The Canadian government currently promotes immigration. But throughout the history of immigration‚ the Canadian government has discriminated against Chinese immigrants. In the following paragraphs‚ I will be looking at when the first members of the group came to Canada‚ why they came here‚ and also prejudice & discrimination. The first group of Chinese immigration came to Canada at around 1858 for economic needs. Chinese immigration into British Columbia began with the discovery of gold in the
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When the topic of Canada comes up among peoples‚ immediately the thought of ice hockey‚ the Mounted Police‚ and beavers comes to mind. In fact‚ Canada has truly lost its true identity that we once knew. It is slowly being assimilated and in fact “Americanized” in aspects of social identity‚ national identity‚ and cultural identity. First‚ Canada is being slowly “Americanized” in its social identity. When we talk about a country’s social identity‚ we examine a few
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Canada‚ a multicultural country‚ engages people from diverse countries converging on this second large country in the world. Chinese Canadian‚ as the third largest immigration group in Canada‚ are referred as “largest visible minority”‚ due to its population‚ which is estimated almost 1.5 million people. [1][2] Tracing back to‚ the first Chinese came to Canada were for the construction of fortress and 40-tone schooner in 1788. Afterward‚ there was a wave of Chinese immigration because of the Gold
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Diversity in Canada has increased during 1867. Immigration rates are growing; creating‚ Canada’s identity to change over time. This topic highlights a group or individuals sense of belonging‚ but not only to the group/ individual but on a global scale. Defining Canada is more complex then it seems‚ many people have their own idea to what being Canadian is. Canada’s national identity cannot be defined in a singular statement due to the complexity and diversity in which Canada is known for. Many may
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Literature February 13‚ 2013 America is a country where many people live. All of us have the rights to say or do whatever we want. But then it comes to a time were‚ half of us stay quiet because they’re afraid. Why? The horror of Immigration/Deportation. Children‚ teenagers‚ adults coming to this other side of the country are the hardest decision ever but‚ why do they hide when it comes to speeches? Because they’re too scared that someone would judge them and this is not fair at all
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both negatives and benefits but it should be banned from Canada as the negatives of smoking are far greater than the benefits. Smoking should be banned because of its
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Our Home and Racist Land-Pg.73 3. Do you think Canada is still a racist country? Why or why not? Explain using examples to support your opinion. Being one of the most socially developed and multicultural countries in the world everyone probably sees Canada as a Utopian country. Unfortunately Canada isn’t as perfect as everyone thinks it is‚ and a major persisting issue is racism. Being a multicultural there are many minorities and this usually results in racism‚ isolation‚ and unequal treatment
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NEWCOMERS Nowadays‚ immigration is very common. In a single place we can find people from all over the world. Buddhists‚ Catholics‚ homosexual‚ heterosexual and all kinds of people are learning to live with each other as a community by respecting opinions. This is great because before this didn´t happen‚ but today with all the globalization and technology people have the chance to see different cultures of the world and be more open minded‚ this is one of the main reasons immigration is so common now
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I believe that Canada prides themselves on being a very equal country for the most part‚ equality is “the state of being equal “(Collins English Dictionary‚ 2015) no matter what race or gender you are. As much as Canada prizes itself of this equality I don’t believe it is present in Canada’s education system. If you look at schools in Canada‚ it is easy to see that they change dramatically from facility to facility. Poor or not as developed towns/cities seem to not have as many resources available
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society over a long period of time. Yet in Canada‚ the obvious push to assimilation had been the introduction of the White Paper‚ which had been negatively received. However‚ while Canada is still on the verge of negotiating self-governance and self-determination‚ the United States lacks such opportunity due to the amount of policies that have been enacted. Another difference in the United States system is the fact that while the First Nations peoples in Canada had the opportunity to represent themselves
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