Open AccessCanadian identity
Author(s) -
Vanmala Sunder Hiranandani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
critical social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1543-9372
DOI - 10.22329/csw.v12i1.5845
Subject(s) - identity (music) , sociology , mythology , work (physics) , gender studies , social identity theory , colonialism , race (biology) , political science , social science , social group , law , aesthetics , history , mechanical engineering , philosophy , engineering , classics
This paper is in response to recent calls to conceptualize and articulate Canadian perspectives and experiences in international social work, given that the Canadian standpoint has been lacking in international social work literature. This paper contends that it is imperative, first of all, to critically examine and unpack our ‘Canadian’ identity in order to practice international work that is socially just and anti-imperialist. Drawing on the work of post-colonial authors, critical race theorists, and those who study national myth-making, this essay revisits Canadian identity because it is this identity that Canadian social workers often carry into their international work.