Abstract
This paper explores the construction of Canada as a benevolent nation through the distribution of aid as a “gift.” By analysing news media reports by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) during the period in which the Canadian government matched citizen donations (January 12 to February 12, 2010), I argue that Canada represents itself as a generous giver and Haiti as a sometimes ungrateful receiver of the “gift.” Understanding the gesture of gift giving as a project of self-construction, I argue that the media representations of Canada giving foreign aid made Haitians hyper-visible as poor, desolate, and violent while simultaneously rendering Canada's imperial project in Haiti invisible.
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