How Is Canada An Inherent Multiculturalist Society

On the international stage, Canada is often viewed as a secular and multicultural nation. Throughout the history of the country, immigrants have come to Canada seeking a country which is accepting of diversity in ethnicity, language, religion, and culture. Especially since the 1970s, when multiculturalism was introduced by former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, thus becoming an official policy of Canada, the diversity of the nation has increased greatly, (Wang & Handy, 2014, p. 1561). However, while Canada has become a more multicultural country as a whole, it has not necessarily become more religiously pluralistic. In fact, it has been argued that Canada remains and will continue to be an overwhelmingly Christian country and many immigrants

Canada’s identity comes in many shapes and forms. Multiculturalism has been adopted and is at the forefront of Canadian identity. Following the Second World War, Canada’s multiculturalism policies became more acceptable and even successful in, not only accepting, but inviting multiple ethnic cultures in. In contrast to other countries, multiculturalism adaptation works for the Canadian culture. Canadian policies on multiculturalism have shifted over the past few decades; policies are now implemented for integration, not discrimination.

In the cultural mosaic that is Canada, all citizens within the country are seen as Canadians. However, to what extent a person wants to embrace or engage in that Canadian-citizen role is where the lines begin being blurred. Integration and nationalism have now become a hot-button topic for most within the Canadian context due to the systemic malpractice of colonialism and present-day turmoil. According to Trovato (YEAR, p. ), the root of this problem of how much one embraces nationalism comes down to conflicting views due to varying Models of Integration (from Monolithic to Multicultural within a liberal democracy) that having a diverse population possess. These conflicting models show the natural complexities that any society has when addressing integration and to what degree a

Being Canadian means belonging to a Canadian society, where regardless of location, each community is rich with diversity, culture and tradition. When asked what being a Canadian means, a common answer many people choose without hesitation is multiculturalism and with reason. Canada is known globally for its acceptance of worldwide immigrants, its discrimination-free environment and high tolerance of cultures. This type of environment promotes a healthy and violent-free environment where everyone is family, but most importantly, it decreases hatred towards other cultures. Looking back at Canada’s history, it can be easily noted that it was founded upon settling immigrants looking to start a new life. Nowadays, it is not much different as many people around the world flee their

Canada is seen as a democratic society. It is the belief that as Canadians one is supposed to promote the principles of justice, equality and fairness. In doing so, Canada has become one of the most diverse country in the world. Most Canadian universities, such as Ryerson, also aims to promote these democratic values. This done through advertising Canadian universities as inclusive and welcoming to all students. However, this appears to be a fallacy. The reason why this is a fallacy is because Canadian society promotes racism and discrimination in the subtlest way possible. Society does this through making anti-discrimination or anti-inequity policies, but people still do not see how it perpetuates. In Frances Henry and authors Race, racialization

Canada is known to be a country of diversity, inclusion, and acceptance. It is a country that consists of many individuals with various cultures and ethnic backgrounds. To live in Canada, it would be inevitably for one to be working with others that are of a different ethnic/ cultural background in the near future or even currently. Communicating with people or groups of people that group up with different norms, values and beliefs can cause miscommunication. Regardless of whether their communication be verbal, non-verbal or written, subtle differences for each member can create misconceptions and failure in collaborating to meeting the groups end goal. Therefore, this essay is dedicated to outlining practices that are able to assist teams

The pressure placed upon multicultural often leads to questioning of its value and usefulness in building the Canadian nation. there have been far too many questionable call of ethics on behalf of the government in regardless to who has taken, or not been able to take up for role in the country. Historically we see this negative connotation follow distinct groups of people. Notably: Aboriginal with residential schools (thought interesting because they are now seen as founding peoples, yet the last residential school was only closed in the early 90s), the Chinese head tax, Japanese intermittent camps, the turning away of Jewish individuals during WWII. It becomes difficult to see how some of those “marginalized or minority” groups in Canada are able to find themselves, even today, in an inclusive, equal and democratic society when multiculturalism in public discourse often hold onto old or stereotypical understandings. It continues to act as an ongoing point of contention because of the lack of historical knowledge Canadians have, as well as the increasing lack of engagement day-to-day contemporary politics and national happenings. It acts as an ignorance, that ultimately has consequences on the nations moral as well as its multicultural policies. In order to progress as a society and nation, it becomes increasingly difficult to build the foundation on old understandings and not re-contextualize group and national identities in a 21st century context (Leung 1-2). Leung notes

