Identity - Creating Context in Canada
1. Statistics Canada is responsible for keeping track of a lot of numbers related to the people living in Canada. According to the Stats Canada website, approximately how many people currently live in Canada?
2. What percentage of Canadians is female? ______What percentage male? ______
3. What percentage of the Canadian population is of a visible minority (i.e.: not Caucasian or Aboriginal)? ______
4. What percentage of the Canadian population self-identifies as Aboriginal (i.e.: First Nations, Métis or Inuit)? ______
5. What percentage of hate crimes were motivated by sexual orientation in 2009? ______
6. What is the definition of a hate crime?
7. What percentage of sexual orientation-motivated hate crimes was violent? ______
8. How would you self-identify for a census? Consider age, gender, occupation, ethnic origin, mother tongue, first language spoken, number of languages spoken.
Identity – Seeing Yourself in Primetime Media
Terminology
Protagonist: The main character(s) in a text. This character shows personal growth over the course of the story.
Antagonist: The character who opposes (causes problems for) the protagonist.
The Television Networks and Shows:
1. CBC:
Who do you see represented in the ads for the TV shows?
Number of Shows / Number of Women Pictured / Number of Men Pictured / Number of Caucasian People Pictured / Number of People of a Visible Minority2. CBC: Mr. D
Total number of charactersNumber of male characters
Number of female characters
Percentage of male to female characters
Number of characters of a visible minority
Gender of main character(s)
Percentage of characters of a visible minority
Ethnic origin of main character(s)
3. CBC: Artic Air
Total number of charactersNumber of male characters
Number of female characters
Percentage of male to female characters
Number of characters of a visible minority
Gender of main character(s)
Percentage of characters of a visible minority
Ethnic origin of main character(s)
4. CBC: Heartland
Total number of charactersNumber of male characters
Number of female characters
Percentage of male to female characters
Number of characters of a visible minority
Gender of main character(s)
Percentage of characters of a visible minority
Ethnic origin of main character(s)
5. CBC: Murdoch Mysteries
Total number of charactersNumber of male characters
Number of female characters
Percentage of male to female characters
Number of characters of a visible minority
Gender of main character(s)
Percentage of characters of a visible minority
Ethnic origin of main character(s)
6. The CW
Who do you see represented in the ads for the TV shows?
Number of Shows / Number of Women Pictured / Number of Men Pictured / Number of Caucasian People Pictured / Number of People of a Visible Minority7. CW: Beauty and the Beast
Total number of charactersNumber of male characters
Number of female characters
Percentage of male to female characters
Number of characters of a visible minority
Gender of main character(s)
Percentage of characters of a visible minority
Ethnic origin of main character(s)
8. CW: Supernatural
Total number of charactersNumber of male characters
Number of female characters
Percentage of male to female characters
Number of characters of a visible minority
Gender of main character(s)
Percentage of characters of a visible minority
Ethnic origin of main character(s)
9. CW: The Vampire Diaries
Total number of charactersNumber of male characters
Number of female characters
Percentage of male to female characters
Number of characters of a visible minority
Gender of main character(s)
Percentage of characters of a visible minority
Ethnic origin of main character(s)
10. CW: The Carrie Diaries
Total number of charactersNumber of male characters
Number of female characters
Percentage of male to female characters
Number of characters of a visible minority
Gender of main character(s)
Percentage of characters of a visible minority
Ethnic origin of main character(s)