Canada as a Settler Colony on the Question of Palestine

by Jeremy Wildeman (Editor), Mark Muhannad Ayyash (Editor)

Canada as a Settler Colony on the Question of Palestine explores Canada-Palestine relations through a settler colonial lens. The authors argue that there are direct parallels between Canada's settler colonial project and its support for the Israeli settler colonial dispossession of Palestinians. Chapters reflect on community politics and activism, migration, orientalism, and critical race theory. Among its unique contributions, the volume provides a fresh look at Canada's foreign policy as informed and shaped by its own history of settler colonialism. The collection also illuminates the breadth and depth of Palestinian life in Canada. Throughout, the chapters are connected by common themes of settler colonial destruction, dispossession, segregation, and otherness, as well as accounts of people challenging those processes in search of a better and fairer world. The book will be of interest to scholars in Indigenous Studies, International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies, Canadian Studies, Palestine Studies, and beyond. Samer Abdelnour, Nadia Abu-Zahra, Rachad Antonius, Lina Assi, M. Muhannad Ayyash, Peige Desjarlais, Randa Farah, Azeezah Kanji, Maurice Jr. Labelle, Nadia Naser-Najjab, Emily Regan Wills, Mira Sucharov, Jeremy Wildeman. Foreword by Veldon Coburn.

Genres: History, Indigenous, Canada, Nonfiction, Politics

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2023

Reviews

[Eliza M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Le titre a lui tout seul a constitué un argument suffisant pour me convaincre de lire cette anthologie. Étant très à l’affut de tout ce qui est anticolonial… say no more en fait.

Ce recueil regroupe plusieurs petits essais autour de la question de la Palestine depuis le Canada qui est un produit colonial. Les auteurices abordent plusieurs sujets comme celui de l’identité, la diffusion médiatique et même celui du gouvernement canadien.

Voyant la multitude des sujets explorés dans cet ouvrage, il est un peu difficile d’en parler dans son ensemble. Ce que je peux dire, cependant, c’est que chaque essai était non seulement super intéressant grâce aux différents perspectives et apports qu’il y a. J’ai surligné plusieurs passages, mais il y avait tellement de bons trucs que si je ne me limitais pas j’aurais facilement pu tout prendre.

J’ai cependant particulièrement aimé qu’on ne se limite pas qu’à un seul secteur du pays, de quoi réellement couvrir les bases : on a des expériences en Alberta, en Ontario, au Québec aussi (d’ailleurs, le chapitre sur Radio-Canada chef’s kiss vraiment), de quoi faire honneur au titre et au but de l’ouvrage.

Bref, c’est vraiment à lire et encore plus si vous vivez au Canada parce que c’est votre réalité et qu’elle est super importante pour répondre de notre passé (et présent hein) colonial.

[Jbondandrews · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very well written collection of essays, though some were better than others. Canada has for too long been complicit in the genocide that is taking place in Palestine.

[Dina Mohamed · Rating 4 out of 5]

took 4ever to read bc it was dense and academic af but does a rly good job of situating canadian history within its contemporary foreign policy & has a good comparative approach 2 the effects of settler colonialism in canada vs israel which i feel like many do not talk about all too often. really very epic just definitely not a beach read.

[Kenzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very very academic but as long as you’re prepared to do a school-like readings it’s very good!

[Marion · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written from a Palestinian perspective, something that is missing from the western "democracy's" narrative. Eye opening to anyone willing to look past the comfortable stories we were raised on.

[amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

very dense and took me forever to finish but 100% worth the read

[Sofie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Required reading