Social final assignment
Question One
The main reason that Canada became a nation state on July 1st, 1867 was because the English and French set aside their differences to come together. The colony of Canada was made up of two distinct areas. Upper, otherwise known as the west, which was made up of anglophones, and lower, or eastern Canada, which was made up of francophones. At this time, eastern Canada was more populated than western Canada was. Both sides wanted to be apart from Britain and govern themselves, they craved freedom and independence. In contrast to the United States, Canada gained freedom in a much more peaceful way, through rebellion, debates, and elections.
Even though there was tension between the English and the French,
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Canada’s identity is constantly changing through immigration and the mixing of cultures. The changes in fact, are truly astonishing. The rates of immigrants entering the country are far higher than the rate of canadians being born within the country. Close to 1 in every 6th people are immigrants. Immigrants are not only a big part of canada, but they are also changing the canadian culture. Since we are such a diverse country and becoming more diverse, it's hard to distinguish a canadian idea of culture since everyone’s is different. Cultural pluralism is well represented within canadian culture and it is now a part of our canadian …show more content…
This agreement gave the Nisga’a nation the rights to self govern and control 2000 km of land. Since they were able to self govern, the made decisions on topics such as education, culture, and language. Through this, the First Nations gained a sense of self-determination, but had to keep in mind the rules and respect the Canadian government. This self- determination help to unify the nation because they were able to celebrate and live the way they wanted to. When a culture or nation is free to express themselves the way they want to, they are happier thus creating a more stable Canada. Cultural pluralism is also very common in situations like this. This could also have the opposite effect on national unity though, in some ways these people are separated from the rest of Canada and don't share our Canadian culture or identify as other Canadians would. This group is focused on uniformity and their own culture rather than the diversity that the rest of our country has, and continues to strive
Canada is an ethnically diverse country. The notion of "multiculturalism" began circulating in Canada in 1971 and is a word that is now commonly used to define this country, unlike the word "melting-pot" which is used to describe Americans' loss of ethnic identity. The broadcasting system in Canada is pressured by the government to acknowledge the culturally diverse society by broadcasting a fair representation of the population in terms of ethnicity. This is achieved through the many acts that have been passed through parliament: the multiculturalism policy of 1971, the Canadian Multiculturalism Act of 1988, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms of 1982, the Ethnic Broadcasting Policy of 1985, and most recent, the Broadcasting Act of 1991. These legislative and policy frameworks have provided guidelines for the management of Canadia...
Britain no longer provided the colonies with the guarantee on market and its material from other countries for lower prices. This was a signicant disvantage to them because that means no jobs and they needed someone to buy their goods and products. Upper Canada was loyal to English crown. Lower Canada and the maritime need the marker aces to upper and Lower Canada. Upper Canada used market to keep ties with England stand on their own their own. In Canada East, they would lose some French culture and language. The French Canadian hated the Canadian English, they dont get along well and rarely agree on the same idea. According to the French, english speakers wouldn’t speak a line in french, and didnt want to learn. Canadians were 2/5
The First Nations, Metis and European women were subjected to oppression before and after confederation. This was a key reason to why I believe that Confederation was unsuccessful at unifying Canada. Besides this, I feel Confederation was not meant to unify our people in the first place. I think it was made to unify the government. There were many great things in each colony that were beneficial for the others to have. Confederation was beneficial for these issues, not the ones of equality and unity. I hope you enjoyed understanding my perspective whilst reading my
Today in Canada it is not uncommon to see people of various races, ethnic backgrounds or cultural groups living within a mutual society; commonly known as multiculturalism. Multiculturalism refers to the presence of, or support for the presence of several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society. As the topic becomes more more popular due to news events and social media debates, multiculturalism gets twisted and misunderstood. In essence, multiculturalism is not about dwelling on about our differences, it is about emphasizing our commonality. Diversity of the human race has the power to unify society and make it stronger. Firstly, innovation
Canada is a strong and independent country made up of thirteen unique provinces and territories. However, it took great efforts for Canada to become the united nation it is today. The British colonies were facing many problems. One solution for these issues was for the colonies to come together and form one county or nation. There were a number of different factors that pushed the colonies of British North America towards confederation. Due to political deadlock, economic challenges and pressure from the United States, confederation was absolutely necessary for the well-being and progress of Canada.
