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Activities:
Roundtable of the InterCulture
journal
Reflections concerning pluralistic Quebec:
a public forum to further dialogue following the Bouchard-Taylor
Commission
Date: Thursday, November 26th 2009, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Marguerite-d'Youville Building, Université de
Montréal
2375, Côte Sainte-Catherine Road, room 4030 (4th floor, seminar
room at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences)
Goals :
Four briefs
presented to the Bouchard-Taylor Commission have been revisited
in the April 2009 issue of the journal InterCulture journal, published
by the Intercultural Institute of Montreal. During this round table
discussion, we will review the different issues regarding cultural
diversity and pluralism in Quebec.
These briefs present a critique of prevailing models (in Quebec,
in Canada and elsewhere) regarding integration policies of recent
immigrants in order to generate other ways of thinking about cultural
diversity. They provide some clarifications concerning terms and
aspects related to reasonable accommodation, (orthodoxy, women’s
rights, the hijab, Islamic apparel, etc.). They also analyze relations
between multiple identities and the dynamics of power, and raise
questions about the “homogeneity” of the French Quebecois
culture. In addition, the IIM will present an “intercultural
perspective” on the questions of diversity and pluralism.
Finally, each of these presentations will offer different points
for reflection and orientation.
Invited speakers :
One
representative of each of these four briefs is invited to speak:
- Gilles
Bibeau: Professor, Department of Anthropology, Université
de Montréal.
- Jean-Marc Charron: Professor, Faculty of Theology
and Religious Sciences, Université de Montréal.
- Patrice Brodeur: Director of the Chair Research
on Canada, Islam, Pluralism and Globalization, Université
de Montréal.
- Kalpana Das: Executive director of the Intercultural
Institute of Montreal.
Moderator: Charles Gagnon, Programming
assistant at the Intercultural Institute of Montreal
Languages
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English and French
For
registration and information :
For
registration, contact Marie Delaval
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email: promtion@iim.qc.ca / phone number: 514 288-7229
Suggested
contribution: 5$
For
more information, please contact Charles Gagnon
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email: cgagnon@iim.qc.ca / phone number: 514 288-7229
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