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MULTICULTURALISM IN THE CANADIAN CONTEXT
On November 13th, 2002, the Government of Canada officially recognized June 27th as Multiculturalism Day across the country.
Canadian Multiculturalism Day is an opportunity to celebrate our diversity and commitment to democracy, equality, and mutual respect and appreciate the contributions of the various multicultural groups and communities to Canadian society.
Montreal is the multicultural epicenter of Quebec and one of the most diverse city in the world.
You can walk from one neighborhood to another and feel like you’re in a different city.
MONTREAL’S ETHNIC COMMUNITIES BY NEIGHBORHOOD
Chinatown (Downtown)
Portugais
(Plateau-Mont-Royal)
Petit Maghreb
(Saint-Michel)
Little Italy
(Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie)
Statistics Canada’s figures indicate that 55% of the population is bilingual (French and English) and more than 21 percent of Montrealers can speak at least three languages or more.
Non-official-languages mother tongue.
Greek
Chinese
Creoles
Portuguese
Italian
Romanian
Spanish
Vietnamese
Arabic
Russian
Montreal also hosts about a hundred festivals.
Global voices in Montreal
Week-ends du monde au parc Jean-Drapeau
Week-ends du monde
enabled participants to discover cultures through dance, music, and food from around the world, including others.
the Maghreb region
China
Mexico
Venezuela
Tunisia
Colombia
Jamaica,
Festival international Nuits d’Afrique
Music from Africa, the West Indies and Latin America
The Arab World Festival
is a thematic event dedicated to the meeting of Arabic and Western cultures.
Francos de Montreal
Celebrate French-language music
Black History Month
Black History Month is about honoring the contributions Black people have made and continue to make in all sectors of society.
According to a Statistics Canada survey from 2011, one out of three people in Montréal is an immigrant. Montréal has over 120 cultural communities from every continent.
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia/Oceania
America
Montreal is famous for its multicultural restaurants.
Cuisine Caraïbe Delite -Caribbean
Ma poule Mouillée - Portugaise
Khyber Pass - Afghan
Damas - Syrian
Bocadillo - Venezuelan
Au Coin Berbèere Marocaan - African
Milsa - Brazilian
Schwartz's is a Jewish delicatessen restaurant
La Banquise specialized in hot-dogs, legendary fries and Poutine
St-Viateur Bagel Shop
The best bagel-cafés from Montreal.
Multiculturalism Anti-Racism/Anti-Discrimination (the 1990s)
Federal multiculturalism policies and programs:
eliminating obstacles to the economics and social participation of immigrants.
Designation of minority groups
The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as "persons, other than Aboriginal people, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in color."
The visible minority population consists mainly of the following groups: South Asian, Chinese, Black, Filipino, Latin American, Arab, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean and Japanese".
'In 1971, Canada's multiculturalism policy was adopted by Pierre Trudeau's Liberal government'.
Why multiculturalism policy was adopted in Canada ?
To manage cultural diversity across Canada.
To complement the Official language Act.
The idea was to counter increasing francophone nationalism in Quebec (Quit revolution).
Trudeau said: “Although there are two official languages, there is no official culture.”
Multiculturalism Act 1988
The Act acknowledges multiculturalism as a fundamental characteristic of Canadian society . In order to maitain a balance between cultural distinctivness and equality, the act specifies the rights of all to identify with cultural heritage of their choice, ' full and equitable participation ...in the shaping of all aspects of Canadian society" .
Provincial and Territorial Multiculturalism policy in Quebec
1999, the release of white paper entitled Let's build Quebec together with its three principles
1986, the government of Quebec published the Declaration on intercultural and interracial relations.
This declaration condemns racism and racial descrimination and commits the govenment to en courage the full participation of every person in the economic, social and cultural development, regaldless of colour , religion, ethnic or national origin.
Diverstity is tolerated and encouraged, but only within a framework that establishes the unquestined supremacy of French in the language and culture.
DIFFERENCES, RESPECT, ACCEPTANCE, HARMONY, PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL IDENTITY, CULTURAL HERITAGE, CO-EXISTENCE,EQUALITY, RECOGNITION OF MINORTY GROUPS ...
Melting pot ( Israel Zangwill's play 1908) vs Mosaic (John Murray Gibbon 's book 1938)
Canadian Mosaic.
