POLS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Constitution Act, 1982, Ellen Fairclough, Aboriginal Peoples In Canada

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2300
• Professor: Nanita Mohan

Document Summary

Over the last generation respect for diversity has joined equality and freedom as one of the core values of. This image of canadian ethos, emerged at the same time as this image of canada as the pluralistic society par excellence and a model of cultural coexistence. Canadian society has always been pluralistic and the official recognition of the group rights goes back at least as far as the 1774 quebec act, under which the british authorities recognized the religious rights of. French canadians what is relatively new is the level of awareness of diversity and the idea that it should be recognized, protected and even promoted through the actions and institutions of the state. The issues that will be examined in this chapter based on the politics of diversity and the policy of multiculturalism. How canada s population characteristics have changed over time. The ways in which diversity politics has been institutionalized in state institutions and policies;