Cultural Values In Canada

When immigrants first step into Canadas borders the most obvious challenge they have to face is the barrier that is set immediately due to language differences. Canadas official languages include both English and French these languages arguably are the most difficult languages to learn. In many ways, for immigrants the first step to both economic and societal immigration is learning English. Without learning English and proper English literacy skills there is little chance of getting a well-paying job, making connections with people in Canadian society and overall, without English immigrants are unable to communicate with others around them in society during everyday life. Language and Literacy training also relate to immigrant's employability. In a study showing

For most Quebecers, November 15, 1976 serves as a memorable date that triggered an array of effects that have come to define today’s Quebec. The date marks the Quebec general election in which the Parti Québécois (PQ) led by René Lévesque, defeated the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Robert Bourassa (Gossage & Little, 2012, p. 265). The victory caused many repercussions and reforms in rural zoning, auto protection, and laws on political party funding (Dickinson & Young, 2008, p. 333). Most notably, the triumph left federalists feeling powerless, particularly in Quebec’s English-speaking community, who were very concerned about the possibility of Quebec independence. Moreover, the bringing in of the Charter of the French Language (Bill 101) on August 26, 1977 contributed to the enlarging strain in Quebec’s English-speaking community (Gossage & Little, 2012, p. 266). As a result, a great deal of research has been made on the intense psychological transformations felt by Quebec’s English-speaking communities following the historic election.

Being an English speaker myself it is very encouraging and helpful that I am perfectly bilingual, being bilingual has helped me in the work force, in my studies and in my social life. These are some factors that have English speaking Quebecers speak more French and really made an impact among English and French speakers of Quebec. In Bernard Landry’s video he talks about speaking to his cousins that live in British Columbia and displays how they have lost their French Background it is in the Parti Quebecoise best interest to prevent this from happening. As we have seen, la survivance was the notion that fuelled traditional Quebec nationalism. The Quiet Revolution gave rise to a new type of nationalism in Quebec which had a different vision of the state and its ability, through its institutions, to help the French survive (L7, S49). The French-English divide was further aggravated when the Quebec government decided to use its institutions to implement legislation to ensure the survival of the French language in Quebec. This caused a great deal of controversy in English .In an attempt to counter such nationalist language tactics and appease the French, the federal government also used its institutions to enact legislation related to language. There is no doubt that the

Remote communities such as those in northern Canada consistently experience a shortage of healthcare providers (HCP) including nurses (Place, Macleod, Moffitt & Pitblado, 2014). Due to the cultural and geographical uniqueness of these areas, challenges are inevitable, however, it can be undoubtedly rewarding. Nurses can particularly gain valuable experience regarding the importance of cultural competence and its implementation.Therefore, this paper will discuss the context of northern Canadian communities as well as three challenges and three benefits faced by nurses working there. Considering the populations in these communities are culturally diverse, it is especially essential for the nurses to have the appropriate cultural knowledge and skills in working with these populations. Consequently, we will also explore the definition of cultural competence, other terms used to describe this concept and how nurses can ensure they have the necessary cultural competence to work with these communities.

Culture can be defined as the behaviours and belief characteristics of a particular social, ethnic,

While there are certainly still challenges to be addressed, Quebec society is now more inclusive, diverse, and just, and I believe that commitment to gender equality is related to this improvement. The last central value of modern Quebec society is the primacy of the French language, and here, too, I believe that Quebec society was less healthy before this value was committed to. Although the vast majority of Quebecers spoke French,

This research paper will be looking into and discussing, whether or not the French language in Quebec is still under threat. This project will discuss the existence of a threat to French language, and its culture. Also look into possible reasons why people may believe that there is a threat or not.

