Mosaic Culture of Canada

Abstract

The paper aims to highlight the importance and background of cultural mosaic as well as grave concerns related to the ideology of multiculturalism. The government adopted multiculturalism as an official policy that recognized diversity, instead of assimilation. The metaphor of cultural mosaic induces a bright picture of Canadian ideology in which every tile is different and distinctive, but when it is seen as a whole, these tiles combine to form an extraordinary single picture. There are problems some cultural mosaic matters like participation in politics and economic prospects over the emblematic politics of cultural gratitude, individual rights and freedom over respect for cultural practices, the construction of comprehensive national identities over the identification of unique cultural identities, and cultural alteration and cultural mixing over the representation of fixed cultural differences.

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Thesis Statement1

Methodology1

Background1

Cultural Mosaic and human interaction with each other3

Communication Problems4

Mosaic Model and related problems5

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References8

Mosaic Culture of Canada

Thesis Statement

This paper aims to examine the meaning of cultural mosaic and ethnic diversity in Canada and the problems faced by the Canadian residents as they live in highly diversified society.

Methodology

This research will use mix method for data collection, which include both the primary, as well as secondary sources. For primary sources, I will interview a member of an ethnic group who is part of the cultural diversity. For secondary sources, I will rely on the research of Susan Brodt and her colleagues regarding cultural mosaic approach to multicultural work groups which was presented in 23rd Annual International Association of Conflict Management Conference. Further I will be depending on the research of Government of Canada Policy Research Initiative on multicultural diversity and harmony by Jean Lock Kunz and Stuart Sykes. Another work that I will focus on will be a book by Will Kymlicka who conducted a detailed research on multiculturalism and its success, failures and the prospective future.

Background

The term “cultural mosaic” indicates Canadian public philosophy related to multiculturalism, it reflects a community in which different cultural groups interact with each other by living and working together and keeping their distinctive heritages while being a part of the bigger framework of community (Brodt et.al, 2010). Canada is a country which is categorized by variance and diversification. There are differences in the physical landscape, populace, climate, natural resources, ethnicity, belief, profession, and income and the number of individuals living in urban regions (Angelini, U., 2012). Canada's experience with pluralism differentiates it from many other countries. Canadian population of 32 million represents a social, cultural and linguistic diversity which is found nowhere else in this world. Around 200,000 people from different parts of the world continue to select Canada every year. They are attracted by the quality of life it is offering and its standing as an open, harmonious and caring community that embraces newbies and respects diversity (www.pch.gc.ca). Canada is undoubtedly the country of immigrants, the first groups of individuals, in the eighteenth century, were individuals from France and Britain expecting to make a better lifestyle in the New ...