Take-Home Exam – CDST 350 – April 2018
Prepare a collection of media style articles from the following list of topics covered
in our course:
n Indigenous History in Canada: Early Approaches to First Nations Governance
n Indigenous Self-Governance in Modern Canada: Understanding Identity
through Education Policies
n Indigenous Diversity: Examining Métis and Inuit History, Language, and
Culture
n Language Policies and the Residential School Experience
n Major Political Figures in the Quebec Separatist Movement
n The Rise of the Parti Québécois
n Behind the Scenes of the Quebec Referendum
n French Canadian Politics in the 21st Century
n Canadian Federalism: Provincial/Territorial Autonomy in Education
n French Language Teaching in Canadian Public Schools
n Multiculturalism in Canadian Classrooms
n The Right to French Language Education in the Canadian Courtroom
n The Case for Indigenous Language and Education Rights under Canada’s
Constitution
n Colonialism, Race, and the English Language in Canada’s Postsecondary
Institutions
If you are working individually, you are asked to write 4 articles (at least 2 must be
from the post-midterm material and you must have at least 1 article from each of
the course themes). If you choose to work in pairs, you will jointly write 8 articles
(at least 4 must be from the post-midterm material and you must have at least 2
articles from each of the course themes). Only 1 article per lecture topic is allowed
and you should aim for variety in terms of covering content.
Please note: If you choose topics that were not covered in our discussion of the
above themes, no marks will be awarded for that article.
Each article should be a maximum of about 500 words. Aim to write succinctly and
directly in order to include as much useful information as possible. The articles
should reflect a crucial part of the discussion of the chosen lecture themes (they do
not need to cover the entire lecture). The articles should also be explicitly connected
to at least one main issue at the core of our course (e.g. inequality, Canadian
federalism, Canadian political history).
Feel free to draw from the following frameworks to form your articles (you may
make repeated use of one or more frameworks or amend as needed to suit your
selected topic):
1. Inform the general public about a specific problem/issue discussed in class;
2. Make a clear statement on the current state of the issue in society;
3. Propose and critically examine a potential solution to the problem.
1. Describe a controversial law or approach to a societal problem (today or in
history);
2. Explain why the law/approach is controversial;
3. Defend or oppose the law/approach (with reasons).
1. Explain a pressing social issue in Canada;
2. Describe our current understanding (or lack thereof) based on statistics or
other information that has so far been gathered/analyzed in Canada;
3. Advocate for ways to address any gaps in our knowledge (and explain how
this will help us towards a better understanding/a more just situation with
respect to the social problem).
Please title your collection of articles. Feel free to be creative as with
magazine/newsletter titles as well as with the presentation and formatting. Feel
free to use any diagrams or fonts that will enhance the appearance of your
‘magazine’ or ‘newsletter’.
Please include (on the last page) a list of references upon which you have relied in a
works cited page. You may use APA or another similar format for the works cited, as
long as you are consistent with the formatting of resources. Ensure all information is
included so that I can track down the source as needed. Please number your sources
(on the works cited page) and include the numbers to identify sources used beside
the title of each article (footnotes within the article are not needed). E.g.:
Article title (1, 4, 5)
Grading will be based on succinctness and clarity of writing, appropriateness of the
topics chosen, understanding of the issues discussed and the relevance to the overall
course, support for facts and positions stated, proof of editing, and presentation.
Submission:
*Please note: your submissions are due in hardcopy as per the syllabus instructions.
No email submissions will be accepted.
I will be in our class accepting submissions on Thursday April 12 from 2pm – 3pm.
To submit before or after that time, please go to the Office of the Dean, Faculty of
Arts (Buchannan A240 – 1866 Main Mall) during business hours.
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