SOC 2309 Lecture 8: Class 8

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2309
• Professor: Paul Thibaudeau

Document Summary

For many years canada wasn"t welcoming at all. Turned away african-american farmers from the sates. Those that made in within canada were placed in prison camps that also help german war prisoners. All that changed after wwii soldiers realized that those fighting next to them were the same. The differing rights of war veterans began fighting for equal rights. We realized what can happen when you isolate or ostracize a particular race/ethnicity etc we don"t want to become like nazi germany. In the 1940"s and 1950"s more and more policies anti-discrimination. 1962 reform of white canada don"t allow people to come to canada based on if their white but based on education and regular criteria. 1970 notion of being more than just bicultural but rather multicultural. 1971 multicultural became an official policy within a bilingual nation. As aboriginal right grew as did multicultural rights. Family sponsorship program welcoming way to enter the country.