Tag: socialsperspectives

1. People maintain their culture after immigrating to Canada in many ways. One way is by continuing to do their cultures traditions such as dressing a certain way, having some sort of ritual before you eat or when you get up in the morning. Another way they maintain their culture is by passing on the stories or traditions on to their children and their children’s children. One last way is by having special celebrations for the special sprays in their culture. Such as having a parade for Chinese New Year or Hanukkah or St Patrick’s day. I chose this image to show the celebration of Chinese New Year because that is something that lots of people in Canada celebrate and that they have huge celebrations for.

link to images and information about Chinese New Year:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/chinese-new-year-2017-year-rooster-celebrate-whats-your-zodiac-animal/

2. After immigration some cultures might be discouraged because their places of worship are often vandalized. Such as the Mosque vandilization in Montreal in 2017, a Hindu temple vandalized in Seattle in 2015, and a family church vandalized in Vancouver in 2012. I chose these articles about each of the types of vandalism that happened in each of these places of worship because they show how exactly culture can be discouraged and how some people aren’t accepting of other cultures.

Mosque vandalism:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/khadijah-masjid-mosque-vandal-pointe-saint-charles-1.3964193

Hindu temple:

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nn-washington-hindu-temple-20150228-story.html

Family church:

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/lucic-s-family-church-vandalized-with-canucks-graffiti-1.769968

3. Based on the information I found I think that Canada is mostly a multicultural because we have created so many different places of worship that people can go to depending on their religion and culture. I think that there are a few people that aren’t open to multiculturalism because it’s different from what they believe in so they try and stop it.

1. I think that part of being Canadian is everyone being treated right and fairly. I chose this resource because it is a link to the Canadian Human Rights Act which made it so that laws were created so people would all be treated fairly and equally. This reflects my perspective of Canadian identity because it was written and created as a law so that everyone could feel safer and everyone would have the same rights. What made me think that this resource was a good portrayal of being Canadian was the fact that a legal document was created for people to be treated right no matter their race, religion, gender, ethnic origin and even age. I think that if someone from the very early 1900s were to see this resource they might not entirely agree with what that means to be Canadian because back then the women were supposed to stay home and cook or look after the kids. They also might be surprised to see how many people could vote now. So I think that their view would differ from mine because of what it was like then compared to now.

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/H-6/page-1.html 

2. I think that another thing of being Canadian is being free. I chose this resource because it is an actual image of the Canadian charter of rights and freedom. This reflects my perspective of being Canadian because it made it so everyone could have their own belief system, freedom of thought, opinion and expression, and also that every Canadian has a right to come and go as they please. I think that if someone from around 1810 were to see that this was created they might not agree because most people back then were Christian and it wasn’t right if you didn’t believe in god. I also think that their view would differ from mine because back then there were very few different religions and origins that they believed in compared to how it is now.