SOSC 1350 Study Guide - Final Guide: Biculturalism, Moral Police, White Ribbon Campaign
11 Apr 2016
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The canadian multiculturalism act is defined as a formalized governmental act discovered in the bill c-93 in 1988 that allows citizens to practice their religions and embrace their identity without the fear of persecution (dowsett, 2015). Based on this act, citizens are also entitled to recognizing all canadians as full and equal participants in a equity based society that encourages to pass more legislations to protect ethnic relations across canada (dowsett, 2015). The canadian multiculturalism act of 1988 was driven from the federal multiculturalism policy of 1971 where trudeau stated in the house of. Commons speech, the government will support and encourage various cultures and ethnic groups that give structure and vitality to our society . [c]ontribute to a richer life for us all (ramachandran, 2009, p. 34). This later led on to the entrenchment of multiculturalism in the canada"s charter of rights and freedoms in 1982 (dowsett, Canadians are well recognized for, making them morally superior over usa (dowsett,
