Cultural Minorities In Canada

In Canada all ethnic groups are equal, and the society has a mutual tolerance and they respect all the different cultures living there. <<In 1971 Canada was the first country in the world to adopt multiculturalism as an official policy. >> (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/citizenship.asp) In Canada immigrants are encouraged to keep their culture and beliefs when they settle down there. Canada is a great example of how a multicultural society should be, some may state Canada being a multicultural society that has

There are many meanings associated with multiculturalism. However the actuality of the world means many cultures. Canada’s multiculturalism has been greatly successful since 1971, when Canada was the first country in the world to adopt multiculturalism as an official policy. Canada has used multiculturalism to acknowledge equality of all Canadian citizens despite their ethnicity, race or religion. Multiculturalism helps ensure that all citizens throughout the country can preserve their own culture and heritage while still feeling at home in Canada. No matter where you come from and what ethic background you are, you will be accepted into Canada without prejudice or discrimination.

Canada has a long history of immigration. With the arrival of British in the 18th century to the gold rush in the late 19th century, and then to the settlement of the West in early 20th century (Burnet, Driedger &Block, 2014), Canada became one of the main immigrant-receiving countries. During 20th century, there was a huge number of immigrants entering the country between 1920s and after the Second World War. Even till nowadays,

However, there is also an under-policing of minority groups in Canada, which involves a lack of police absence or police neglecting to fulfill their duties (Porat, 2008:416). This neglect of policing can involve the lack of accountability and oversight police are subjected to when they engage in excessive force. For example, a lack of justice occurred when police kill innocent unarmed black individuals, such as Abdiraham Abdi, who was brutally killed by Ottawa police in late July of 2016. This lack of justice has led to no charges against the police involved in Abdi’s murder (Engel & Lindell, 2016). The black community in Toronto are disproportionately affected by police bias as mistreatment and prejudice have become normalized by some of the police force that use social constructionist labels to purse their own agenda.

The idea of multiculturalism has come to refer to both a particularly diverse society and the policies enacted to manage it. Canadian demographics changed as a result of evolving immigration policies and patterns, which then created a demand for more policies and symbols that reflected

Collective rights are given to groups whose society threaten them with capitalism or individualism, usually ensuring cultural preservation. As the Government's purpose is to work and protect the people, the government is responsible to give these groups the collective rights they need. In Canada we hold collective rights for the French, First Nation, and minority language rights allowing for schools to be built in there is a large population of people in an area speaking a language. For French Canadians, maintaining their language is important since this is how they maintain their culture. In Quebec, there is a vastly different culture compared to the rest of Canada. The identity of their province is just as important as their identity as Canadians. Other cultures in Quebec as not as celebrated as encouraged in the rest of Canada, either. They even have their own distinct way of running their provincial government. All of this has allowed for their culture to flourish despite continuing American influence in Canada. First Nations people need collective rights because they have a very different view compared to the Canadian government that needs to be represented in parliament. As well as their rights first promised in the making of Canada. These rights have yet to fully been acknowledged by the government of Canada and its people, which is

Canada is a country that is known globally as being accepting of all through it’s efforts in multiculturalism, a safe place to live for all, and a supportive country to it’s citizens in need. When you examine the history of Canada you can find both good examples to support the statements above as well as examples where Canada has missed the mark, especially when you consider the acceptance of First Nation’s people and their contribution to multiculturalism.

Does this mean that all is, indeed, well with multiculturalism in Canada? The majority of the contributors to the works under review would disagree. A controversy that has continually plagued scholarly analysis of multiculturalism is that the meaning of multiculturalism is actually quite hard to pin down: "it is simultaneously used as a sociological label for an objective situation of diversity and as a moral stance that cultural diversity is a desirable feature of a given society as well as the different types of ways in which the state could recognise and support it" (Meer and Modood 2012, 179). All of the monographs under review here, however, are clear in their respective treatments of the term. The authors quite diligently define multiculturalism to fit within the scope of their research aims. In Becoming Multicultural, Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos is minimally concerned with state support for ethnocultural groups, but rather explains why Canada and Germany developed into "de facto multicultural societies" by the end of the twentieth century via "liberalizing changes to their migration and citizenship policies" (2012, 2). The framework of

In 1971, Canada became the first country in the world to create an official policy of multiculturalism. The Multiculturalism Policy of Canada, as it was known at the time, affirmed the equality of all Canadians regardless of their ethnic background, culture, religion, or language. Moreover, it recognized the value of combining cultures to create a unique Canadian identity. Cultural expression was encouraged, with multicultural activities such as festivals and heritage classes taking place across the nation. This policy achieved its goal of preventing racism by overriding a history of assimilation and instead encouraging Canadians to celebrate their unique heritage.

Allowing multiculturalism in Quebec means recognizing and accepting people's differences. the government of Quebec has always rejected the idea of multiculturalism because according to how it works, multiculturalism makes Quebec and the rest of Canada one, because Canada is known has one of the country that has many cultures diversity and since Quebec doesn't want to be a part of Canada anymore it is the reason why Quebec doesn't approve multiculturalism because Quebec wants to be different and rule differently.

“Multiculturalism” entered public speech in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Canada that focused on unique cultural diversity, nationalities, and ethnicity across the nation. Multiculturalism and Immigration are important factors in the development of Canada to attain a strong multicultural example of economic stability, social and political growth which leads to the emergence of Canada’s identity and culture.

Canada is a country that is built on people that emigrated from different parts of the world. The policy of multiculturalism in Canada was introduced during 1970’s to make sure people don’t feel obliged to get rid of their identity on entry to Canada (Howard, 1998, p. 133). Canada has a long history of how its immigration policies came to being. Canadian citizenship and began over a hundred years ago with all manners of racism and legal exclusions. However immigration and citizenship policies have since changed and somewhat upgraded since then, in 1982 Canadian leaders introduced the charter of rights and freedoms, the Multiculturalism policy in 1971, and Multiculturalism Act in 1988 to reshape our nations religious, ethnic and cultural

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“Canada was the first country to adopt an official policy of multiculturalism in 1971” (Carl Skutsch, 2013). Canada is known worldwide as a multicultural country. On 8 October 1971, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announced multiculturalism as an official government policy in order to preserve the cultural freedom of all individuals and provide recognition of the cultural contributions of diverse ethnic groups to Canadian society. The government then began to support multiculturalism in a variety of ways. Since that date Canada has received immigrants from around the world and has preached multiculturalism where people can celebrate their cultural ideologies without discrimination. According to the prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau,