SOSC 1350 Study Guide - Jeremy Harrison, Canadian Economics Association, Hijab

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Julie Dowsett

Document Summary

[multiculturalism] reduces the problem of social justice into questions of curry and turban. Himani bannerji (1942-present: official multiculturalism in canadian public policy and law. Many politicians were not concerned with sexism and racism: royal commission on bilingualism and biculturalism (1963- Trudeau thought that this royal commission would save canada: federal multiculturalism policy (1971) The multiculturalism policy, a number of proviences thought it was a good idea too. This policy seem to reverse earlier attempt to get rid of immigrants. This talked about milticultralism within a bilingual framework and a good chunk of money went into it: canadian charter of rights and freedoms (1982) Charter included muticultralism as an important part of canadian identity: canadian multiculturalism act (bill c-93, 1988) Since 1990s miulticultralism has been a major part of political discourse (like whos elected) Almost a clich needs to give lip service to multicultrism: demand from above (rather than below)