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Decolonizing Immigration

Guswenta Two Row Wampum Belt (cropped image), source:

In Canada, immigration and settlement are inherently related to Indigenous genocide, displacement, and land appropriation. Yet, in policy development and public debate, both topics are rarely connected with each other. This ongoing project seeks to address this gap.

In the Media

  • (The Toronto Star, 2020)
  • by Breanna Xavier-Carter, the Ryersonian.

Acadmic Publications

  • Perzyna, M.* and Bauder, H. (2022) . Settler Colonial Studies. Early view. 
  • Bauder, H. and Mueller, B. (2021)  (PDF file) Immigration Policy in Times of Indigenous Reconciliation. RCIS/CERC Working Paper 2021/12, 11 pp. 
  • Bauder, H. and Mueller, R. (2021) . Geopolitics. Early view.
  • Bauder, H. (2019) Spotlight on Migration 2019/2.
  • Reesor, R. and Bauder, H. (2019) "Building Relationships between Newcomers and Indigenous Peoples." In Bauder, H., ed. , p. 27-34.
  • Bauder, H. (2011) . Geoforum 42: 517–519.

Student Major Research Papers

  • Kaur, G. (2021) Re-assessing Early Sikh Migration Histories on Turtle Island: An Anti-C0lonial and Critical Solidarity Perspective.  
  • Grewal Gill, H. (2019) Decolonizing ‘Integration’: A Post-Colonial Analysis of Immigration ‘Integration’ in Canada and Germany.
  • Reesor, R. (2019) Canada’s Welcomers of Canada: Building Relationships between Newcomer Settlement Organizations and Indigenous Organizations and Peoples.
  • Dmytriw, A. (2016) Decolonizing Immigration: Addressing Missing Indigenous Persepctives in Canadian Immigration Policies.
  • Root, J. (2014) Bridging the Parallax Gap: Settler Colonialism and the Relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Racialized Migrants in Canada.  

Resources