SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Multiculturalism Act, Social Reality, Cultural Imperialism
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The canadian multiculturalism act affirms the policy of the government to ensure that every canadian receives equal treatment by the government which respects and celebrates diversity. 55% think multiculturism is good for canada/ 30% thinks bad and 15% are unsure. Culture refers to the knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society. While a society is made up of people, a culture is made up of ideas, behaviors, and material possessions. In effect, everything we create with our hands and our minds. Culture includes: how we think, how we act, what we own. Essential for individual survival and communication with people. We must learn about culture through interaction, observation and imitation in order to participate as members of the group. Instict: unlearned, biologically determined behavior pattern common to all members of a species that predictably occurs whenever certain environmental conditions exist.
