Unit 1
Allowing people to express their religious beliefs at the workplace through the way they dress (hijab, cross necklace etc.) is an example of this.
Accommodation
The main goal of this, by the Canadian Government, was to assimilate First Nations children into the European ways of life.
Residential Schools
Maintainable practices that allow all humans to have their needs met and achieve success
Sustainable Prosperity
A business that operates in two or more countries
Transnational Corporation
The absorption of a minority group into the dominant group
Assimilation
The process of making things the same.
A trend toward uniformity, as with world popular culture, as a result of globalization
Homogenization
A belief that Europeans and the European way of living is superior to any other
Eurocentrism
A system in which governments do not intervene in the production and goods or services
Free Market Economy
An economic system that is designed to increase the monarch’s wealth and to cycle wealth back into the mother countries
Mercantilism
A distinct and total separation between state and religious institutions
Secularism
The three types of identities we studied
National, collective, individual
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
Imperialism
A system of rules, institutions, and procedures that were meant to help rebuild the economy after the war.
The Bretton Woods Agreement
____________________ purpose is to promote and regulate Canadian programming. All broadcasters in Canada must show 15% Canadian content (Can con) or they are fined. This includes commercials
CRTC (Canadian Radio Television Commission)
The production by media transnationals of the majority of television shows, films, magazines and so on that are consumed by a vast world audience
Universalization of Popular Culture
The blending of media and communications technologies resulting in new modes of expression and cross- cultural consumption
Hybridization
An economic system meant to increase individual wealth. One class does the work, the other class gets the money.
Capitalism
One of the results of the Bretton Woods Agreement.
An agency of the United Nations (UN) that in practice is independent and controlled by its 184 member countries, which provides loans to less developed countries that are in financial difficulty. Countries have to meet certain economic and political criteria to qualify for the loan. Provides long term loans
World Bank
The process of assimilation from one culture to a different culture, typically the dominant one.
Acculturation
Reflecting many diverse cultures; worldly, sophisticated
Cosmopolitan
The demand for oil has put pressure on Lubicon people. They have been ________________by the government because they are few amongst many that don’t want development in their lands.
Marginalized
The result of increased manufacturing which means that the place of production (where things are made) shifts from home or small ‘craft shops,’ to large factories
Industrialization
The obligation to maintain resources in a sustainable manner
A feeling of responsibility to protect the earth and keep it healthy for future generations
Stewardship
A process through which unique cultures regain a sense of their identity, such as through promoting heritage languages or reviving traditions or customs
Example: The Inuit
Cultural Revitalization
An international agency that works with the World Bank to bring stability to international monetary affairs to help expand world trade. Provides short term loans
International Monetary Fund (IMF)