2.9.1 Contending Loyalties in Canada In this assignment, you will: define and e

2.9.1 Contending Loyalties in Canada
In this assignment, you will:
define and explain contending loyalties in Canada,
choose one group in Canada, and research how they have attempted to achieve a national identity (through self determination),
while addressing contending loyalties, and
explain (in a written response) the possibility of reconciling one’s contending loyalties, while achieving their nationalist goals.
Focus:
How do people achieve their nationalist goals when faced with contending loyalties?
Contending Loyalties: Loyalties that compete. People sometimes need to choose among various loyalties based on their commitment to these loyalties.
In Unit 1, you learned about contending nationalist loyalties. During the French Revolution, the French people struggled to achieve a national identity. They attempted to resolve their conflicts with their nation and the monarchy, while developing concepts of egalitarianism, civil liberty, and goal of a new constitution in France.
But, how do people reconcile their contending loyalties to achieve a nationalist goal?
In this assignment, you will examine the factors that shape nationalism and how a chosen group in Canada attempts to reconcile their contending nationalist loyalties.
Step One:
Brainstorm to identify and explain the contending loyalties you have observed in Canada. What contending loyalties do you observe in Canada today? How do people resolve or address these contending loyalties? You must address at least three types of contending loyalties and resolutions in the chart below.
Contending loyalties in Canada
(Remember to provide an example.)
How will people resolve these contending loyalties?
Example: Regional loyalties (ex. Maritimes Interests over the interests of the Western provinces)

Example: People may come from one part of Canada to work in another, but they maintain their ways of speaking, attitudes, and pride in where they previously lived.

Step Two:
Choose one group and complete the chart that follows. You must
a) specify your group’s nationalist goals to achieve self-determination,
b) identify the contending loyalties that conflict with self-determination,
c) identify the ways in which your chosen group attempts to address contending loyalties, and
d) assess the degree to which your chosen group has achieved self-determination.
Remember, self-determination is the power to control one’s affairs. National self-determination is the power of the people within a country or nation to make their own decisions about what is in their nation’s best interest.
Choose one of the following groups in Canada to focus your analysis. Begin with the pages in
your Understanding Nationalism textbook*:
1. Québécois: pages 58 to 59, 74 to 76, and 189 to 190
2. First Nations or Métis: pages 57, 77 to 81, and 306
3. Inuit: pages 58, 80, and 186 to 188
* You will need to complete additional research to support your discussion. Links have been provided for you online on content page 2.9.1 Contending Loyalties in Canada Assignment. Remember to identify the progress your group has achieved in self-determination today.
Write your chosen group here:
Research/Information
What were their nationalist goals?
(What did they want to achieve as a nation within Canada?)
How (in what ways) did this group attempt to achieve their nationalist goals?
What conflict(s) (contending loyalties) did this group experience?
How successful was your chosen group in achieving self-determination?
Research Sources
(minimum two)

Step Three:
Take a position in a written response. Using the planning chart in Step 2, respond in paragraphs to the following question. An example student response can be found online on content page 2.9.1.
How do people achieve their nationalist goals when faced with contending loyalties?
In your response, you must
a) explain your chosen group’s main goals in the pursuit of self-determination,
b) include and explain examples of your chosen group’s efforts to achieve self determination (historically and today),
c) identify and explain the contending loyalties your chosen group has faced in achieving self-determination,
d) evaluate the success of your group’s efforts to resolve contending loyalties,
e) compare and contrast your chosen group’s pursuit of nationalist goals with the French Revolution, and
f) edit and proofread your written response prior to submission.