SOCI 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Official Language
Week 12- multiculturalism
Iterpretig Caada’s ulticulturalis
• Ideology
o Our beliefs and understanding of what it means to be a Canadian
o It has been idealized in Canadian society but blinded to the fact that it benefits
people of certain races and class
• Fact
o Canada is made up of many cultures
• Official gov’t policy
o Multiculturalism act
o Charter of rights
o Official language
o Overlapping Policy stages
▪ Ethnicity and culture (1970s)
• mosaic
▪ Equity (1980s to early 1990s)
• Anti-racism movements
• Equality among ethnic groups
• Removable of barriers
• structure
▪ Civic (1995-2005)
• Participation
• Sense of belonging
• Building communities
• social
▪ Integrative (2006-present)
• Citizenship
• Remove segregation and extremism
• Practice
o Advancing a broad range of goals, agendas, and priorities
• Critical discourse
o Different viewpoints
o Critique our standings in society
o Assesses how well Canada is doing as a society with multiculturalism
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