Reconciling Nationalist & Non- Nationalist Loyalties Related Issue 1 Chapter 4 Pages 88.

Reconciling Nationalist & Non-Nationalist Loyalties

Related Issue 1 Chapter 4Pages 88

Case Study: Seal Hunt pages 88-89

• Every year a commercial seal hunt takes place of the East Coast.• Many lobby groups & countries

around the world believe it to be cruel & protest Canada to stop it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h6Y9bviqYY

• The Canadian government defend the hunt as it provides essential work for 6000 people & is linked to the economy.

• Let’s look at national & non-national loyalties & the seal hunt…

Non-Nationalist Loyalties

Religious Loyalty

Regional Loyalty

Cultural Loyalty

Class Loyalty

Ethnic Loyalty

How do Nationalist & Non-Nationalist Loyalties Compete?

Pg. 92-99

Class and Nationalist Loyalties • Classes are divided up formally or informally

by the work you do, or by wealth, status, level of education, ancestry, heritage, ethnicity, or a combination of factors.

• Example: French Revolution• Example: Winnipeg General Strike (1919)

Religious and Nationalist Loyalties

• Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada… some in some countries religious and nationalist loyalties have come into conflict.

• Example: Northern Ireland

Regional And National Loyalties

• A region may be an area within a country (e.g., the West or the Prairies)

• People often express regional loyalty by actively promoting the interests of their region. But sometimes, this loyalty can clash with their national loyalty.

• Example: Alberta in the 1970s

The Oil Sands and Ideological Loyalties

• Ideology- a system of ideas or way of thinking

SUPPORT OIL SAND DEVELOPMENT OPPOSE OIL SANDS DEVELOPMENT

•Regional Loyalties •Environmental Loyalties

•Cultural Loyalties

Ideology

A set of beliefs

A way of thinking

A system of ideas

Influenced by culture,

language, heritage &

values

Example: political beliefs,

religious beliefs, value

systems