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MULTICULTURALISM IN THE CANADIAN CONTEXT, the Jewish community is…
MULTICULTURALISM IN THE CANADIAN CONTEXT
Canadian Multiculturalism Day is an opportunity to celebrate our diversity and our commitment to democracy, equality and mutual respect and to appreciate the contributions of the various multicultural groups and communities to Canadian society. Military Family Services is proud to support military families from all cultures!
Why multicultalism policy was adopted in Canada ?
The idea was to counter increasing francophone nationalism in Quebec (Quit revolution).
To manage cultural diversity across Canada.
To complement the Official language Act.
Trudeau said: “Although there are two official languages, there is no official culture”.
'In 1971, Canada’s multiculturalism policy was adopted by Pierre Trudeau’s Liberal government'.
Multiculturalism in Montreal
Greater Montréal is open to the world.
According to data from the 2011 National Household Survey (Statistics Canada), one out of three people in Montréal is an immigrant.
It is home to over 120 cultural communities from five continents.
More than 50% of Montréal’s population is bilingual and over 20% is trilingual.
MONTREAL’S ETHNIC COMMUNITIES BY NEIGHBORHOOD
more than 30,000 refugees, immigrants and newcomers have chosen to settle in the city. There are differents newborhoods in Montreal and each of them has it owns culture and identity. Some of them has become famous cultural districts :check:
Little Italy (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie),
Chinatown (Downtown),
the quartier portugais (Plateau-Mont-Royal)
petit Maghreb (Saint-Michel)
Global voices in Montreal
Festival international Nuits d’Afrique
Festival du monde arabe.
Black History Month.
The Francofolies de Montréal.
Culinary specialities and food
designated minority groups.
The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour".
'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".
social participation of immigrants
eliminating obtacles to economics
Federal multiculturalism policies and programs:
Multiculturalism Anti-Racism/Anti-Discrimination (1990s)
the Jewish community is primarily concentrated in Côte St. Luc, Hampstead, Snowdon, and the West Island.
