ABSTRACT. This paper offers a critical analysis of Canadian media content (The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post, Huffington Post, CBC, and CTV), from September 2015 to April 2016, of the coverage of the Canadian resettlement effort of Syrian refugees, including representation of the refugees and the Canadian government and public. The analysis is informed by theories of orientalism, neocolonialism, neoliberalism, and feminism.

Keywords: Syria; refugee; Canada; media; government; discourse analysis

How to cite: Tyyskä, Vappu, Jenna Blower, Samantha DeBoer, Shunya Kawai, and Ashley Walcott (2018). “Canadian Media Coverage of the Syrian Refugee Crisis: Representation, Response, and Resettlement,” Geopolitics, History, and International Relations 10(1): 148–166.

Received 10 January 2018 • Received in revised form 8 March 2018
Accepted 9 March 2018 • Available online 27 March 2018

doi:10.22381/GHIR10120187