Revised Tutorial For Nicole Gordon

Tutorial 2009-2010 Time Period this course: December 2009- March 31. 2010 Total credit: 6 Course Number: SOC-4204-6 Title of course: Inner City Housing in Winnipeg in Relation to Aboriginals and Newcomers: A Literary Critical Analysis Professor: Parvin Ghorayshi Student Name: Nicole Gordon Course Description: This tutorial focuses on housing. It is divided into a number of sections. First section aims to develop a general knowledge of the literature on housing in Canada. Second, focuses on the existing literature on housing in Winnipeg. Third section is assigned to understand housing in Winnipeg’s inner city and how issues related to housing affects its |Aboriginal population and those who are newcomer refugees and immigrants. Section four evaluates how inner city housing development has impacted the relationship between the Aboriginal community and Newcomers. In the final section, the goal is to find solutions that are transformative by looking at what has been done to improve the housing situation in the Inner city of Winnipeg. The following provides a list bibliography that will be used in this tutorial. We may add or eliminate different sources as this course progresses. Bibliography: Abd-El-Aziz, A. Axworthy, L. , Ghorayshi, P. et.al. 2005. Scoping the role of Diaspora. U of Winnipeg. Assembly of First Nations. 2008. www.afn.ca. Accessed on December 14, 2008. Bouchard G. and C. Taylor. 2008. “Building the Future: A Time for Reconciliation.” Government of Québec: Commission de consultation sur les pratiques d’accommodement reliées aux différences culturelles. Carter, T., M. Morrish, and B. Amoyaw. 2008. “Attracting Immigrants to Smaller Urban and Rural Communities: Lessons Learned from the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program.” International Migration & Integration, 9, 2. Carter, T. and Chesya Polevychok Housing is Good Social Policy

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Carver, A. and Robyne Turner.Is Urban Sprawl Back on the Political Agenda? Local Growth Control, Regional Growth Management and Politics. City of Winnipeg. “2006 census – Inner City, City of Winnipeg.” Available at:
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Galabuzi, Grace-Edward. 2006. Canada’s Economic Apartheid: the Social Exclusion of Racialized Groups in the New Century. Toronto:Canadian Scholar’s Press. Harvey, David. 1973. Social Justice and the City. John Hopkins University Press. ----- 2006. “The Political Economy of Public Space” in The Politics of Public Space edited by Setha Low and Neil Smith. Routledge. Hays, A. The Federal Government and Urban Housing. Jimenez, J. and Kim Lunman 2004. Canada's biggest cities see influx of new immigrants. The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada). August 19: pA1. Statistics Canada. 2006. Canada’s Ethonocultural Mosaic. OttawaStatistics Canada. Kymlicka, W. 1995. Multicultural Citizenship: A Liberal Theory of Minority Rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Laghi, B. 2008. Majority believes Canada coddles minorities; Poll reveals deeply divided attitudes toward immigration. The Globe and Mail. April 17. Lefebvre, Henri. 1991. The Production of Space. Oxford: Blackwell. Lezubski, D., J. Silver, and E. Black. 2000. “High and Rising: The Growth of Poverty in Winnipeg”. In J. Silver (ed.), Solutions that Work: Fighting Poverty in Winnipeg. Winnipeg: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Fernwood Publishing. Li, P. 1999. “Race and Ethnicity.” In P. Li (ed.), Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada. Oxford: Oxford U press. Li, Peter S. 2002. Destination Canada: Immigration Debates and Issues. London: Oxford University Press. Madariaga-Vignudo, L. and T. Miladinovska-Blazevska. 2005. “Housing Experiences: The Case of Refugees in Winnipeg.” Unpublished Paper. Winnipeg: University of Winnipeg. Lucia Madariaga-Vignado. 2009. More Strangers then Neighbours’: AboriginalAfrican Refugee Relations in Winnipeg Inner City. Available at CCPA web site. Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council. 2006. “We can and will do better because we care.” Annual Report. Winnipeg: Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council. Manitoba Labour and Immigration. 2007. “Manitoba Immigration Facts: 2006 Statistical Report.” Government of Manitoba. 3

Mitchell, Don. 1995. The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space.Guilford Press. Petruic, A. 2008.Voices From the Margin:Challenges and Possibilities Facing Newcomers in the Inner City of Winnipeg. Honours Thesis. Sociology.2008. Park, Robert. 1928. “Human Migration and the Marginal Man”. The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 33. Reid, C. 2009. A House Divided Cannot Stand: Joining forces to Fight Housing Discrimination of Refugees. Available at CCPA Web Site. Sandercock, L. 2004. “Sustaining Canada’s Multicultural Cities: Learning from the Local.” Breakfast on the Hill Seminar Series. Available at:
the Rates - We Can Take Action to Reduce Poverty in Manitoba” Pamphlet. Stalker, Paul. 2001. The No-nonsense Guide to International Migration. Toronto: New Internationalist Publications. Statistics Canada. 2008. "Aboriginal Peoples in Canada in 2006: Inuit, Métis and First Nations, 2006 Census - An increasingly urban population." Available at:
Method of Evaluation: weekly discussions 3 short essays (300 words) 1 final written paper (5000 words)

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Important Notes: • Please keep a copy of any and all assignments you e-mail me. • Assignments are due on the dates specified. Marks will be deducted from late work (one mark per day to a maximum of 20% of the total grade). Under exceptional circumstances, an extension will be considered. Please contact me prior to the due date. • All topics covered in this course are listed in the course syllabus. Please allow for the possibility that all topics listed in the syllabus may not be covered. • Reading Week Feb. 15-20, 2010. • Voluntary Withdrawal date without penalty January 22 2010. I encourage you to contact me before withdrawing from this course. 5

Plagiarism does not simply mean submitting an essay that you did not write; failing to provide references for any phrases, sentences, thoughts, or arguments that are not your own also account as plagiarism. Academic misconduct and appeal procedures are described in the U of W course Calendar 2009-2010.

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