More Equal than Others: The Discursive Construction of Migrant Children and Families in Canada

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dc.contributor.authordi Tomasso, Lara
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-13T21:18:08Z
dc.date.available2014-05-13T21:18:08Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractAs borders become increasingly porous to the flow of global capital, human beings entering countries like Canada are routinely criminalized. On August 13, 2010, the Canadian Navy escorted the MV Sun Sea, a ship carrying 492 men, women, and children from Sri Lanka, to a Canadian Forces Base on Vancouver Island. Many months later, people remained imprisoned. The racialization, criminalization, and detention of migrant children and families in Canada poses a direct challenge to the notion of Canadian multiculturalism, as well as purported commitments to the rights of children. This paper seeks to critically engage with dominant narratives surrounding the arrival and treatment of the 492 men, women, and children aboard the MV Sun Sea in order to unmask and explore the multitude of discourses required to normalize the criminalization of people’s bodies.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.citationdi Tamasso, L. (2012) "More Equal than Others: The Discursive Construction of Migrant Children and Families in Canada." International Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies 3(2/3): 331-348.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ijcyfs/article/view/10874
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5404
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Victoriaen_US
dc.rights.tempAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectmigrants
dc.subjectracialization
dc.subjectcritical multiculturalism
dc.subjectdiscourse analysis
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Child and Youth Care
dc.titleMore Equal than Others: The Discursive Construction of Migrant Children and Families in Canadaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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