In previous generations, there was almost no connection between the English and French communities within Quebec, the low level workers lived completely in French and the business elites in English. However, the creation of the Charter of the French language has mixed up this paradigm. Now, despite the new default being French, there is a new ambiguity that people face when interacting with strangers, an awkward moment where they try to figure out what language to use. The language laws, however, have also created a contest between two visons of the makeup of Quebec society: the unilingual French society and the dualistic bilingual society. This has led to many Anglophones leaving Quebec for better, friendlier, economic situations, but has also resulted in a new equilibrium where Quebec has become much less secessionist, and those English speaking Quebecers who have chosen to stay are

My research focuses on the Croatian language where I will explore the Croatian diaspora in Ontario, Canada to look at the connection between language, pride and the effect it has on one’s identity. In a major destination country such as Canada, immigrants have a strong presence. Given this diverse and vibrant cultural diaspora in Canada, many Croatian immigrant communities have taken to celebrating their heritage, providing them a sense of position in such a multinational country (Winland, 2007). There is a rather large population of Croats living in Canada, with a total of 114, 880 (Statistics Canada, 2011). Of this total, Toronto, Ontario, has the largest Croatian community in Canada, with approximately 12,665 Canadians of Croatian ethnic

Do you think that the Canada Health Act expresses more strongly values of collectivism or individualism? I think that source in page 90 is showing a little bit of both Individualism and collectivism, i get the idea that is it both because they worry about people that need help. Then they also subtract the fact that some doctors went through a lot to get a doctor's degree. So if the doctor can not charge what he believes his services are worth but instead could get paid a substantially low amount. Unlike people in United States, where most doctors in the States are making from $156,000 to $315,000 in American dollars, where as doctors in canada would only make $146,000 to $213,000 in the American dollars. That is my reasoning behind why it's

Being Canadian is so much more than just the cliché stereotype of living in igloos, playing hockey 24/7, and drinking Tim Hortans coffee every day. Being a part of the Canadian culture means that all Canadians are unified as one big family. Culture is defined as “a set of human made objective and subjective elements that have increased the probability of survival, and resulted in satisfaction for the participants” (Samovar, 1991). Every culture has their own attitudes, customs and beliefs that differentiate one culture from another. Canadian culture can be very distinctive from other cultures. Usually the first impression of Canadians is that we are very polite and we live in an extremely friendly and accepting country. Being Canadian is about having big hearts and appreciating our diverse environment. Our country shares a wide variety of different ethnic backgrounds which makes being Canadian unique.

The current collective vision of national identity in Canadian society is that Canada is a pluralistic society, where their is many members from all different types of ethnic groups and where Canada accepts all immigrants from around the world. Canada is also known as one of the most multicultural nation states, which allows individuals to practice and maintain their culture and traditions without fear of their rights being restricted. Canada is welcoming and open to the many different cultures and ethnicities from around the world, everyone is also equal under the law. Through Canadian history many members were excluded from our current collective vision. Some members of the current collective vision feel excluded, because of how with a

Quebec’s french citizens were going through a time of survival ‘La Survivance’ where their language was struggling to stay an official language of Canada (Unitas). Major conflict arose when the authority made the schools provide french education for only the two beginning years in elementary (Unitas). Their decision lead the French to consider the actions of the government as an act of treachery (“Homefront”). To make matter worse the government tried to fix this situation by letting the parents of the children decide whether they wanted their child to be instructed in English or French. The authority’s resolution was perceived as favouring the english population.

There is a growing of ethnic groups from non-European societies, who can meet Canadian economic development in term of their level of education, occupational skills and languages. Those ethnic groups are called immigrants because they are neither indigenous nor colonist settlers but are accepted through Canada’s immigration policy (Banting 2010). Even though diverse cultures and differences of minorities were recognized and celebrated within the bilingual framework during the multiculturalism policy of the 1970s, their full equal participations are still excluded from the mainstream society (Leung 2012).

Each and every one of the world's many nations is unique in its own way. No two nations are the same in terms of the way they live. Whether it is driving on the right or left side of the road, pronouncing words a certain way or using hand gestures to communicate different meanings, each nation of the world has something that allows it to stand out. This uniqueness can come from certain religions, cultural practices, geography, history or from a multitude of other reasons. Despite this, a unique nation usually gains its originality and identity from its people. The way the people interact, live, work, play and have come to exist dictate how others perceive them as a culture. Canada is a provocative country with a divergent population.