Miss Representation Female Leadership. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=QcxeQFuUqJM
Bashevkin, Sylvia. (2015). McPhail’s Successors. Cbc.ca. [ Video File].Retrieved 15 February 2018, from http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/women-politics/
 Today, women make up 26% of the Canadian house
of commons (Wolf, 2015).

 Including the 88 elected in 2015, there have been a

total of 315 female MPs in Canadian history (Wolf, 2015).

(50% population, 25% representation: Why the parliamentary gender gap persists, 2018).
How does media How does media
impact your impact your
perceptions of perceptions of
yourself? others?
(Spotlight on Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, 2017)
 DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS
EVERY CITIZEN OF CANADA HAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN AN ELECTION OF MEMBERS
OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OR OF A LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND TO BE QUALIFIED
FOR MEMBERSHIP THEREIN.

 Section 3 guarantees to all citizens the right to be involved in the election of their
governments. It gives them the right to vote in federal, provincial or territorial elections,
along with the right to run for public office themselves (Government of Canada, 2018).
 What possible stereotypes presented in media can prevent a person being able to earn this
place in government? What other factors can prevent or put up barriers from individuals
running for MP or being elected?
  https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/1000000048
PEANUT BUTTER, 18663/peanut-butter-jelly-and-
racism.html?playlistId=100000004821064
JELLY AND  (Reshmwala, 2018).

RACISM
  Coded language is subtle ways members of
the public, media, and politicians talk about
race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and
religion. Examples are thug, sassy, radical
Islam, or terrorist.(Lopez, 2016).
 Do we know people’s stories?

 There is misinformation and a lack of

representation in media of different races,
ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, and
genders in the media
Matt Weinecke on Twitter. (2018). [image File]. Twitter. Retrieved 8 February
2018, from https://twitter.com/matttw/status/523833164758675456

Macdonald, N. (2015). Winnipeg's new art project stares down racism in the face - Macleans.ca. Macleans.ca. Retrieved 9 February 2018, from http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/winnipegs-new-art-project-stares-down-racism-in-the-face/
 MEDIA  Today, visible-minorities make up 19 %of
Canada’s total population. And they make up
REPRESENTATIONS 13.6 % of the Canadian house of commons
(Chodhty, 2015)
IMPACT HOW WE  Currently 4.3 % of Canada's population are

VIEW OTHERS,
Indigenous and 3% of the current MP’s in the
House of Commons are Indigenous (The new
House of Commons: More women and aboriginal
WHO WE VOTE FOR, MPs, 2010).

AND WHO  It is important that these perspectives are part of

the discussion and debate in the House of
Commons
PARTICIPATES IN
POLITICS
What are some examples of
media generated stereotypes?

How does the media talk or not

talk about your gender, sexual
orientation, religion, ethnicity,
or cultural background?
  Blacks, when compared to non-Blacks nationally, earn lower incomes,
Black Experience Project, 2017. [Image File].Retrievd from
https://thetyee.ca/News/2017/09/29/Canadians-Are-Afraid-to-Deal-with-Racism/

experience higher rates of unemployment, higher rates of incarceration,

and are more likely to be victims of violence (Hyslop, 2017).
 Systemic underfunding of basic services that First Nations children and
families needs, such as, safe, quality schools and culturally-appropriate
family supports and services An estimated 20,000 First Nations people
living on reserves across Canada have no access to running water or
sewage (Amnesty International Canada, 2018).
 “It’s a whole system in place, basically. People thinking, ‘you
got there, not on your own merit, but because maybe there
was some kind of affirmative action program, so they let you
in.’ They don’t realize that actually you had to work darn
hard to even be seen in the [hiring] pool, and maybe get a
few extra credentials to be seen as qualified and
competent.” UBC professor Annette Henry (Hyslop, 2018).

Canada's racism problem? It's even worse than America’s. [Digital

Image].Retrieved 7 February 2018, from
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-2
WHO HAS THE PRIVILEGE TO EARN THEIR
SEAT AT THE TABLE?
 Consider can you control where you grow up? Your parents income? The kind of
education you receive?
 Consider the experience ,education and credentials of most MP’s, and the cost of
running in an election
How are you impacted In what ways are
by ethnic/racial, people at your school
gender, socio diverse? How do labels
economic, religious influence people from
sexual and or ability getting to know one
stereo types at school? another at school?
  Agnes Macphail was the only woman elected to Parliament
in 1921, the first federal election in which women had the
vote (Marshall, 2001).
 Macphail was passionate about helping the working class
and she worked hard to support her rural constituents (Marshall,
2001).

 Denounced the high tariffs that benefited manufacturers at

the expense of farmers and she fought for many other
disadvantaged groups (Marshall, 2001).
 “One of Macphail’s greatest accomplishments was her role
in reforming the Canadian penal system” (Marshall, 2001).

Library and Archives Canada. [Digital Image]. Agnes Mcphail. Retrieved 15 February 2018, from
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/agnes-macphail/
 If your were to become involved in politics what would your
cause be and who would you help?
 Imagine you are running to become a Member of Parliament
in the next federal election
 You can choose to run as an independent or a member of a
political party (party can also be created by you)
 Decide what your cause(s) would be and how you would
represent yourself
 Create a pamphlet or campaign ad (video or podcast)
highlighting your views
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http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/women-politics/

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sight-out-of-mind-2/

Government of Canada (2017). Your Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Canada.ca. Canada.ca. Retrieved 10 February 2018, from
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/how-rights-protected/guide-canadian-charter-rights-freedoms.html

Lopez, G. (2016). The sneaky language today's politicians use to get away with racism and sexism. Vox. Retrieved 7 February 2018, from
https://www.vox.com/2016/2/1/10889138/coded-language-thug-bossy

Macdonald, N. (2015). Winnipeg's new art project stares down racism in the face - Macleans.ca. Macleans.ca. Retrieved 9 February 2018, from
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/winnipegs-new-art-project-stares-down-racism-in-the-face/

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Miss Representation Female Leadership. (2018). YouTube. Retrieved 9 February 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxeQFuUqJM

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Chodhty, Affan. Record number of visible minority MPs elected to Commons. (2015). The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 February 2018, from
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The new House of Commons: More women and aboriginal MPs. (2015). CBC News. Retrieved 9 February 2018, from http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/multimedia/the-new-
house-of-commons-more-women-and-aboriginal-mps-1.3280256

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Spotlight on Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. (2017). UN Women. Retrieved 8 February 2018, from
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UN human rights report shows that Canada is failing Indigenous peoples. (2015). Amnesty International Canada. Retrieved 7 February 2018, from
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Hyslop, Katie. (2017). We, as Canadians, Are Afraid to Deal With Racism’. The Tyee. Retrieved 9 February 2018, from https://thetyee.ca/News/2017/09/29/Canadians-Are-
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