Chapter 5 Flashcards

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Urbanization

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the growth of cities, a phenomenon that started 200 years ago following the Industrial Revolution.

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What are metropolises?

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They are large cities. They occur as a result of urbanization and as a result of urbanization, now house more people than ever before.

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What are now known as cosmopolitans?

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Metropolises that have become extremely culturally diverse. ex: Delhi India, Tokyo Japan, Mexico city Mexico, Los Angeles US, London UK, Paris France

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What is a megacity?

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A metropolises that have over 10 million people.

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accommodation:

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-Local governments recognize the opportunity to help residents integrate by accommodating their specific, immediate needs ex: halifax has the Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement association (MISA)

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Many immigrants choose to leave their homeland to have a new and better way of life but they don’t want to leave their culture behind.
How is Integration the best of both worlds?

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  • by Keeping identity unique and diverse
  • Allow all Canadians to share a common set of beliefs and values to hold us all together (pluralistic society)
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acculturation is

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the process of changing as the result of contact with other groups.
- so they don’t stand out, most immigrants may seek to adopt the traits of the dominant culture to feel included

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What do some people do that creates acculturation?

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  • choose to adopt a new/more innovative way of life than their ancestors ex: some First Nations groups acculturated to the globalize world through tourism an small local businesses
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co-operatives:

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  • businesses owned by many members who all profit equally.
  • very common among women in many underdeveloped nations, in an attempt to boost their families’ income.
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acculturation in the Andes;

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  • In the Andes mountains of South America, the Quechua people were one of the first peoples conquered by the Inca Empire
  • Their economy was based on llama/alpaca farming, and using their wool for woven goods
    Now, the Quechuan women own collectives which still produce these goods for a global market.
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cultural revitalization

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  • is a renewal, or celebration, of cultural tradition, customs, and languages among members of the cultural community.
  • Many cultures today, that have been marginalized, or assimilated in the past, are attempted to revitalize their culture.
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What happened with Inuit Revival?

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  • early 1900’s missionaries set out to convert the Inuit people to Christianity
  • traditional beliefs and practices were banned in schools
  • in the 1950’s the Canadian gov’t forced the Nomadic Inuit people to live in permanent settlements
  • 1960’s the Inuit settlements were moved to allow for mining and drilling
  • 1070’s Inuit bean working on legislation with the Can Gov’t to govern themselves
  • 1999 Can gov’t created the Territory of Nunavut for the Inuit to live in and govern themselves
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Francophone in canada: How did the French protect their culture in Canada?

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  • BNA act of 1867 mad both English dn French as official language in government and federal courts
  • the official languages act of 1969 - ensured all citizens could receive federal documents and services in english and french
  • bill 101 defined french a sQuebec’s only official language in 1977

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The Global Francophone Community

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  • globally recognized as a Francophone country
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1970, La Francophonie was created. What is it?

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-It is a cultural and linguistic community of over 175 million French speaking people
-It is also an institutional community (a building and office) that is in 63 states and governments around the world
- Many members are former French colonies
- Quebec and New Brunswick hold special status as “participating governments” (map on page 109)

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What 3 main aspects of the world does La Francophone promote French language and culture?

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Economics, language preservation and telecommunications

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How does La Francophone promote french language and culture economically?

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-Many members are from poor underdeveloped nations
-Wealthy nations are encouraged to pool resources and help less wealthy nations with sustainable development.
- Wealthy countries help to raise living standards in less wealthy countries

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How does La Francophone promote french language and culture with language preservation?

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  • Main goal is to preserve the French language in an English dominated world.
  • Lobby governments to provide language services in French (Olympic coverage)
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How does La Francophone promote french language and culture through telecommunications?

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  • Created the T5 television network, a French only TV channel
  • Reaches the 3rd most viewers globally after MTV and CNN (as of 2005)
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The number of people who speak an Aboriginal tone dropped from 26% to 14.5 % between 1996 and 2011. How is Indigenous langue in Canada being preserved?

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  • FNMI organizations will meet to protect with the Ministry of Canadian Heritage to develop legislation regarding Indigenous languages and aim to table it in Parliament in 2018
    “If we don’t protect our languages and we lose another language — then the residential school system will have won and we don’t want any of our languages to die anymore” - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde
    Source: CBC: Feds rushing to help save endangered Indigenous languages
    Do we have a responsibility to preserve First Nations languages?
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What is the goal of the Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association (MISA) of Halifax Nova Scotia.

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To help new immigrants integrate by accommodating their specific immediate needs. ex: help newcomers get oriented in their new city and to Canadian society, assess language skill and arrange for translation and interpretation, locate employment opportunities, training for new skills, cross cultural awareness workshops
-it helps people prepare quickly and effectively to become fully participating members Canadian society.

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How did Susan Aglukark use acculturation as an opportunity?

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Use the media of music from the western culture and used it to teach and share inuit stories and culture.