Lecture 6 Flashcards
what is the house of commons
-centre of the legislative process
what is the senate
- is the upper house of parliament
- consider and revise legislative, national issues, give all provinces equal voices
define sociological multiculturalism
descriptive of empirical fact
explain the components of a nation
- political community
- cultural heritage community
- territorial community
- categorical community
- census
ethnicity does not equal
-race
explain ethnicity
- primordialist
- instrumentalist
- constructivist
what is national identity
- membership + expression of culture heritage
what is monism
that only one supreme power exists
what were the key elements in British North America
- between 1867-1947
- westward colonial expansion
- segmented immigration
- suppression of the public expression of cultural difference
what were the key elements of colonial expansion
- treaties with the First Nations between 1871-1899
- provision 1: Indian signatories: relinquishing all claims to land to the queen
- no evidence that the words used in treaties were fully explained to those who signed over the land
- residential schools program 1880-1930
what is the white Canada policy
- immigration act 1910
- preferred British + Northern European
- non-preferred but still allowed southern + Eastern European
- excluded non-europeans
what other immigration exclusion acts were there
- Chinese immigration act 1885 +1923
- continuous journey provision 1908
when did canada become experience dualism resulting in bicultural+bilingualism
1947-1970
when was the Chinese immigration act repealed
1947
when was the Canadian citizenship act
1947
when did the Quebec quiet revolution take place
1960s
what was the quiet revolution
- an inter province revolution within Quebec
- built on and reinforced nationalism
- built some of Canadas most progressive social programs
- displaced the catholic church and the central institution
in 1962 an immigration selection was based on?
universal skills
the royals commission on bilingualism + biculturalism happened during what years?
1963-1969
when did Senator Paul Yuzyk give his speech
1964
because of his speech Sen. Paul Yuzyk became known as the
father of multiculturalism
when was the new flag of Canada presented
1965
what year was the Official Languages Act made
1969
when was the policy of multiculturalism made
1971
what year was the immigration act
1976
when was the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms presented
1982
what year was the employment equity act
1986
what year was the Canadian multiculturalism act
1988
what did the multiculturalism act cover
- multicultural identity
- social justice
- civic participation
what are the strengths of Canadian multiculturalism
- strong public support
- continued adaptation
- constitutional recognition of cultural diversity
- central to nation-building
- naturalization + inter-ethnic conflict
what are the limits of Canadian multiculturalism
- persistence of racism, economic + regional disparities
- limits cultural convergence
- non-recognition of national pluralism
- personal bilingualism does not equal civic duty
- perpetuates language of race
define ideological multiculturalism
prescriptive of inclusive norms
define political multiculturalism
enforcement of institutional change
