A campaign for equal rights: Indian diaspora and Canadian citizenship

Abstract

This article deals with the political campaigns over access to political rights in Canada, undertaken by immigrants from the British colonial rule of India (especially Punjab, India) in the context of World War II and the immediate postwar period. The purpose of the paper is to show the arguments and strategies used by political actors - especially the immigrants themselves - who mobilized the discourse of political rights and human rights to raise awareness, get their support and reconfigure the notion of "citizenship" in post-war’s Canada.

Keywords

• direitos políticos
• imigração
• Racismo
• Índia
• Canadá