Terms
Multiculturalism
What is a key part of Canadian society: the presence of, or support for the presence of, several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society.
War brides
What are the thousands of young women and married Canadian servicemen during the Second World War.
Period of detente
The 1970s: the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
BOOK - Refugee by Alan Gatz; FILM - The Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
DPs
What is the term used to describe WWII refugees who came to Canada. More than 157,000 are recorded, including Holocaust survivors.
The 3 refugee case studies from the 1970s
What are Ugandan refugees, Chilean refugees, and Vietnamese refugees ("Boat People")?
9/11
What is the event on Sept. 11, 2001, that was a terrorist attack on the U.S.A. that changed the world in terms of security, immigration policies for refugees, began another war in Afghanistan, and resulted in widespread panic and Islamophobia?
Immigration Act of 1976-78
What is the immigration act that advocated a broad basis of selection, eliminated preferred immigrant barriers and established an elaborate appeals procedure, and was the first act that differentiated between an immigrant and a refugee?
The prime minister who signed the Multiculturalism Act
Who is Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who signed the act in 1988?
Social Gospel
What is an attempt to apply Christianity to the collective ills of an industrializing society.
St. Louis
What is a group of Jewish refugees who came from Europe in 1939 and attempted to dock first in Cuba, then the U.S., and Canada, but were ultimately sent back to Europe and many died in the Holocaust?
Eugenics
What is the belief that some people are "genetically superior" to others?
Sexual Sterilization Act
An act in 1928 that allowed the sterilization of those deemed to be suffering from criminal acts, alcoholism, mental illness and epilepsy, in order to keep these groups of people from reproducing and weakening the "gene pool".
3 groups of people who were EXEMPT from the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Who are 1) Diplomats, 2) Foreign Students, and 3) those under "special circumstances"?
Social Darwinism
What is the believe that "survival of the fittest" applies to different social groups in society, and that "natural selection" applies to races of people?
Komagata Maru
What is the ship of Sikhs that was refused entry in Canada in 1914 and was sent back to India, with disastrous results, and an example of early 20th century racism in Canada?
Christie Potts Riots
What is the riot that took place in 1933 in Toronto, as a result of antisemitism against a Jewish baseball team that quickly resulted in the entire community fighting against the present of a Jewish community in Toronto?
4 causes of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1923)
What are: the 1) Belief in the Chinese people being associated with drugs and underworld dealings, 2) fear of Chinese people providing cheap labour, 3) Social Darwinism, and 4) following the U.S.'s Exclusion Act of 1902?
The names of the 3 dictators responsible for the refugee crises of the 1970s
Who is Idi Amin, Augusto Pinochet, and Lê Duẩn.
Push vs. pull factors
What are factors that make someone want to leave a country (emigrate) = push factors
What are factors that make someone want to move into a country (immigrate) = pull factors)
The group(s) of people in concentration camps in WWI--HINT: There are 12 groups, list at least FOUR.
What are Germans, Ukrainians, Poles, Italians, Bulgarians, Croatians, Turks, Serbians, Austro-Hungarians, Russians, Jews, and Romanians.
The four types of diversity in Canada
What is political diversity, cultural diversity, regional diversity, and economic diversity?
4 clauses of the Immigration Act of 1919
What is 1) Expanded Deportation Powers, 2) New Inadmissible Categories, 3) a Literacy Requirement, and 4) a Cultural Assimilation Clause?
The seven classes of immigrants
What are 1) Skilled Worker Class, 2) Skilled Trades Class, 3) Canadian Experience Class, 4) Start-up visas, 5) Temporary Foreign worker program, 6) Family class, and 7) Refugee class.