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Wood, L.J. (2015). Idle No More, Facebook, and Diffusion. Social Movement Studies, 14(5). A journal article about the role of Facebook in diffusing the initial message of Idle No More to communities across the country.
Blais, M., & Dupuis-Déri, F. (2012). Masculinism and the Antifeminist Countermovement. Social Movement Studies, 11(1). A journal article about the consequences for the feminist movement of a new antifeminist movement based in masculinism, a relatively recent and virulent type of masculinity.
Olsen, K.A. (2014). Telling Our Stories: Narrative and Framing in the Movement for Same-Sex Marriage. Social Movement Studies, 13(2). A journal article about the way pro same-sex advocates and anti-same-sex advocates framed the debate in Connecticut courts.
Recommended Videos
Tillman, G. Jr., (2018). The Hate U Give. Fox 2000 Pictures. A film based on a novel about a movement started by a young woman after a traumatic experience with the police.
Obomsawin, A. (2002). Is the Crown at War With Us? NFB. A documentary about a Mi’kmaq community’s efforts to exercise their rights and the violent response they received from the federal government when they tried.
Modaress, S. (2012). Occupied: Voices from the 99% - Parts 1,2, and 3. NFB. A three-part documentary about the Occupy Movement, a social movement originating in the United States opposed to inequality that spread around the world.
Recommended Websites
https://historyofrights.ca/encyclopaedia/social-movements/ A web site devoted to Canadian social movements hosted by Canada’s Human Rights History.
http://historyofsocialchange.ca/ A web site with stories from activists representing 10 influential movements in Canada’s history hosted by The History of Social Change: A Project of SEE Change Magazine.
https://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/topics/social-movements A web site with a host of information and tools to help activists bring a gender perspective into the work of social justice movements.