Multiculturalism and the History of Canadian Diversity [microform]
Author: Day, Richard J. F
Publisher: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 644
ISBN-13: 9780612376946
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Multiculturalism and the History of Canadian Diversity
Author: Richard J. F. Day
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780802080752
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArguing that Canada's multicultural policies are propelled by a fantasy of unity rooted in a European drive to control diversity, Day suggests that state intervention can never bring an end to tensions related to ethnocultural relations of power.
Multiculturalism and the History of Canadian Diversity
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Racial Mosaic
Author: Daniel R. Meister
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2021-12-22
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 0228009979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCanada is often considered a multicultural mosaic, welcoming to immigrants and encouraging of cultural diversity. Yet this reputation masks a more complex history. In this groundbreaking study of the pre-history of Canadian multiculturalism, Daniel Meister shows how the philosophy of cultural pluralism normalized racism and the entrenchment of whiteness. The Racial Mosaic demonstrates how early ideas about cultural diversity in Canada were founded upon, and coexisted with, settler colonialism and racism, despite the apparent tolerance of a variety of immigrant peoples and their cultures. To trace the development of these ideas, Meister takes a biographical approach, examining the lives and work of three influential public intellectuals whose thoughts on cultural pluralism circulated widely beginning in the 1920s: Watson Kirkconnell, a university professor and translator; Robert England, an immigration expert with Canadian National Railways; and John Murray Gibbon, a publicist for the Canadian Pacific Railway. While they all proposed variants of the idea that immigrants to Canada should be allowed to retain certain aspects of their cultures, their tolerance had very real limits. In their personal, corporate, and government-sponsored works, only the cultures of "white" European immigrants were considered worthy of inclusion. On the fiftieth anniversary of Canada's official policy of multiculturalism, The Racial Mosaic represents the first serious and sustained attempt to detail the policy's historical antecedents, compelling readers to consider how racism has structured Canada's settler-colonial society.
Cultural Diversity and Canadian Education
Author: John R. Mallea
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 567
ISBN-13: 0886290074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis thorough study will be of assistance to those seeking to understand the role of education in contemporary Canada. Education policy and practice regarding language and culture are highlighted, as is the crucially important question of cultural transmission.
Multiculturalism in Canada
Author: Jean R. Burnet
Publisher: Direction des études canadiennes
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a list of essential works on the topic. It also identifies resource guides, finding aids, scholarly journals, microforms, audio-visual, and computer-based sources of relevance.
Multiculturalism in Canada
Author: Andrew Griffith
Publisher:
Published: 2015
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ISBN-13: 9780988064089
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"With over 20 percent of the population foreign-born, and with more than 250 ethnic origins, Canada is one of the world's most multicultural societies. Canada's ethnic and religious diversity continues to grow alongside immigration. Yet how well is Canada's model of multiculturalism and citizenship working, and how well are Canadians, whatever their ethnic or religious origin, doing? Will Canada's relative success compared to other countries continue, or are there emerging fault lines in Canadian society? Canadian Multiculturalism: Evidence and Anecdote undertakes an extensive review of the available data from Statistics Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada operational statistics, employment equity and other sources to answer these questions and provide an integrated view covering economic outcomes, social indicators, and political and public service participation. Evidence and Anecdote provides a detailed analysis from the national perspective as well provincial overviews, showing both common trends and regional differences. The book outlines the theoretical, historical, and policy context to illustrate the uniqueness of Canada and evolution of multiculturalism and to help readers understand the broader context for the evidence and analysis. Visuals and charts are extensively used to engage readers and substantiate the changing nature of Canadian diversity. Intended audience includes the media, academics, policy makers at federal, provincial and municipal levels, organizations active in integration and related issues, as well as ethnic and religious communities themselves."--
Revisiting Multiculturalism in Canada
Author: Shibao Guo
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-12-01
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9463002081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1971 Canada was the first nation in the world to establish an official multiculturalism policy with an objective to assist cultural groups to overcome barriers to integrate into Canadian society while maintaining their heritage language and culture. Since then Canada’s practice and policy of multiculturalism have endured and been deemed as successful by many Canadians. As well, Canada’s multiculturalism policy has also enjoyed international recognition as being pioneering and effectual. Recent public opinion suggests that an increasing majority of Canadians identify multiculturalism as one of the most important symbols of Canada’s national identity. On the other hand, this apparent successful record has not gone unchallenged. Debates, critiques, and challenges to Canadian multiculturalism by academics and politicians have always existed to some degree since its policy inception over four decades ago. In the current international context there has been a growing assault on, and subsequent retreat from, multiculturalism in many countries. In Canada debates about multiculturalism continue to emerge and percolate particularly over the past decade or so. In this context, we are grappling with the following questions: • What is the future of multiculturalism and is it sustainable in Canada? • How is multiculturalism related to egalitarianism, interculturalism, racism, national identity, belonging and loyalties? • What role does multiculturalism play for youth in terms of their identities including racialization? • How does multiculturalism play out in educational policy and the classroom in Canada? These central questions are addressed by contributions from some of Canada’s leading scholars and researchers in philosophy, psychology, sociology, history, education, religious studies, youth studies, and Canadian studies. The authors theorize and discuss the debates and critiques surrounding multiculturalism in Canada and include some very important case studi
Canadian Multiculturalism @50
Author: Augie Fleras
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-07-26
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9004466568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCanadian Multiculturalism @50 offers a critically-informed overview of Canada’s official multiculturalism against a half-century of successes and failures, benefits and costs, contradictions and consensus, and criticism and praise. Admittedly, not a perfect governance model, but one demonstrably better than other models.
Multiculturalism and the Canadian Constitution
Author: Stephen J. Tierney
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2011-11-01
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0774840072
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTogether, the strands of Canada's diversity tell a complex story of pluralism, consolidated through a long and incremental period of constitution-building. This book brings together scholars of cultural diversity to address key components of the changing Canadian story: the evolution over time of multiculturalism within Canadian constitutional law and policy; the territorial dimension of Canadian federalism; and the role of constitutional interpretation by the courts in the development of Canada as a multicultural state. The essays illustrate how deeply multiculturalism is woven into the fabric of the Canadian constitution and the everyday lives of Canadians.
