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This project provides a coalitional reading of Chinese Canadian literature, film, and history based on an allegorical framework of Asian-Indigenous relationalities. It tracks how Chinese labour stories set during the period of Chinese exclusion can not only leverage national belonging for Chinese settlers but also be reread for a different sense of belonging that remains attentive to other exclusions made natural by settler colonial discourses and institutional structures, that is, the disavowal of Indigenous presence and claims to sovereignty and autochthony. It contributes to important discussions about the experiences of racism and oppression that typically privilege the relations and tensions of diasporic and Indigenous communities but hardly with each other. What is more, this study aligns with a recent surge of interest in investigating Asian-Indigenous relations in Asian Canadian, Asian American, and Asian diaspora studies. The political investments driving this project show a deep commitment to anti-racist and decolonial advocacy. By examining how Chinese cultural workers in Canada have tried to do justice to the Head Tax generation’s experiences of racial exclusion and intersectional oppressions in fiction, non-fiction, graphic non-fiction, and documentaries, it asks whether there are ways to ethically assert an excluded and marginalized Chinese presence in the context of the settler colonial state. By doing justice to the exclusion of Chinese settlers in the national imaginary, do Chinese cultural workers as a result perform an injustice to the originary presence of Indigenous peoples? This thesis re-examines the anti-racist imperative that frames Chinese labour stories set during the period of Chinese exclusion in Canada: by exploring whether social justice projects by racially marginalized communities can simultaneously re-assert an excluded racialized presence and honour their treaty rights and responsibilities, it works to apprehend the colonial positionality of the Chinese diaspora within the Canadian settler state. / Dissertation / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / This project examines representations of Chinese labour and Asian-Indigenous relations in Chinese Canadian literature and film. By focusing on how Chinese Canadian writers and artists honour and remember the nation-building contributions and sacrifices of Chinese labourers in stories set in Canada during the period of anti-Chinese legislation policies such as the Chinese Head Tax and the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act, this thesis provides a critical look at the values and ideologies that these narratives may draw upon. It asks whether it is possible for writers and artists to commemorate Chinese labour stories without also extending the colonization of Indigenous peoples, forgetting the history of Asian-Indigenous relationships, or promoting work ethic values that may hinder community building with Indigenous peoples and respecting Indigenous ways of living and working off the land. This study explores questions of history, memory, national belonging, social justice, decolonization, and relationship building.

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En maternelle, tous les domaines de développement de l’enfant sont sollicités (moteur, cognitif, langagier, affectif et social). Plus particulièrement, l’enfant développe sa compétence sociale par ses diverses interactions avec les autres. En milieu défavorisé, plusieurs enjeux peuvent entraver le développement de l’enfant et la mise en place de mesures préventives est nécessaire. Les recherches des dernières années suggèrent que l’éducation musicale pourrait soutenir le développement global de l’enfant. L’objectif de cette recherche qualitative était d’explorer comment l’éducation musicale en contexte scolaire peut contribuer au développement de la compétence sociale de l’enfant d’âge préscolaire en milieu défavorisé. Dans ce but, des entretiens virtuels semi-dirigés ont été réalisés auprès d’enseignantes de maternelle (n = 2), d’enseignants de musique (n = 2) et de parents (n = 5) d’enfants qui ont participé à un projet d’éducation musicale intensif pendant deux ans (maternelle 4 ans et maternelle 5 ans). Une analyse thématique de contenu semi-inductive a permis de constater que des changements ont été observés dans les relations de l’enfant avec les autres à la suite de sa participation au programme, notamment avec ses enseignants de musique, ses parents et ses pairs. Selon les témoignages des participants, les enfants du programme ont développé leur ouverture aux autres et leur sentiment d’autoefficacité. Aucun mécanisme d’autorégulation des émotions et des comportements chez les enfants n’a été observé par les parents ou par les enseignants. L’instauration d’un programme d’éducation musicale à la maternelle a permis d’offrir un contexte favorable au développement d’un sentiment d’appartenance à l’école et au programme musical chez les enfants, les enseignants et les parents. Les modalités d’un programme musical intensif restent toutefois à définir afin d’être plus adaptés aux besoins de l’enfant d’âge préscolaire et au contexte scolaire. / In kindergarten, every aspect of a child's development is stimulated (motor, cognitive, language, affective and social). More specifically, children develop their social competence through various interactions with others. In disadvantaged environments, several issues can hinder a child's development, and preventive measures must be put in place. Research in recent years suggests that music education can support a child's development. The aim of this qualitative research was to explore how music education in a school context can contribute to the development of social competence in preschool children from disadvantaged backgrounds. For this purpose, virtual semistructured interviews were conducted with kindergarten teachers (n = 2), music teachers (n = 2) and parents (n = 5) of children who participated in an intensive two-year music education project (in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten). A semi-inductive thematic content analysis found that changes were observed in children's relationships with others following their participation in the program, particularly with their music teachers, parents, and peers. According to participant feedback, children in the program developed their openness to others and their sense of selfefficacy. No self-regulatory mechanisms for children’s emotions and behaviors were observed by parents or teachers. A music education program in kindergarten provided a favorable context for the development of a sense of belonging to the school and the music program among children, teachers, and parents. However, the conditions of an intensive music program still need to be defined to be better adapted to the needs of the preschooler and the school context.

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The academic field of Ecocriticism has in recent years developed into an increasingly interdisciplinary, multifaceted field that no longer only concerns literary studies. This thesis aims to find a new angle that mostly has been overlooked by academics so far. It is therefore suggested to draw a connection between Ecocriticism and Cultural Memory Studies since both fields share interests in their considerations of place. The development of global and transcultural concepts in ecologically oriented literary studies, illustrated by Ursula Heise's concept of an eco-cosmopolitanism are discussed and related to new approaches in Cultural Memory Studies about Heimat (homeland) and belonging to certain places. The study then exemplifies these theoretical concepts by aiming for a close reading of Peter Handke's novel Die Obstdiebin (The Fruit-Thief) where traditional perceptions of Heimat and a local affiliation are criticized and simultaneously new, deterritorialized perspectives introduced.