The Canadian political landscape has a rich and complex history spanning from ‘sea to sea’, just as the nation itself. Chronicles of dominance, leadership, and association by the United Kingdom, France, and the United States has ultimately shaped the Canadian national consciousness, resulting in the political ideologies and governance we see today. To best describe the characteristic of Canadian politics, one can refer to ‘Fragment Theory’ where a colonial nation, such as Canada, is predominantly influenced from their historic origins. However, recent immigration and economic trends have drastically reshaped the Canadian political spectrum across provinces. The following essay will briefly analyze the evolution of political ideologies across Canada, primarily focusing on the conservative/ neo-liberal model.

Canada is routinely defined as the exemplar multicultural society with the most diverse cities in the world such as Vancouver, Toronto and Quebec. The concepts of integrity and complexity are being shaped in Canadian society because of its co-existence of different cultures. Indeed, multiculturalism has been a keystone of Canadian policy for over 40 years with the aim of pursuing Canadian unity (Flegel 2002). Accordingly, Canada is generally estimated a country where people are all equal and where they can share fundamental values based upon freedom. Diversity is sustained and promoted by governmental policy, however, there are still racist interactions, which are destructive to minorities integration, especially recent ethnic groups’ arrival (Banting & Kymlicka 2010). This paper will examine challenges that multiculturalism has brought society and residents of Canada.

Another problem with Canada’s multiculturalism is that many people don’t feel like they’re truly a Canadian citizen, resulting in ethnic enclaves. Canada has over 260 different ethnic enclaves, and many Canadians argue that it is not healthy to form ethnic enclaves where people of similar interests, religions, customs, language, and culture gather together. Another important issue to worry about is the racism that could happen at school if we do not teach them about diversity issues. There are some schools in Surrey, that are largely South Asian, which could perhaps lead to reverse racism and segregation. Many Canadians also believe that too many of these ethnic enclaves could lead to the end of Canada’s identity and culture. While it is

MULTICULTURALISM IN CANADA It is evident that, nowadays, children of immigrants in Canada are facing problem such as bullying,cultural confliction,health system access and adjusting to the new educational system. The firt issue is that there is a grave danger that children of new immigrants are dealing with based on daily life in the schools which is bullying. Bullying which comes in different forms for instance,physical, social and emotional,verbal and cyber can have detrimental effect on the self-esteem of students and its results are catarostophical. In Canadian schools it is reported that most of the bullying that children experience is from grade 7 to grade 9.secondly,a case in point is the verbal bullying which leads to oppression

Canada is well known as multiculturalism country and it was built by many different types of immigrant. Different countries such as Asia, Europe, Africa and North America come to Canada and share their cultures as a one nation. Some people come to Canada to study, some people come to Canada to escape from war and find their safety and freedom. In addition, some people come to Canada just to do business. There are several different categories of people come to Canada including; students, workers and refugee.

Canada has become a mess; it is filled with countless dangerous criminals from various countries, and to make matter worst authorities have lost track of them. David B. Harris, the former Senior Manager for Canadian Security Intelligence Service, calls our immigration program a "death wish". As every year, a quarter of million immigrants and about 30,000 refugee claimants come to Canada. Therefore, Canada has a “parallel legal system based on Sharia (Muslim) law", so now one cannot deny that Muslim immigrants have played a vital role in transforming Canadian law according to their religious belief.

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,

Multiculturalism in Canada is recognizing that while Canadians share equal rights, they come with diverse cultural backgrounds where each can take pride in their heritage. Canada was and still is being transformed by mass immigration. Between the two years of 1992 and 1993, there were almost 500,000 immigrant arrivals. That is a huge amount of people entering into Canada. These new immigrants brought with them new skills, cultural traditions, and religious beliefs. Multiculturalism is very evident in Canada, and it is clear how we came to be such a diverse country. Multiculturalism promotes differences between social groups and identities, and it takes those differences to create one single culture. It expresses the essence of a modern and