Social Issues

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Social Issues Contradictions
Multicultralism, Ethnic Identity Inequality
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Trudeau Multicultural Act

• To recognize the heterogeneous nature of Canadian
  society
• 6 programs were established including museums,
  libraries, archives, programs for ethnic studies
  culture development

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Accomplishments of the Act

• 1. Municipal level
• Human Development Council
• 2. Provincial level
• Ontario Multicultural association
• 3. National Level
• Non Official Language Study

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Multiculturalism as a Concept

• to refer to the social reality of ethnic
  diversity
• to address issues of prejudice, racism and
  discrimination

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Multiculturalism as an Ideology

• cultural differences are compatible with a
  national goals
• cultural diversity should be accepted as an equal
  and integral of the national ideology
• open minded philosophy grounded on the principles
  of tolerance and mutual respect, while reducing
  prejudice and discrimination

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Multiculturalism as a Federal Policy

• act can be traced back to the 1940s
• during war time, government sought ethnic support
• Federal initiatives as it was understood in the
  50s and 60s emphasized naturalization and
  citizenship

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Multiculturalism as a Process

• to further the goals of minorities and ethnic
  groups
• to celebrate cultural diversity
• the enhancement of the multicultural act has been
  an important component of federal legislation
  such as

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• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• The Citizenship Act
• The Canadian Race Relations Foundation

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Ethnic Group Containment

• Why is there an assumption that ethnic groups are
  somehow outside the main stream of Canadian
  society?
• The policy of multiculturalism served as a device
  to legitimize the continued dominance of the
  ruling English speaking elite.

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Ethnic Group Containment

• the ulterior motive of multiculturalism is ethnic
  group containment
• It was to obscure the French Canadian challenge
  to political power and deflected into linguistic
  and cultural directions
• This was partially out in place to undermine
  Quebecs attempt at independence

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Ethnic Group Containment

• Multiculturalism was geared toward equality ONLY
  in linguistic and cultural matters
• By modernizing the traditional concept of
  ethnicity as an element standing outside the
  mainstream Canadian society from which
  individuals were expected to graduate in order to
  become full fledged Canadians
• This expectation on the part of the dominant
  group meant that they never considered minorities
  as competition for power, status and resources.

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Faults

• Not all groups are granted funds to support their
  community. Support is largely dependant on
  membership size. Therefore small groups are not
  able to maintain their culture as much as large
  groups.

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Faults

• There is no universal multicultural education
  mandate, and only some multicultural groups are
  represented in curriculum at the provincial level.

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Faults

• The main fault of multiculturalism is that it
  does not provide minorities adequate political or
  economic accommodations, it only provides
  linguistic and cultural accommodations.

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Faults

• The main fault of multiculturalism is that it
  does not provide minorities adequate political or
  economic accommodations, it only provides
  linguistic and cultural accommodations.

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Globalization Multiculturalism their impact on
citizenship

• Many entrepreneur immigrants are now serving as
  an important facilitator to bridge the cultural,
  social and political gaps between Canada and
  their respective countries.

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Globalization Multiculturalism their impact on
citizenship

• Individuals holding dual citizenship and their
  degree of commitment to one country may depend on
  their economic or political situation.

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Multiculturalism Inequality

• Bilingual and bicultural policies of equality
  were designed for Francophone and Anglophone
  Canadians and has left visible minorities and
  natives at a disadvantage

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The Multicultural Challenge

• The class will be divided into two teams,
  cultural minorities and cultural majorities.
• Each correct answer is worth one point for the
  answering team.
• The team with the most points at the end of the
  question period will be declared the winner of
  the multicultural challenge.

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The Multicultural Challenge

• 1. What were the 6 programs established in the
  Trudeau Multicultural Act?
• 1.____________________4.__________________ 2._
  ___________________5.__________________
• 3.____________________6. __________________
• 2. What are the 3 levels of government?
• 1.______________________________________
• 2.______________________________________
• 3.______________________________________
• 3. The enhancement of the multicultural act has
  been an important component of what federal
  legislations?
• 1.______________________________________
• 2.______________________________________
• 3.______________________________________
• 4. What was one of the main faults of
  multiculturalism?
• _______________________________________
• _______________________________________
• _______________________________________
• _______________________________________
• _______________________________________
• _______________________________________

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The Multicultural Challenge

• 5. What is an example of an organization
  associated with the provincial level of
  government?
• A) Human Development Council
• B) Ontario Multicultural association
• C) Non Official Language Study
• D) All of the above
• 6. At what time did the government sought ethnic
  support?
• A) During the 1990s
• B) During war time
• C) During the 1970s
• D) During depression
• 7. What are your thoughts on the effects of
  multiculturalism, ethnic identity and inequality?
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________

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The Multicultural Challenge

• Social issues Multiculturalism Inequality
• Ethnic Identity Trudeau Museum
• Library Prejudice Discrimination
• Minorities Ethnic groups Culture