Sub-topics:

Race relations + indigenous peoples

          BLM movement, militia/far-right groups

Gun culture/rights

Health care, the pandemic and vaccination

Franco-Anglo relations in Canada

Weekly reading:

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/us/domestic-terrorist-groups.html

OR

https://www.wsj.com/articles/far-right-groups-cited-in-domestic-terror-attacks-11603367633

2. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41488081

3. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/17/stop-swooning-justin-trudeau-man-disaster-planet

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqw99rJYq8Q

Additional recommended reading:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01846-z

https://minorityrights.org/country/canada/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-are-proud-boys-11601485755

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

(esp. 2nd Amendment)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/opinions/systemic-racism-police-evidence-criminal-justice-system/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/06/opinion/how-to-reduce-shootings.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

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