Revisiting Multiculturalism in Canada [electronic resource] : Theories, Policies and Debates /
Guo, Shibao.editor.
Wong, Lloyd.editor.
In 1971 Canada was the first nation in the world to establish an official multiculturalism policy with an objective to assist cultural groups to overcome barriers to integrate into Canadian society while maintaining their heritage language and culture. Since then Canada’s practice and policy of multiculturalism have endured and been deemed as successful by many Canadians. As well, Canada’s multiculturalism policy has also enjoyed international recognition as being pioneering and effectual. Recent public opinion suggests that an increasing majority of Canadians identify multiculturalism as one of the most important symbols of Canada’s national identity. On the other hand, this apparent successful record has not gone unchallenged. Debates, critiques, and challenges to Canadian multiculturalism by academics and politicians have always existed to some degree since its policy inception over four decades ago. In the current international context there has been a growing assault on, and subsequent retreat from, multiculturalism in many countries. In Canada debates about multiculturalism continue to emerge and percolate particularly over the past decade or so. In this context, we are grappling with the following questions: • What is the future of multiculturalism and is it sustainable in Canada? • How is multiculturalism related to egalitarianism, interculturalism, racism, national identity, belonging and loyalties? • What role does multiculturalism play for youth in terms of their identities including racialization? • How does multiculturalism play out in educational policy and the classroom in Canada? These central questions are addressed by contributions from some of Canada’s leading scholars and researchers in philosophy, psychology, sociology, history, education, religious studies, youth studies, and Canadian studies. The authors theorize and discuss the debates and critiques surrounding multiculturalism in Canada and include some very important case studi.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Theorizing and Debating Multiculturalism -- The Three Lives of Multiculturalism -- Intercultural Relations in Plural Societies: Research Derived from Canadian Multiculturalism Policy -- A Canadian Anomaly? The Social Construction of Multicultural National Identity -- Multiculturalism and Ethnic Pluralism in Sociology: An Analysis of the Fragmentation Position Discourse -- Multiculturalism and Egalitarianism -- Canadian Multiculturalism in the 21st Century: Emerging Challenges and Debates -- Section II: Multiculturalism, Ethnicity and Belonging -- Rethinking Multiculturalism in Canada: Tensions between Immigration, Ethnicity and Minority Rights -- Canadian Jews, Dual/Divided Loyalties, and the Tebbit “Cricket” Test -- Yiddish and Multiculturalism: A Marriage Made in Heaven? -- Canadians under Suspicion: Sri Lankan Tamil Diasporic Community as a Suspect Minority Group -- Section III: Youth, Identity and Racialization -- Multiculturalism and the Forging of Identities by Lebanese-Origin Youth in Halifax -- Multiculturalism as an Integrational Policy: Lessons from Second Generation Racialized Minorities -- “And He Was Dancing Like No Tomorrow”: Police and Youth “Getting to Know” Each Other -- Section IV: Multicultural Education -- Critical and Emerging Discourses in Multicultural Education Literature: An (Updated) Review -- Multiculturalism and Minority Religion in Public Schools: Perspectives of Immigrant Parents -- From Integration to Empowerment: Multicultural Education in the Board of Education of the City of Toronto, from 1960 to 1975 -- Further Unpacking Multiculturalism in the Classroom: Continuing to Explore the Politics of Difference through Current Events -- Section V: Future of Multiculturalism -- Beyond Multiculturalism: Managing Complex Diversities in a Postmulticultural Canada -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
In 1971 Canada was the first nation in the world to establish an official multiculturalism policy with an objective to assist cultural groups to overcome barriers to integrate into Canadian society while maintaining their heritage language and culture. Since then Canada’s practice and policy of multiculturalism have endured and been deemed as successful by many Canadians. As well, Canada’s multiculturalism policy has also enjoyed international recognition as being pioneering and effectual. Recent public opinion suggests that an increasing majority of Canadians identify multiculturalism as one of the most important symbols of Canada’s national identity. On the other hand, this apparent successful record has not gone unchallenged. Debates, critiques, and challenges to Canadian multiculturalism by academics and politicians have always existed to some degree since its policy inception over four decades ago. In the current international context there has been a growing assault on, and subsequent retreat from, multiculturalism in many countries. In Canada debates about multiculturalism continue to emerge and percolate particularly over the past decade or so. In this context, we are grappling with the following questions: • What is the future of multiculturalism and is it sustainable in Canada? • How is multiculturalism related to egalitarianism, interculturalism, racism, national identity, belonging and loyalties? • What role does multiculturalism play for youth in terms of their identities including racialization? • How does multiculturalism play out in educational policy and the classroom in Canada? These central questions are addressed by contributions from some of Canada’s leading scholars and researchers in philosophy, psychology, sociology, history, education, religious studies, youth studies, and Canadian studies. The authors theorize and discuss the debates and critiques surrounding multiculturalism in Canada and include some very important case studi.
Education.
Education, general.