num_pages: 160
description: Canada is not one nation but English Canada Quebec and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism multiculturalism and federalism. Alongside this contemporary openness Canada also has its own history to contend with; with a legacy of broken treaties and residential schools for its Indigenous peoples making reconciliation between Canada and First Nations an ongoing journey not a destination.Drawing on history politics and literature this Very Short Introduction starts at the end of the last ice age when the melting of the ice sheets opened the northern half of North America to Indigenous peoples and covers up to today's anthropogenic climate change and Canada's climate politics. Donald Wright emphasizes Canada's complexity and diversity as well as its different identities and its commitment to rights and explores its historical relationship to Great Britain and its ongoing relationship with the United States. Finally he examines Canada's northern realities and its northern identities.ABOUT THE The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
language: English
title: Canada: A Very Short Introduction
publisher: Oxford University Press