What Is Multiculturalism In Australia

The government of Canada decided that the country could be a mosaic of cultures where people from different countries could keep their nationalities and still be called canadian therefore allowing an influx of different cultures. The royal commission came up with the idea of "cultural pluralism" and encouraged the government to reflect this in their policies. Pierre Elliot Trudeau, the prime minster in 1917 accepted this policy called the multiculturalism policy. In 1988, the governement of Canada also imposed the "Multiculturalism Act" . The factors influencing these two policies/acts were quite similiar to one another. In mid-1960s, the troubled English-French realtions in Canada desperately needed a solution. They preferred the idea of a cultural mosaic. After establishing this policy racism reduced significantly as every ethnic group was to be treated the same way, allowing canada to be a cultural hub. In the context of theory so far everything seems to be working smoothly but the real question that we need to ask ourself is whether multiculturalism is working in our society or not ? Do we feel comfortable living amogst all the different kinds of people and are content with our lifestyle? Take education for an example. A university in North America called Stanford had a program in which the curriculum was designed

American was dominated by the image of the melting pot that “melts up” all race differences and cultures to become on American culture. The ideas of multiculturalism started at the end of the nineteenth century and turned into the concept of cultural pluralism that defined the nation as a mixture of diverse ethnicities with different cultural backgrounds, all co-existing and contributing to the new nation.

So what does “multiculturalism” mean? In simple terms multiculturalism is the coexistence, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures in a singular geographic or democratic jurisdiction. Multiculturalism has been a huge part of this study as Australia as a nation is diversified into a various cultural aspects. The concept of multiculturalism has become a widely accepted and embraced fact around the world as more and more countries have adopted to the global policies of acceptance which not only helps the nation economically but also contributes towards the growth of various cultural boundaries and also helps develop knowledge about wide spread variety of customs and culture groups around the world. Ultimately the essence of multiculturalism in any society is to eradicate the feeling of an outsider and accept ethnic and racial groups as their our and build the concept of unity in

The fact that Australia is a multicultural country mean there is more than one race of human beings living in the country but with a multicultural society like Australia there are people who don’t see the other cultures as equal and that they are a bit racist and putdown the other. And sometimes with employers they can take vantage over foreign workers and visa workers because they get lure with job offer that are too good to be true and once the start work they employers drop the bomb that they get pay a wage way below the minimum award wage standards that an Australia would get and this is illegal and some employers the dose this kind of practice will get arrested or even worst case their business can get shutdown but bigger companies can get away with it.

While the multicultural policy in Canada is in some ways out of date, the policy still remains a crucial aspect of Canadian identity and is still in many ways relevant to the values of the country and the people living within it. The policy was originally put in place to ensure that groups in Canada who were not French or British felt that they were welcomed in Canada, as everyone in Canada should feel free to be whatever culture they identify with, not pressured to fit in with the majority. The original intention of the multicultural policy, which was out in place by Pierre Trudeau was to allow people to celebrate their culture without getting discriminated. Multiculturalism has developed immensely since the policy has been put in place, however,

"Social justice is what faces you in the morning. It is awakening in a house with adequate water supply, cooking facilities and sanitation. It is the ability to nourish your children and send them to school where their education not only equips them for employment but reinforces their knowledge and understanding of their cultural inheritance. It is the prospect of genuine employment and good health: a life of choices and opportunity, free from discrimination" (Dodson, 1993).

A policy of multiculturalism was officially adopted by the Government of Canada under Pierre Trudeau during the 1970s and 1980s The Canadian federal government has been described as the instigator of multiculturalism as an ideology because of its public value

Multiculturalism is acceptance of different cultural traditions of people from other countries in your country. Before Multiculturalism hit Australia they are very strict with non-European people because they wanted to preserve their British ethno-cultural identity, they implemented a law called “White Australia Policy” which restricts immigration for non-Europeans and limits cultural and ethnic diversity of immigrants which lasted from 1901 to 1973. But after the policy ended, around the 70’s also refugees have started to arrive and this have started the Multiculturalism Policy and today Australia now is one of the most multicultural and diverse countries with more than 200 languages spoken with English being the most common language used. Now is Multiculturalism be beneficial for Australians?

