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Colonialism and Language in Canada's North : A Yukon Case Study

Author(s) -

Steven Smyth

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

arctic

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1923-1245

pISSN - 0004-0843

DOI - 10.14430/arctic1193

Subject(s) - colonialism , government (linguistics) , context (archaeology) , political science , power (physics) , political economy , public administration , law , ethnology , geography , history , sociology , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics

The relationship between the federal and territorial governments in Canada has been described as colonial because important decisions affecting the territories can be, and have been, imposed upon them by the federal government. In the 1980s, the federal government utilized its power to unilaterally impose constitutional changes which were perceived by Northerners as being contrary to their interests. This Yukon case study exemplifies that colonial relationship in the context of language righ ts.

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