Chapter 2 notes/questions

Question 1

What does individual identity refer to?

Answer 1

The traits that make a persons sense of individuality.

Question 2

What is collective identity?

Answer 2

A combination of beliefs, values, history and language of a people.

Question 3

Define traditions.

Answer 3

Customs of a family or culture.

Question 4

Define language?

Answer 4

A method of human communication either spoken or written, in which words are combined in an agreed way.
What is a pluralistic society

Question 5

What is a pluralistic society?

Answer 5

A society which a diversity of languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions and other aspects of culture are imbedded as part of the foundation of the country; a society that respects and values the individual and collective opinions and identities of all people.

Question 6

The metis were referred to as the ‘first Canadians’. Why do you think they were referred to in this way?

Answer 6

They were considered the first canadians by the colonizers, because they were children of the colonizers. It’s because they have the combined heritage of the First Indigenous peoples and of the colonizers heritage. The metis had a collective identity because they were a country within a country - through government, laws, traditions, customs, language (michif).

Question 7

Demographics

Answer 7

Facts and figures related to populations ex: the number of males and females that live in an area.

Question 8

Why Hmong youth are not interested in the traditions of their parents.

Answer 8

Because they think it’s old and not cool. This happened because they don’t know about their anscestors. Their surroundings - schools, other kids that don’t have those beliefs influence them.

Question 9

What is a francophone?

Answer 9

Being able to speak french

Question 10

What is an anglophone?

Answer 10

Being able to speak english.

Question 11

How many different aboriginal languages and language groups ar e there in Canada?

Answer 11

50 languages and 11 groups.

Question 12

What is official Bilingualism?

Answer 12

A country that has two official languages. In Canada: english and French.

Question 13

What two important documents state that Canada is officially bilingual?

Answer 13

The BNA act of 1867. The Constitution of 1982.

Question 14

What are are the two rights that Canadian have as a result of official bilingualism.

Answer 14

-the right to receive services from the federal gov’t in english and french.
-They also have the right to communicate and plead before a federal court in english or french.

Question 15

What are some of the the criticisms of official bilingualism?

Answer 15

• too expensive
• fails to recognize the may languages and cultures that now make up canada

Question 16

What is the only province that is officially bilingual?

Answer 16

New Bruswick.

Question 17

What additional responsibilities does the canadian government have in relation to bilingualism?

Answer 17

• supporting the development of english and french linguistic minority communities
• advancing the equality of status and use of the english and french languages within Canadian society.

Question 18

Bias

Answer 18

an inclination that makes it difficult to judge fairly

Question 19

How can globalization shape our collective identity?

Answer 19

We can instantly interact with peoples/cultures from all around the word, by foo/clothing and consume music/entertainment from a diverse selection.

Question 20

What was the historical identity of Canada for thousands of years?

Answer 20

It was a diverse group of First Nations people (over 100 different First Nations groups).

Question 21

What was the historical identity of Canada like by the 1800’s?

Answer 21

It was much less diverse, with most Canadians being of British or French descent.

Question 22

What is a minority group?

Answer 22

Groups that do not identify as part of the (Canadian) majority

Question 23

Minority groups tend to separate themselves from mainstream culture. What can that open these groups up to?

Answer 23

Discrimination, racism and alienation.

Question 24

Who did Metis children identify with early on?

Answer 24

Initially with their mother’s culture. But over time, they saw themselves as different from both their First Nations and European ancestors. They began to see themselves as a distinct people.

Question 25

Who are the Metis?

Answer 25

They are on of canada’s Aboriginal people. The first Metis were the children of the First Nations women and French traders and explorers.

Question 26

How did the Metis begin to form their own culture?

Answer 26

• They formed a distinctive collective identity, based originally on their shared way of life and marriages between Metis women and men.
• they developed their own language - Michif which is a blend of French and various First Nations languages
• they maintained their identity in part to an extensive political structure, organized gatherings and festivals, and a common struggle for recognition of their rights as Aboriginal people.

Question 27

Who are the Hmong people?

Answer 27

• from Southeast Asia, a first nation group from Vietnam
• during the Vietnam war they fought on the side of the united States
• as a result they were displaced from their homeland of Laos
• 160, 000 were refugees in the US

Question 28

How does the culture of the Hmong people differ the US than it did in Laos?

Answer 28

• families were interdependent, extended family plus several of the husband’s relative would live in the same house - in the US Hmong were split up to different states and regions
  -Authority of the father was not questioned- in the US women’s rights was strong and gender roles and equality of sexes was very different than in Laos
  -Children rarely questioned their parents - in the US parents often didn’t speak english, children became interpreters and weakened the traditional authority of parents
  -Hmong lived traditional farm life - US they go to university and have professional careers.
  -Hmong were free to practise their religion in the US, but were mistreated for doing so in asia.

Question 29

How does Aboriginal languages have a significant influence from the land the language is spoken in?

Answer 29

Their language tells them who they are and where they came from. The words for “the land” in their different languages reflect that the land is more than a place or country.

Question 30

The Quebecois people were recognized as a nation in 2006. What was this based on?

Answer 30

Their unique and distinct language. It’s not just in Quebec. French speakers all across Canada take pride in their language.

Question 31

What does BNA Act stand for?

Answer 31

British North America Act of 1876

Question 32

What is the most common and obvious way we express our identity?

Answer 32

appearance

Question 33

What are styles of dress related to specific cultures?

Answer 33

Kilts - Scotland, Saris - India, Kimonos/robes - Japan

Question 34

What is cultural appropriation?

Answer 34

the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society

Question 35

Why right someone be upset when aspects of their culture are adopted by other cultures?

Answer 35

What is a symbol of their culture my be used in an inappropriate way. Those using it may have no idea of it’s meaning and it would be an unwelcome intrusion.
Others see the attention to different aspects of their culture allows the culture to shine.