SOC102H1 Chapter 3: Chapter 3 of Social Problems
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Immigrants are a large fraction of the population of canada"s cities. The policy proposed that multiculturalism operate within a bilingual framework english and french: also declared ethnic pluralism a goal worth preserving and nurturing in canadian society, provinces followed the federal lead, introducing their own multiculturalism policies. 1982 the desire to preserve and enhance the multicultural heritage of canadians" was entrenches in the. 1988 a new canadian multiculturalism act became law. For some, treating minority groups in a special way violated the former canadian norm of equal treatment. The vertical mosaic: repeatedly, the majority group has excluded and devalued immigrant groups, with minority newcomers experiencing less-than-average access to better occupations and higher income. Chain migration: process of migration to canada has been gradual; push factors and pull factors, chain migration: the successful migration of one family member creates a chain for the kin and community network.
