L17 - Roundtable: REIPP/REPAP at the Second Decade: Reflections, Projections and Challenges for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and Politics (REIPP/REPAP) in the CPSA
Date: Jun 4 | Time: 10:30am to 12:00pm | Location:
Chair/Président/Présidente : Gina Starblanket (University of Calgary)
REIPP/REPAP at the Second Decade: Reflections, Projections and Challenges for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and Politics (REIPP/REPAP) in the CPSA:
Yasmeen Abu-Laban (University of Alberta)
Abigail Bakan (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education)
Kathy Brock (Queen's University)
Kiera Ladner (University of Manitoba)
Daniel Salée (Concordia University)
Malinda Smith (University of Alberta)
Abstract: The Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous Peoples and Politics/Race, Ethnicité, Peuples Autochtones et Politique (REIPP/REPAP) section of the Canadian Political Science Association was originally launched at the CPSA conference of 2009, at Carleton University in Ottawa. Recalling the original call for papers: “Canadian and international political scientists are increasingly researching in areas relating to issues of race, as a socially and politically constituted category, and processes of racialization; the role of ethnic, linguistic and religious groups in politics; and the implications of immigration and the governance of diversity. These trends take on an added dimension in Canada due to the growing scholarly interest in Indigenous peoples in Canada’s history and contemporary politics, as well as comparative discussions of politics in colonial and post-colonial contexts.” Now at the second decade – and with renewed attention to race, anti-Blackness, Indigenous resurgence, and many other issues relevant to the focus of this section – this roundtable invites the original founders to reflect on the past, present and future implications of REIPP/REPAP. What have we learned from this new and innovative section for the study of politics in Canada and internationally, for the discipline of Political Science, and for the CPSA as a professional association?