Laura J Kwak
Biographic Data
| ID | 209009 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura J Kwak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura J |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwak |
| SIGNATURE | KWAK L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Problematizing Canadian exceptionalism
The myth that Canada has resisted the “West’s populist wave” persists despite evidence that demonstrates otherwise. This article traces how the assumption that Canada has avoided the rise of right-wing populism and white nationalism is tethered to the fiction that Canada has been a raceless society. After briefly reviewing the myth of racelessness and the history of right-populism in Canada, the article explores how the Reform Party of Canada con…
New Canadians are new conservatives
Despite declarations of race's irrelevance, the Conservative Party of Canada's (CPC) stance on race-related policies under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's leadership was key to every electoral campaign it fought. Moreover, it is not despite but because of their race that racialized political elites have been incorporated into the CPC and its antecedents. Indeed, beginning in the 1990s, the inclusion of Asian Members of Parliament (MP) beca…
Still Making Canada White
Reflecting on restrictive reforms to Canadian immigration laws in the 1990s, Sherene Razack has noted the emerging significance of racialized elites’ role in the policing of bodies of colour. Central to her analysis has been the national story of Canada as a peaceful and civilized “country of immigrants” that values cultural diversity and whose generosity is periodically besieged by masses of foreign criminals. This article, which was written two…
Asian Canadian Studies Reader
Roland Sintos Coloma and Gordon Pon’s Asian Canadian Studies Reader brings together essential writings by leading and emerging scholars in the field to explore the vibrancy of the diverse Asian diaspora in Canada
Race, Apology, and the Conservative Ethnic Media Strategy
As part of their campaign leading up to the 2011 federal election, four versions of a Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) political advertisement aired during “ethnic television programming.” These advertisements featured Asian CPC candidates viewing archival photographs of the 1914 Komagata Maru incident and Chinese Canadian railroad workers. These images are overlaid with neoliberal multiculturalism scripts about the Conservatives' recognition o…
New Canadians are new conservatives
Despite declarations of race's irrelevance, the Conservative Party of Canada's (CPC) stance on race-related policies under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's leadership was key to every electoral campaign it fought. Moreover, it is not despite but because of their race that racialized political elites have been incorporated into the CPC and its antecedents. Indeed, beginning in the 1990s, the inclusion of Asian Members of Parliament (MP) beca…
Still Making Canada White
Reflecting on restrictive reforms to Canadian immigration laws in the 1990s, Sherene Razack has noted the emerging significance of racialized elites’ role in the policing of bodies of colour. Central to her analysis has been the national story of Canada as a peaceful and civilized “country of immigrants” that values cultural diversity and whose generosity is periodically besieged by masses of foreign criminals. This article, which was written two…
Asian Canadian Studies Reader
Roland Sintos Coloma and Gordon Pon’s Asian Canadian Studies Reader brings together essential writings by leading and emerging scholars in the field to explore the vibrancy of the diverse Asian diaspora in Canada
Race, Apology, and the Conservative Ethnic Media Strategy
As part of their campaign leading up to the 2011 federal election, four versions of a Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) political advertisement aired during “ethnic television programming.” These advertisements featured Asian CPC candidates viewing archival photographs of the 1914 Komagata Maru incident and Chinese Canadian railroad workers. These images are overlaid with neoliberal multiculturalism scripts about the Conservatives' recognition o…
Still Making Canada White
Reflecting on restrictive reforms to Canadian immigration laws in the 1990s, Sherene Razack has noted the emerging significance of racialized elites’ role in the policing of bodies of colour. Central to her analysis has been the national story of Canada as a peaceful and civilized “country of immigrants” that values cultural diversity and whose generosity is periodically besieged by masses of foreign criminals. This article, which was written two…
New Canadians are new conservatives
Despite declarations of race's irrelevance, the Conservative Party of Canada's (CPC) stance on race-related policies under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's leadership was key to every electoral campaign it fought. Moreover, it is not despite but because of their race that racialized political elites have been incorporated into the CPC and its antecedents. Indeed, beginning in the 1990s, the inclusion of Asian Members of Parliament (MP) beca…
Problematizing Canadian exceptionalism
The myth that Canada has resisted the “West’s populist wave” persists despite evidence that demonstrates otherwise. This article traces how the assumption that Canada has avoided the rise of right-wing populism and white nationalism is tethered to the fiction that Canada has been a raceless society. After briefly reviewing the myth of racelessness and the history of right-populism in Canada, the article explores how the Reform Party of Canada con…
Canadian Identity and History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (2 works) · History (2 works)