SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Flying While Muslim, Canadian Multiculturalism Act, Canadian Economics Association
14 Feb 2013
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Culture and multiculture : official multiculturalism in canadian public policy and law. Came about as a way of degerlitising quebec"s claim to culture: royal commission on bilingualism and biculturalism (1963-1969) More than just english and french canadians. Trudeau though muliticularlims would save both the french and canadians: federal multiculturalism policy (1971) Talked about multiculturalism in a bilingual framework. A canadian multicultural council and directerit established in 1973: canadian charter of rights and freedoms (1982) Charter included mulitcularlism as an identity: canadian multiculturalism act (bill c-93, 1988) July 1988- conservative gov"t= passed the multiculturalism act and policy. Recognizes all canadiansfull canadians to protect people within canadian society : multiculturalism from 1990s-present, in political discourse. This is because of its orgins. : demand from above (rather than below) Wasn"t a demand from below but above( no one called for muliticulatims in the form that it is resembled in the 1700"s or 1800"s. Rooted as an ideology discourse to undermined quebec nationalism ; if.
