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Possibilities and Limitations: Multicultural Policies and Programs in Canada
Sally Rooney
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Description for Possibilities and Limitations: Multicultural Policies and Programs in Canada
paperback. Contributors from a variety of academic disciplines, write about the extent to which multicultural policies and programs facilitate cultural freedom and equality of opportunities, for ethnic and racial minority group Canadians. Editor(s): James, Carl. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
The areas explored are: the federal multicultural policy and its articulated discourse, intentions and outcomes in today's Canada; how ethnic, racial and religious minorities and immigrants have fared in a society with official multiculturalism; the limits and possibilities of multicultural education; and the capacity of employment equity to address discriminatory employment practices in today's cultural context. The contributors demonstrate that instead of opening opportunities for full and effective participation in Canadian society, the current discourse of multiculturalism often operates to homogenize, essentialize, racialize and marginalize ethnic and racial minority group Canadians, and in the process negates individual and intra-cultural group ... Read more
The areas explored are: the federal multicultural policy and its articulated discourse, intentions and outcomes in today's Canada; how ethnic, racial and religious minorities and immigrants have fared in a society with official multiculturalism; the limits and possibilities of multicultural education; and the capacity of employment equity to address discriminatory employment practices in today's cultural context. The contributors demonstrate that instead of opening opportunities for full and effective participation in Canadian society, the current discourse of multiculturalism often operates to homogenize, essentialize, racialize and marginalize ethnic and racial minority group Canadians, and in the process negates individual and intra-cultural group ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Black Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
ISBN
9781552661604
SKU
V9781552661604
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