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HARP-165 |
| Title: |
Multiculturalism and citizenship: the status of visible minorities in Canada |
| Source: |
Canadian Ethnic Studies , v.32(1) 2000 pg 111-125 |
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| Year: |
2000 |
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0 |
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| Keywords: |
Canada, citizenship, human rights, movement and residency, multi-culturalism, non-discrimination, ethnic minorities, civil and political rights, immigration, indigenous people, minority rights |
| Abstract: |
It is never a strongly contested view that Canada has “grown up” as a multicultural society. Canada’s dynamic process of growth in ethnocultural relations has largely been influenced by three principal forces – the indigenous peoples, variegated patterns of immigration, and the accommodation of minority nationalities. For the most part, multiculturalism has been distinguished by peaceful social co-existence, underpinned by experience in collective problem solving and passionate public discourse. These frameworks of order and co-operation, characteristic of the Canadian identity, have led to a pragmatic approach in public policy and institution building. Issues relating to multicultural citizenship and integration – assimilation, as well as the need for appropriate citizenship education, have been important by-products of this process of growth. The latter, however, are in need of theoretical refinement and a sharper focus on socio-historical points of reference from the minority perspective. |
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Keywords: Canada, citizenship, civil and political rights, ethnic minorities, human rights, immigration, indigenous people, minority rights, movement and residency, multi-culturalism, non-discrimination
