Multiculturalism Assignment

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-police-chief-constable-speaks-on-hate-motivated-pepper-spray-incident-1.3397228

This news article shows Canada being represented in a very discriminatory way. On Friday, January 8, 2016, a group of 100 people were standing outside of the Muslim Association of the Canada Center when this man on a bike came up to the group and pepper sprayed them with no unknown reason behind it. He ended up spraying men, women, and children, including refuges who had arrived from Syria recently. This shows that not all Canadians in Canada are accepting towards everyone and don’t feel the need to be diverse and multicultural. This was a very unusual and scary event that had happened due to Canada being known as one of the most accepting countries in the world.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/newcomers-family-day-1.4542314

This second new article shows how accepting Canada can be towards everyone and how it is known to be a global wide kind of community. Every year, there is a special event put on in Toronto for all Immigrants and Canadians to celebrate their cultures together and accept everyone as equals. This shows that Canada is a very welcoming environment which shows diversity in so many different ways. On family day this year, they hosted an event for Immigrants to celebrate a known Canadian tradition, snowshoeing. Everyone had fun and felt comfortable at their new home. Canada shows great multiculturalism as they have put on so many events to celebrate different races, ethnicities, religions, and more… Canada is a great place to live if you want to be proud, accepted, and diverse.

Based on the two news articles I shared, I believe that Canada is a multicultural and diverse community. There will always be people out there that are discriminatory, and racist but in Canada, it’s very rare to find people like that. Canada has culture events, holidays, and celebrations to show everyone that there is nothing but acceptance and pride in this country we call home. The country is diverse which makes immigrants want to live here and Canadians make sure that they feel comfortable and welcomed. To conclude this, I believe that are country is one of the most welcoming and diverse places in the entire global community.

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