“Multiculturalism” entered public speech in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Canada that focused on unique cultural diversity, nationalities, and ethnicity across the nation. Multiculturalism and Immigration are important factors in the development of Canada to attain a strong multicultural example of economic stability, social and political growth which leads to the emergence of Canada’s identity and culture.
Canada is an example of a nation with the question of a country wide unification among all its citizens on the table since the time of confederation in 1867 and even a few years prior. What some these factors that make Canada different from areas around it? How can a country that dominates such large land mass and that bares such vast cultural differences, be united? Can Canadians ever come to agreement upon the values they hold to be important? The debates of these questions continue to plague Canadian parliaments, especially when examining the differences between Canada and the province Quebec. Even though many argue and hope for Canada’s unity in the future, the differences in political socialization and culture present throughout the country creates a blurry vision of Canadian harmony and makes it extremely difficult to realistically vision Canadian unification. Is that, however, a bad thing?
New France and Canada have many political contrasts and connections between each other. New France at the time had a monarchy ruling the colony, and a sovereign was selected by one person. The Hierarchy of New France was important to the structure of power, the Hierarchy went something like this: King, Governor, Minister of
Pre-World War One, Canada was looked upon not only by foreigners, but also by Canadians, as being just a British Colony.
Which led to the Constitutional Act of 1791 where Quebec was divided into two parts; Upper Canada and Lower Canada. Due to the Loyalists their were many changes, like creations of new colonies like Upper Canada, which are now Canadian provinces. Furthermore, because of the large amount of english speaking settlers, they established a bilingual identity for Canada. The constitutional act stated that each province could elect an assembly, raise taxes, and pass laws. Each colony also had its own governor and an appointed council to advise the governor. The constitutional act was a total success. To conclude the Loyalists had a big impact in the making of Lower canada and Upper
35 Fleras, Augie, and Jean Leonard Elliott. Engaging Diversity: Multiculturalism in Canada. Toronto: Nelson, 2002: 164.
The British North America Act went into effect July 1st, 1867 creating a union known as the Dominion of Canada, but this did not complete the debate on the Confederation issue. Many Nova Scotians continued their opposition to the idea and it would take considerable time before all Nova Scotians would accept the fact of Confederation. “These Nova Scotians, disgruntled at their treatment by Great Britain, found that their loyalty had markedly diminished. The more they considered taking over the responsibility for their own affairs from England, however, the greater trust they had to place in Confederation.”25 Confederation struck a balance between the rights of English and French speaking Canadians. Nevertheless, many divisions, conflicts, and debates would occur not only in Quebec but also in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick over this balance. Economic disparities between the Maritimes and the rest of Canada would also create many problems for the years following 1867. As a result, Confederation can be viewed as a beginning and not an end.
Canada has become a superior nation thru, perseverance, courage and even care as they persevered thru many dark battles, and made sure they all came thru together as a unit other than individuals. Their courage made there fighting 100% stronger as they wouldn’t back down to any task and they weren’t afraid to lose their life to help a fellow friend and country out. Care played a major aspect in each Canadian heart. There cared about Britain so they weren’t to go help them when they declared war, they helped other troops with their emotional problems and lastly they even cared a little about there enemies as they are the same person, however the only thing separating them is there culture. Canadians contributed in many ways to help our country's great efforts in the First World War.
Canada, just like many other countries, has had their fair share of hardships. There were many major influences that got us to where we are today, and while they made us who we are, they could’ve been made with less favouritism towards the English. What hardships, you may ask, well that’s exactly what I’m going to be writing about: the past. The joining of the two separate colonieswas much more difficult then it could’ve been, and while there’s were many difficulties Canada faced, the three main challenges were: US influence, the Fenian raids, and the trouble with the trade. Canada and Britain judgement of the US were very anti- northern, which is why Washington was quite hostile to all British territories.
If there had been no boundaries, psychological and physical, cultural hybrids would adhere to the traditions and beliefs of the white dominant culture; thus, Canadian culture would have been simpler and more homogeneous than the one we know. In fact, Canadian culture’s framework for the multitude of coexisting cultures is also represented by the concept of a hyphen used in the play to bridge together disparate things. Although labelled a home for multiculturalism, I believe we have not fostered the understanding of the cultures that make up our nation. Despite rich and long histories, we have been reliant in viewing parts of Canadian culture in terms of the stereotypes of immigrants, whether it is Latinos or