POLS 1000 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Diversity and Multiculturalism

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1000
• Professor: B R O O K S

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Macdonald, the leading english canadian advocate of an independent canada, and. George etienne cartier, the major spokesperson for french canada. It was not until the 1960s and more specifically, the work of the royal commission on. Bilingualism and biculturalism that the 2 nations image of canada experienced any serious competition: 1971 passage of the multiculturalism act and the creation of a new federal ministry of. State for multiculturalism today, the role and responsibilities that began in 1971 fall under the rubric of the. Department of canadian heritage: the share of canada"s population with neither french nor british isles ethnic origins has increased quite dramatically. Immigrants from eastern and southern europe became increasingly important within. Disability: greater proportion of the population is disabled today than at any point in. 1763: this document recognized the presence and rights of the several nations or tribes of.