Lecture 6

Question 1

what is the house of commons

Answer 1

-centre of the legislative process

Question 2

what is the senate

Answer 2

• is the upper house of parliament

- consider and revise legislative, national issues, give all provinces equal voices

Question 3

define sociological multiculturalism

Answer 3

descriptive of empirical fact

Question 4

explain the components of a nation

Answer 4

• political community
• cultural heritage community
• territorial community
• categorical community
• census

Question 5

ethnicity does not equal

Answer 5

-race

Question 6

explain ethnicity

Answer 6

• primordialist
• instrumentalist
• constructivist

Question 7

what is national identity

Answer 7

• membership + expression of culture heritage

Question 8

what is monism

Answer 8

that only one supreme power exists

Question 9

what were the key elements in British North America

Answer 9

• between 1867-1947
• westward colonial expansion
• segmented immigration
• suppression of the public expression of cultural difference

Question 10

what were the key elements of colonial expansion

Answer 10

• treaties with the First Nations between 1871-1899
• provision 1: Indian signatories: relinquishing all claims to land to the queen
• no evidence that the words used in treaties were fully explained to those who signed over the land
• residential schools program 1880-1930

Question 11

what is the white Canada policy

Answer 11

• immigration act 1910
• preferred British + Northern European
• non-preferred but still allowed southern + Eastern European
• excluded non-europeans

Question 12

what other immigration exclusion acts were there

Answer 12

• Chinese immigration act 1885 +1923

- continuous journey provision 1908

Question 13

when did canada become experience dualism resulting in bicultural+bilingualism

Answer 13

1947-1970

Question 14

when was the Chinese immigration act repealed

Answer 14

1947

Question 15

when was the Canadian citizenship act

Answer 15

1947

Question 16

when did the Quebec quiet revolution take place

Answer 16

1960s

Question 17

what was the quiet revolution

Answer 17

• an inter province revolution within Quebec
• built on and reinforced nationalism
• built some of Canadas most progressive social programs
• displaced the catholic church and the central institution

Question 18

in 1962 an immigration selection was based on?

Answer 18

universal skills

Question 19

the royals commission on bilingualism + biculturalism happened during what years?

Answer 19

1963-1969

Question 20

when did Senator Paul Yuzyk give his speech

Answer 20

1964

Question 21

because of his speech Sen. Paul Yuzyk became known as the

Answer 21

father of multiculturalism

Question 22

when was the new flag of Canada presented

Answer 22

1965

Question 23

what year was the Official Languages Act made

Answer 23

1969

Question 24

when was the policy of multiculturalism made

Answer 24

1971

Question 25

what year was the immigration act

Answer 25

1976

Question 26

when was the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms presented

Answer 26

1982

Question 27

what year was the employment equity act

Answer 27

1986

Question 28

what year was the Canadian multiculturalism act

Answer 28

1988

Question 29

what did the multiculturalism act cover

Answer 29

- multicultural identity - social justice - civic participation

Question 30

what are the strengths of Canadian multiculturalism

Answer 30

- strong public support - continued adaptation - constitutional recognition of cultural diversity - central to nation-building - naturalization + inter-ethnic conflict

Question 31

what are the limits of Canadian multiculturalism

Answer 31

- persistence of racism, economic + regional disparities - limits cultural convergence - non-recognition of national pluralism - personal bilingualism does not equal civic duty - perpetuates language of race

Question 32

define ideological multiculturalism

Answer 32

prescriptive of inclusive norms

Question 33

define political multiculturalism

Answer 33

enforcement of institutional change