Topic 13: Culture

Question 1

Culture signifies how we ..

Answer 1

interpret and experience our social life

Question 2

Ethnicity

Answer 2

no universal consensus, generally concerned with common cultural characteristics

Question 3

Issues that shape aboriginal leisure

Answer 3

cultural regulation, sports and game at residential schools, mainstream sporting events

Question 4

Aboriginal leisure today

Answer 4

• arctic sports and dene games

- north American indigenous games

Question 5

Visible minority groups

Answer 5

persons (other than aboriginal people) who are non Caucasian in race or non white in colour.

Question 6

Canadas original inhabitants were ..

Answer 6

aboriginal and came from diversity of first nations

Question 7

Canadas european heritage helped shape Canadas ..

Answer 7

social norms and institutions unloading conservation values and parks

Question 8

Since 1990 Canada has welcomes..

Answer 8

most of its immigrants from a variety of again countries who can bring them different experiences and attitudes

Question 9

How many ethnic origins were reported in Canadian population

Answer 9

250 plus

Question 10

11.1 million or nearly 1/3 of population reported being

Answer 10

Canadian

Question 11

2.1 million or 6.2% of population reported being

Answer 11

aboriginal

Question 12

Major trends in Canada

Answer 12

• increasing number of aboriginal people
• growing number of visible minority
• increase in number of people who are Canadian

Question 13

Canadian Multiculturalism Act: July 1988

Answer 13

commit the government of Canada to assist institutions with development of equal access and inclusion through all aspects of Canadian society

Question 14

Ethnic community organizations are a means to..

Answer 14

strengthen ethnic identity through religious structure plus social centres to meet key needs

Question 15

To date there is little ..

Answer 15

research about leisure and ethnic visible minority groups

Question 16

Hall and Ryan study

Answer 16

Chinese residents were more likely to participate in passive activities (library, movies) than other ethnicities

Question 17

Folklorama

Answer 17

different cultural groups working on their own celebrating their own culture

Question 18

Marginality hypothesis

Answer 18

Based on peoples financial situations, marginalized individuals that is an explanation for difference in leisure participation. “People are marginalized due to poverty or other socio-economic explanations. “

Question 19

Subcultural hypothesis

Answer 19

Group member cultural norms don’t match with that respective activity.

Question 20

2 discrimination explanations

Answer 20

• perceive

- systemic

Question 21

Perceive

Answer 21

leisure participation decreasing when visible minority group member perched that they’re being discriminated against

Question 22

Systemic activities

Answer 22

institutions discriminating against groups but not intending to. people not aware of their discriminating actions (no intent to harm)

Question 23

Actual and Ideal affect (positive emotion)

Answer 23

people trying to reduce different between how they actually feel and how they want to feel by participating in specific mood producing behaviours hick include leisure activities

Question 24

Acculturation

Answer 24

related to immigrants and their children usually, changes and individual or cultural group experienced as a result of contact, participation with another cultural group

Question 25

VMG =

Answer 25

visible marginalized groups

Question 26

Leisure and recreation practitioners can ..

Answer 26

conduct needs assessment, focus groups interviews more about VMG members

Question 27

Develop programs that allow members of VMG to ..

Answer 27

recreate among themselves with other members of VMG and major groups

Question 28

We can consider the structural constraints that VMG members face when accessing leisure and ..

Answer 28

address when possible

Question 29

Aboriginal leisure has local traditions such as ..

Answer 29

• reciprocity with nature for survival (hunting)
• close links to the land
• games and survival for physical fitness, strength pain
• social functioning through great gatherings. celebrating community identity, establishing friendships

Question 30

Issues that shaped aboriginal leisure

Answer 30

cultural regulation

Question 31

Federal government began to inhibit historical aboriginal practices because they believed ..

Answer 31

as long as aboriginal practices were in place they weren’t able to discover christianity

Question 32

Cultural regulation for aboriginal forced ..

Answer 32

• to replace traditional activities with church activities
• sports and games at residential schools
• plans to assimilate aboriginal cultural to make it european