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Active Citizenship
Expectation that a citizen should participate fully in their society. (voting)
Town
Describe the Immigration Policy after WWII
- less immigrants moving here, and the economy would fail without them.
- introduced the points system.
Self-Government
The ability for a group to make the decisions that affect their lives directly.
What were Francophones considered about outside of Quebec?
Assimilation into the Anglophone (English) majority.
Immigrant
A person who moves to a new country.
Hamlet
Small community, usually has a few farms with a store or two among them to provide services (gas, groceries)
What were some of the aims of the Immigration Act of 1978?
1. attract skilled, educated immigrants from around the world.
2. reunite families that had been separated.
3. allow immigrants to become citizens.
Multiculturalism
A government policy designed to promote cultural understanding and harmony in a society (many-cultures)
Which province in Canada is officially bilingual?
New Brunswick
Unilingual
The use of one language.
Points System
The new way of identifying people who were suitable to enter Canada as immigrants.
What is protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
- right to vote
- right to practice any religion
- right to move freely from place to place in Canada.
The era in Canada from colonization to the Second World War was a time of.....
Biculturalism by the English and French.
How can the Francophones ensure their culture survives?
go to Francophone schools which allow students to connect with their culture.
Official Languages Act
A law passed in 1969 that restates that French and English are Canada's official languages at the federal level.
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
A legal document created in 1982 that lists the basic rights that belong to every Canadian citizen.
Why are rural (country) communities shrinking?
Rural is shrinking because farmers are moving out of the country side, so the small towns had little reason to exist.
Cities grew because people could afford it, and there were more jobs available.
Canada recognized a changing, diverse population by introducing.....
bilingualism
Why did urban (city) areas grow in Canada?
New machinery, factories, and jobs drew people there .
French Immersion School
A school where non-Francophone students study French as a second language by taking their core subjects in French.
Francophone School
A school that is only for Francophone students and run by Francophones.
What was the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism?
The Aboriginal population has increased, meaning there is a greater need for....
schools and houses.
List some ideas behind multiculturalism?
Canada must recognize that it is made up of people from many different cultures.