Episode 5 - Identity & Perceptions of Being Canadian

Welcome to today’s episode focusing on the expressions of identity amongst Ugandan Asian refugees in Canada. After more than 50 years of making Canada their home and establishing new roots, we’ll explore how personal identity construction embodies meaning in one’s sense of self in a myriad of ways. As we will hear from research participants, some held hyphenated identities, were simply Canadians and nothing else, or others who challenged conceptions of national identity and what it means to be Canadian as it comes with needing to acknowledge the injustices within Canadian history and politics today.You can learn more by visiting the⁠⁠⁠ Uganda Collection Website⁠⁠⁠ or reading a copy of ⁠⁠⁠Gifts From Amin: Ugandan Asian .Refugees in Canada⁠⁠⁠.