Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Kingston Police, Viola Desmond, Underground Railroad

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Cameron Anderson

Document Summary

Remove barriers to full participation in society: help integrate immigrants, 2. Assist immigrants in requiring at least one official language: 3. Assist new canadians in retaining their ethnic identities: 4. What policy efforts marked this period: secure consensus among all of the federal parties that multiculturalism was valuable, 5 policy efforts marked this period, 1. 1981 creation of a race relations unit: emphasized the need to address racism as a part of the multiculturalism program, response to the changes in immigration patterns, 2. Recognition of multiculturalism values in the charter: enhanced the issues of multiculturalism, section 27 entire charter got to look at all canadian citizens in mind, 3. Starts in 1981 creation of a new government discourse around multiculturalism: specifically linking multiculturalism in a positive way with the. Canadian economy and business interests: multiculturalism means business"- promoting value in international trade in the globalized era, 4.