Title: Possibilities and limitations : multicultural policies and programs in Canada /
Authors: James, Carl E.
Publisher: Fernwood Pub.,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Multiculturalism Canada.; Canada Ethnic relations.; Canada Race relations.; Canada Social policy.
Abstract: "The contributors in this book, from a variety of academic disciplines write about the extent to which multicultural policies and programs facilitate cultural freedom and equality of opportunity for ethnic and racial minority group Canadians. Areas explored include: the federal multicultural policy and its articulated discourse, intentions and outcomes; how ethnic, racial and religious minorities and immigrants have fared in a society with official multiculturalism; the limits and possibilities of multicultural education; and the capacity of employment equity to address discriminatory employment practices. Contributors demonstrate that instead of opening opportunities for full and effective participation in Canadian society, the current discourse of multiculturalism often operates to homogenize, essentialize, racialize and marginalize ethnic and racial minority group Canadians, and in the process negates individual and intra-cultural group differences as well as cultural variations and complexities of groups. In light of this situation, there is a need for a paradigm shift that would facilitate the development of policies, programs, curricula, practices, strategies and pedagogies that would bring about equitable conditions for minority group Canadians and immigrants. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Introd: Perspectives on multiculturalism in Canada / Carl E. James -- Canadian multiculturalism / Clifford J. Jansen -- Aboriginal people and stories of Canadian history / Susan Dion -- Immigrant integration in Canada / Patience Elabor-Idemudia -- Citizens of the state but not members of the nation / Susan Judith Ship -- Multicultural education in Canada / Carl E. James and Maxine Wood -- A socio-cultural and critical analysis of educational policies and programs for minority youth in British Columbia / June Beynon [and others] -- Accommodating religious difference / Lois Sweet -- Employment equity in Canada / Audrey Kobayashi -- The letter: racism, hate and monoculturalism in a Canadian hinterland / Luis L.M. Aguiar, Patricia Tomic and Ricardo Trumper -- Conclusion: Multiculturalism / Roger Saul.