Too Asian?

Racism and Post-Secondary Education

edited by RJ Gilmour; Davina Bhandar; Jeet Heer & Michael C.K. Ma

tagged: discrimination & race relations

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The now notorious Maclean’s article “’Too Asian?’” from the magazine’s 2010 campus issue has sparked a national furor about race in Canadian higher education. Since the founding of the federal policy of multiculturalism, Canadians have prided themselves on their ability to integrate diversity into a broader multicultural environment, but the often heated discussions about race point to fissures in this national project. This collection uses the controversy about the Maclean’s article as a flashpoint to interrogate issues about race and representation on Canadian campuses and what it means for students and learning across the country.

About the Authors

RJ Gilmour

RJ Gilmour holds a PhD in History from York University.

Davina Bhandar

RJ Gilmour holds a PhD in History from York University.

Jeet Heer is a cultural journalist and academic who divides his time between Toronto and Regina. Heer has written for such publications as the National Post, Slate.com, the Boston Globe, The Walrus, The American Prospect and the Guardian of London. He has coÂ?edited eight books and been a contributing editor to another eight volumes. Jeet Heer coÂ?edited A Cultural Studies Reader (University of Mississippi Press, 2008) and is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship. With Chris Ware, Jeet continues to edit the Walt and Skeezix series from Drawn and Quarterly, which is now entering its fifth volume.

Michael C.K. Ma is professor of Criminology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and a board member of the Chinese Canadian National Council—Toronto Chapter.

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Too Asian?

Racism and Post-Secondary Education

edited by RJ Gilmour; Davina Bhandar; Jeet Heer & Michael C.K. Ma

RJ Gilmour

Davina Bhandar

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