulating Racism
By Luke McNamara
Regulating Racism provides a comprehensive examination of the history and current operation of federal, state and territorial racial vilification laws in Australia . Based on detailed analysis of relevant reports, legislation, parliamentary debates, statistical data, and judicial and quasi-judicial decisions, it reviews the range of approaches to the legal regulation of racial vilification which have been adopted in this country, including the creation of:
- criminal offences;
- statutory torts; and
- grounds of human rights complaint.
The book addresses a number of key questions about the origins and operation of racial vilification laws. Why were different legislative models chosen? What are the implications of those choices for victims of racial vilification? What impact have free speech 'rights' and values had on the approach which Australian law-makers have adopted towards the regulation of racial vilification? How have racial vilification laws been applied and interpreted by human rights agencies, prosecuting authorities, tribunals and courts?
Regulating Racism evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches to the legal regulation of racial vilification which have been utilised to date in Australia . It makes an important contribution to our understanding of the role and limits of racial vilification laws in a democratic multicultural society.
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Publications by Centre Members
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FLYING IN SILENCE
by Gerry Turcotte
Focusing on a young boy with an English mother and a French father, neither of whom speaks the other's language, Flying in Silence is a rite-of-passage novel from the point of view of someone caught between two linguistic worlds. A young boy's childhood and adolescence is remembered from the distance of Australia, but lived through the streets and stories of Montreal. (Published in Canada by Cormorant Books and in Australia by Brandl and Schlesinger) |
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