SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Pacific Railway, Police Brutality, Canadian Identity
28 May 2016
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One of the most culturally diverse nations in the world; one of the most accepting" of cultural diversity. 4/5 canadians agree that multiculturalism is important to our canadian identity. Yet many members of visible minority groups report that they have experienced discrimination or unfair treatment. The subordination of one group by another using arbitrary physical features such as skin colour. It can occur at individual, institutional or societal levels in the form of attitudes, beliefs, policies or procedures. Pushed the bar in terms of race relations in canada. 2001: as canadians we are not doing a good job i. e. police brutality towards aboriginal men, 600 chinese ships met with hatred, immigrant"s skills are not recognized in canada etc. Japanese-canadians and the internment: ww2 issued internment for austro-hungarian and japanese canadians, homes and properties taken from them. Jewish refugees: reluctance to accept jewish people into canada after ww2.
