Jennifer Matsunaga
Biographic Data
| ID | 912491 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Matsunaga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Matsunaga |
| SIGNATURE | MATSUNAGA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Unsettling Claims of Belonging
Starting from the premise that we have to know where we have been to know where we are going, this piece looks heavily to the past and considers the effects of differently experienced belonging in Canada across generations. This autobiographical reflection questions how we might read migrant-settler narratives of belonging alongside Indigenous struggles for sovereignty in such a way that desires for belonging do not displace or erase such struggl…
Carefully Considered Words
Formal apologies and compensation are well-used modes of reparation for survivors of historical injustices in Canada. Examples of historical injustices, which took place in Canada, include the internment of Japanese Canadians and Indian Residential Schools. Truth telling is a central element of reparations movements which refers to processes used to uncover and reveal a formerly denied or ignored part of history. This paper opens up critical spac…
The red tape of reparations
This paper brings into conversation truth telling and compensation as forms of reparation for historical injustices in the Canadian settler colonial context. I examine how settler bureaucracy engages with stories of Indian residential schools and former students through analysis of the Common Experience Payment program’s application form and final evaluation. This program, which provided former students with compensation for their collective expe…
CRS Symposium on Reconciling Indigenous‐Settler Relations in Canada
CRS Symposium on Reconciling Indigenous‐Settler Relations in Canada
Unsettling Claims of Belonging
Starting from the premise that we have to know where we have been to know where we are going, this piece looks heavily to the past and considers the effects of differently experienced belonging in Canada across generations. This autobiographical reflection questions how we might read migrant-settler narratives of belonging alongside Indigenous struggles for sovereignty in such a way that desires for belonging do not displace or erase such struggl…
Carefully Considered Words
Formal apologies and compensation are well-used modes of reparation for survivors of historical injustices in Canada. Examples of historical injustices, which took place in Canada, include the internment of Japanese Canadians and Indian Residential Schools. Truth telling is a central element of reparations movements which refers to processes used to uncover and reveal a formerly denied or ignored part of history. This paper opens up critical spac…
The red tape of reparations
This paper brings into conversation truth telling and compensation as forms of reparation for historical injustices in the Canadian settler colonial context. I examine how settler bureaucracy engages with stories of Indian residential schools and former students through analysis of the Common Experience Payment program’s application form and final evaluation. This program, which provided former students with compensation for their collective expe…
Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Canadian Identity and History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work)