Lecture 6 Flashcards

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what is the house of commons

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-centre of the legislative process

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2
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what is the senate

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  • is the upper house of parliament

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

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3
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define sociological multiculturalism

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descriptive of empirical fact

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4
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explain the components of a nation

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  • political community
  • cultural heritage community
  • territorial community
  • categorical community
  • census
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5
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ethnicity does not equal

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-race

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6
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explain ethnicity

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  • primordialist
  • instrumentalist
  • constructivist
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7
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what is national identity

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  • membership + expression of culture heritage
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8
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what is monism

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that only one supreme power exists

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9
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what were the key elements in British North America

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  • between 1867-1947
  • westward colonial expansion
  • segmented immigration
  • suppression of the public expression of cultural difference
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10
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what were the key elements of colonial expansion

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  • 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
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11
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what is the white Canada policy

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  • immigration act 1910
  • preferred British + Northern European
  • non-preferred but still allowed southern + Eastern European
  • excluded non-europeans
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12
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what other immigration exclusion acts were there

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  • Chinese immigration act 1885 +1923

- continuous journey provision 1908

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13
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when did canada become experience dualism resulting in bicultural+bilingualism

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1947-1970

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14
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when was the Chinese immigration act repealed

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1947

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15
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when was the Canadian citizenship act

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1947

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16
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when did the Quebec quiet revolution take place

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what was the quiet revolution

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  • 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
18
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in 1962 an immigration selection was based on?

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universal skills

19
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the royals commission on bilingualism + biculturalism happened during what years?

20
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when did Senator Paul Yuzyk give his speech

21
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because of his speech Sen. Paul Yuzyk became known as the

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father of multiculturalism

22
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when was the new flag of Canada presented

23
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what year was the Official Languages Act made

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when was the policy of multiculturalism made

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what year was the immigration act
1976
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when was the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms presented
1982
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what year was the employment equity act
1986
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what year was the Canadian multiculturalism act
1988
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what did the multiculturalism act cover
- multicultural identity - social justice - civic participation
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what are the strengths of Canadian multiculturalism
- strong public support - continued adaptation - constitutional recognition of cultural diversity - central to nation-building - naturalization + inter-ethnic conflict
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what are the limits of Canadian multiculturalism
- 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
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define ideological multiculturalism
prescriptive of inclusive norms
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define political multiculturalism
enforcement of institutional change