Apartheid in a parka?

Roots and longevity of the Canada-South Africa comparison in transnational perspectives will be discussed at this talk.

The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) presents a talk by Dr Simonne Horwitz, Visiting Researcher at CISA and Associate Professor, History University of Saskatchewan. Comparisons between Aboriginal policy in Canada and apartheid in South Africa appear frequently in public discourse, often with claims as to actual links between the two systems. 

The talk interrogates these supposed links within a transnational framework. Horwitz will draw on recent studies of colonial policy viewed as part of a broader spectrum of colonial thought created in multiple formats through various networks and circuits of knowledge to show the nuances of a comparative argument. Specifically focusing on an analysis of land policy and the pass system, the talk looks at similarities across the empire but argues that the claims of direct links in the Canadian-South African public discourse are highly improbable.

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