Black Canadians, Second Edition

History, Experience, Social Conditions, Revised Edition

by Joseph Mensah  

Black Canadians provides an authoritative reference for teachers, students and the general public who seek to know more about the Black Diaspora in North America.

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  • February 2010
  • ISBN: 9781552663455
  • 304 pages
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Black Canadians provides an authoritative reference for teachers, students and the general public who seek to know more about the Black Diaspora in North America. Arguments made in this book may be unpleasant for those with little appetite for pointed, provocative views and analysis from the standpoint of Black people. For those with a genuine interest in venturing beyond established orthodoxies and simplistic solutions to the contentious ethno-racial problems in Canada, this book will be insightful and worthy of close attention. This new edition expands the regional coverage of Black history, updates all the statistics with the 2006 census data, and adds important new material on multiculturalism and employment equity.

“Many Canadians are reluctant to admit that racial oppression and inferiorization exist/persist in this country. As Canadians, we have the tendency not only to ignore our racist past, but also to dismiss any contemporary racial incidence as nothing but aberration, or the work of “few bad apples” in an essentially peaceful, tolerant, charitable, and egalitarian nation. For the most part, we believe that we are superior to countries, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, that are openly struggling with racial problems.” – from Chapter 1

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What people are saying

Anthony Stewart, Professor, Dalhousie University

“The book is extremely thorough and is quite impressive in its ability to work across a broad sweep of approaches and methodologies.”

G. Llewellyn Watson, University of PEI

About the first editon: “The work is a remarkable piece of scholarship. It combines theoretical sophistication and empirical rigour, is focused, powerfully enlightening, and manifests a clarity of exposition that is refreshing and commendable. The book constitutes a learning/educational toolkit of exceptional value.”

Author

Joseph Mensah

Joseph Mensah is a first-generation African-Canadian intellectual, born and raised in post-colonial Ghana where he did his B.A. in geography with a minor in philosophy at the University of Ghana. He immigrated to Canada in 1987 under a Wilfrid Laurier University Graduate Scholarship for his MA in geography (1987 to 1989), after which he completed his PhD (in 1993), also in geography, at the University of Alberta under another academic scholarship. He taught at various colleges and universities in British Columbia, including SFU, UBC, and Kwantlen Polytechnic University before taking up an Assistant Professorship at York University in 2002. He became a tenured Associate Professor at York in 2005, and a full Professor of Geography in 2010.

Professor Mensah is currently a member of the Senate of York University and the Chair of the Department of Geography. Previously, he was the Deputy Director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples at York University (2010 to 2013); a Board Member of the Center for Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS) from 2011 to 2013; the Coordinator of York University’s International Development Studies (IDS) program (2008 to 2010); and the Undergraduate Program Director for the Atkinson School of Social Sciences from 2005 to 2008. Professor Mensah is a founding member of the University of Ghana Pan African Doctoral Academy (PADA). Sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, PADA runs short-term courses on selected topics for Ph.D. students across Africa. Professor Mensah’s research cuts across a wide range of disciplines, culminating in publications is such diverse and reputable journals as Health Economics, Higher Education, Studies in Political Economy, Housing Studies, Canadian Geographer, and Social Identities. He has written a number of book chapters and books, including the well-received Black Canadians: History, Experience, and Social Conditions, published by Fernwood in 2002 & 2010. Professor Mensah’s current research focuses on globalization and culture; transnational migration; and ethnicity, race, and identity formation. He has received several competitive awards and grants from the likes of SSHRC, the Gates Foundation, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and ILO. He was the recipient of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa’s (CODESRIA) Inaugural Diaspora Visiting Professor Fellowship at the University of Ghana in 2016. Professor Mensah has been a recipient of the highly competitive York University Faculty Merit Award for a number of years. He has been profiled in Who’s is Who in Black Canada since 2006. Professor Mensah lives in Brampton, Ontario, with his wife, Janet, and their two daughters, Nicole and Cassandra. Professor Mensah is an avid runner and a soccer enthusiast.

Contents

  • The Black Presence in Canada: A Multicultural Perspective
  • Conceptual Background
  • The History of Blacks in Canada
  • The Geography of Blacks in Canada
  • Profile of Selected Black Groups in Canada
  • Blacks and the Canadian Labour Market
  • Blacks in Canadian Sport: Issues, Controversies and Paradigm Shifts
  • Managing Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada: Official Multiculturalism and Blacks
  • Employment Equity and Blacks in Canada
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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