Revisiting Multiculturalism in Canada Theories, Policies and Debates

The authors theorize and discuss the debates and critiques surrounding multiculturalism in Canada and include some very important case studi

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Guo, Shibao (Editor), Wong, Lloyd (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam SensePublishers 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:Transnational Migration and Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Theorizing and Debating Multiculturalism
  • The Three Lives of Multiculturalism
  • Intercultural Relations in Plural Societies: Research Derived from Canadian Multiculturalism Policy
  • A Canadian Anomaly? The Social Construction of Multicultural National Identity
  • Multiculturalism and Ethnic Pluralism in Sociology: An Analysis of the Fragmentation Position Discourse
  • Multiculturalism and Egalitarianism
  • Canadian Multiculturalism in the 21st Century: Emerging Challenges and Debates
  • Section II: Multiculturalism, Ethnicity and Belonging
  • Rethinking Multiculturalism in Canada: Tensions between Immigration, Ethnicity and Minority Rights
  • Canadian Jews, Dual/Divided Loyalties, and the Tebbit “Cricket” Test
  • Yiddish and Multiculturalism: A Marriage Made in Heaven?
  • Canadians under Suspicion: Sri Lankan Tamil Diasporic Community as a Suspect Minority Group
  • Section III: Youth, Identity and Racialization
  • Multiculturalism and the Forging of Identities by Lebanese-Origin Youth in Halifax
  • Multiculturalism as an Integrational Policy: Lessons from Second Generation Racialized Minorities
  • “And He Was Dancing Like No Tomorrow”: Police and Youth “Getting to Know” Each Other
  • Section IV: Multicultural Education
  • Critical and Emerging Discourses in Multicultural Education Literature: An (Updated) Review
  • Multiculturalism and Minority Religion in Public Schools: Perspectives of Immigrant Parents
  • From Integration to Empowerment: Multicultural Education in the Board of Education of the City of Toronto, from 1960 to 1975
  • Further Unpacking Multiculturalism in the Classroom: Continuing to Explore the Politics of Difference through Current Events
  • Section V: Future of Multiculturalism
  • Beyond Multiculturalism: Managing Complex Diversities in a Postmulticultural Canada
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index