The main points of this article are Australians especially young people had changed their mind as they support the multiculturalism. Compared it to past many years ago , Australians seem to be prejudice toward the Aboriginal . Aboriginal are being discriminated by the Australian . They changed because they think that multiculturalism can bring many benefit to them , in other word , multiculturalism is good for Australians as the title of this articles shown. This point can be support by the fact from the article, research shown that the levels of engagement between immigrants and local Australian increase from years to years . Besides that , the immigrants have more chances to get a job in Australian compared to past times . This shown

(MARSH, 2013) .On 21 July 1988, the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney passed the Canadian Multiculturalism Act, which formalized the government's commitment to promote the full and equitable participation of individuals and communities of all origins in the continuing evolution and shaping of all aspects of Canadian society by establishing legislation to protect ethnic, racial, linguistic and religious diversity within Canadian society. (MARSH, 2013) Trudeau's declaration of Canada as a bilingual and multicultural nation resulted in an explosion of multicultural research. (MARSH, 2013) Publications and literature were developed, many national research surveys were launched, ethnic identity research escalated, and organizations were established to support diversity. This is significant step for Canadian again. As Multiculturalism was celebrated as a new vision of Canadian identity, which would foster a global understanding of all ethnic

The article I read is titled “ Australia's Increasing Ethnic and Religious Diversity” written by Christine Inglis. Australia has been experiencing more diverse population. Around 15 percent of the world's population now speaks languages other than English. The number of Buddhists is also has increased. Australia's largest city Sydney, has been growing more diverse over the years.

With the multiculturalism policy in Canada, Pierre Trudeau declared its commitment to the principal of multiculturalism in 1971. In 1971, Canada was the first country in the world to adapt multiculturalism as an official policy. By doing so, Canada accepted the value of dignity of all Canadians regardless of their racial or ethnic origins, their language, or their religious affiliations. Multiculturalism has led to higher rates of naturalization than ever before. Immigrants can freely choose their new citizenship because they want to be Canadians.

Australia is a settler nation which is now made up of many ethnic groups who share similar cultural traditions, common language, shared history and a shared identity (ABS, 2016). These groups contribute to what is referred to multiculturalism. Australia has a higher proportion of people born overseas than the US, Canada and the UK, with 49% of Australia’s population (or a parent) being born overseas (Census of Population and Housing, 2016). Compared to other Western nations, Australia has one of the most diverse immigration populations (Collins, 2013, p. 145). The meaning of multiculturalism in Australia has changed significantly over time. Today, Australia is a culturally and ethnically diverse country and therefore is a multicultural society. In terms of public policy, multiculturalism can be defined as policies and practices implemented by the Australian government that aim to manage cultural diversity to benefit the whole of society (Department of Social Services, 2014). Although Australia is a multicultural society, there are criticisms of public policy surrounding 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

Australia has always been a multicultural country, the first immigrants that came to Australia were the British in 1788. During this phase of European settlement various policies were created to address cultural diversity. One of the most infamous policies was that of assimilation that forced Australian Aboriginal people and migrants to give up their own culture and heritage and assimilate to colonial Australian culture. Eventually this policy was revised to Multiculturalism. That as a policy in Australia refers to handling the ramifications of diversity, bearing in mind that all Australians have the right to a cultural identity, all citizens must be able to express their cultural inheritance. Whether Multiculturalism is advantageous for Australia or not is a very controversial topic. There is a side that argues that multiculturalism could threaten the lifestyle of many Australians. On the other hand, research demonstrates that from an Australian perspective it has been mostly advantageous. This essay will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of multiculturalism in Australia, with regard to economical, historical and social perspectives.