| |
The Canadian Cultural Observatory lists publications and resources as a public service only and does not promote or endorse them in any way.
 |
Journal(s) |
|
"The goal of the journal is to promote research but also education and training in the area of intercultural communication."
Creator(s): Intercultural Communication | Date Published: 2005-07
|
|
International journal for policy-related social science research in the field of multiculturalism, minority rights, migration and related issues
Creator(s): UNESCO | Date Published: 1998
|
| |
Studies & Reports |
|
"Countries with diverse populations must develop approaches to tackle the challenges that will undoubtedly arise. The Canadian approach has been honed to its present sharpness on the whetstone of several hundred years of experience. Most notably, Canada has the world’s first officially sanctioned multiculturalism policy, as well as a history of accommodating two official language communities, negotiating an appropriate place for the heterogeneous Aboriginal population, and constantly adapting to increased ethnic, racial, linguistic and religious diversity."
Creator(s): John Biles, Humera Ibrahim & Erin Tolley | Date Published: 2007-12-04
|
|
"This meeting marks the beginning of an exploratory process and was a necessary first step to discuss basic definitions and the possibilities, as well as the limits, of the task of measuring the diversity of cultural expressions. It brought together experts of different nationalities and backgrounds, working on different research fields and advocating different approaches to the very question of diversity, in themselves representative of the 'diversity of diversity'."
Creator(s): Professor Renato Flores | Date Published: 2007-09
|
|
"Canada has undergone unprecedented demographic, social and economic change over the last half century."
Creator(s): Andrew Cardozo, Ravi Pendakur | Date Published: 2007-08
|
|
"Leger Marketing survey conducted with 1,5000 adult Canadians between April 3 and April 12, 2007."
Creator(s): Jack Jedwab, Association for Canadian Studies | Date Published: 2007-04-30
|
|
"Leger Marketing survey conducted with 1,5000 adult Canadians between April 3 and April 12, 2007."
Creator(s): Jack Jedwab, Association for Canadian Studies | Date Published: 2007-04-23
|
|
"As announced in the CCA’s January 24 Bulletin, the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions has come into force on March 18, 2007. Developments in this file continue to occur rapidly and international support for this important treaty is growing. Fifty-six countries are now parties to the Convention and more are expected to join in the coming months."
Creator(s): Canadian Conference of the Arts | Date Published: 2007-04-10
|
|
"It has long been known that the votes of urban Canadians are worth less than those of their rural counterparts, but this study by Michael Pal and Sujit Choudhry uses data from the 1996 and 2001 Censuses to reexamine this inequity in the context of dramatic demographic change."
Creator(s): Institute for Research on Public Policy, Michael Pal, and Sujit Choudhry (both of University of Toronto | Date Published: 2007-01
|
|
"Based on empirical evidence in Canada and abroad, this project identifies the opportunities and pressures in fostering inclusive citizenship in a multicultural Canada which is increasingly diverse with successive waves of immigration."
Creator(s): Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2007
|
|
"The Institute for Research on Public Policy has just pre-released a chapter from a forthcoming book entitled Belonging? Diversity, Recognition and Shared Citizenship in Canada."
Creator(s): Katherine A.H. Graham and Susan D. Phillips | Date Published: 2006-11-30
|
|
"UNESCO recognizes the importance of supporting indigenous communities in recovering their dignity and enabling them to transmit to future generations their distinctive knowledge, values and ways of life."
Creator(s): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | Date Published: 2006-04
|
|
"Diversity in Canada is a comprehensive, independent research study exploring consumer behaviours, social attitudes and demographics of Canadians in the following six target groups: Chinese, South Asian, West Asian/Arab, Black, Hispanic, Italian."
Creator(s): Solutions Research Group, Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2006-03
|
|
"UNESCO’s adoption of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression in October 2005 was a major step towards the emergence of an international cultural law."
Creator(s): Ivan Bernier with the collaboration of Hélène Ruiz Fabri | Date Published: 2006
|
|
The article is published in the book: Stiftung Niedersachsen (editor): „älter – bunter – weniger. Die demographische Herausforderung an die Kultur, transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, Germany (ISBN 3 – 89942 – 505 -7)
Creator(s): Jack Jedwab | Date Published: 2006
|
|
"In many states and local areas, policymakers did not know much about the size or characteristics of the Hispanic population living in their jurisdictions prior to the release of the 2000 Census results. The Census Bureau and other government agencies had underestimated levels of international migration to the United States—primarily from Mexico—during the 1990s, and there were no surveys tracking the size or characteristics of the Hispanic population in local areas."
Creator(s): Population Reference Bureau | Date Published: 2005-12
|
|
"Presented at the: 10th International Metropolis Conference: Our Diverse Cities: Migration, Diversity and Change."
Creator(s): RBC Financial Group | Date Published: 2005-10-20
|
|
"This paper examines the causes of the decline in the economic performance of recent immigrants and blames the immigrant selection process used by the Government of Canada."
Creator(s): Herbert Grubel, Professor of Economics (Emeritus), Simon Fraser University and Senior Fellow, The Fraser Institute | Date Published: 2005-09
|
|
“The cultural diversity has been set in the heart of human societies. It expresses itself, in Africa, through the populations movement and the pluralism that are part of the foundation of social configurations.”
Creator(s): Mangoné Niang - World Culture Forum Alliance | Date Published: 2005-06
|
|
"Micheline Labelle, a specialist in immigration and citizenship issues, surveys the way they accommodated the various manifestations of diversity, and the challenges that still confront them in terms of inequalities and the integration of new immigrants, especially the issue of recognition of degrees, and the financing of and access to settlement services and representation in the public sphere. "
Creator(s): Michelline Labelle | Date Published: 2005-04
|
|
"As expressed in its Constitution (1946) UNE SCO, the only United Nations agency with responsibility for culture, is entrusted with the dual mandate of promoting the “fruitful diversity of cultures” and the “free flow of ideas by word and image”."
Creator(s): UNESCO | Date Published: 2005
|
|
"Several thousand indigenous peoples numbering between 300 and 400 million persons worldwide clearly distinguish themselves from other segments of society by way of historical and structural features as well as their self-identification."
Creator(s): Rodolfo Stavenhagen | Date Published: 2004-05-04
|
|
"A comprehensive survey on cultural participation amongst the diverse population of the United Kingdom."
Creator(s): Arts Council England | Date Published: 2003-12
|
|
"This is the report of a project commissioned by the Council of Europe to Oesterreichische Kulturdokumentation."
Creator(s): Andrea Ellmeier, Bela Rasky | Date Published: 2003-08
|
|
"Cross River Partnership’s (CRP) ‘Cultural Diversity and Tourism’ seminar has highlighted the rich cultural diversity that the Cross River area (the City of London and parts of Westminster, Southwark and Lambeth) has to offer."
Creator(s): Cross River Partnership | Date Published: 2003-05-22
|
|
"This applicant's guide has been prepared to assist applicants seeking project funding from the Multiculturalism Program."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2003
|
|
"Much ink has been spilt in France on comparisons between the universal Republican model of integration that prevails there and the multicultural, “communautarian,” particularistic or differentialistic model that prevails in the “Anglo-Saxon” world...However, these dichotomous comparisons, often cast in the form of debate, do not yield a full understanding of the societies they purport to examine."
Creator(s): Margaret Adsett, Citizenship and Heritage, Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2002-12-12
|
|
"The PCH and Parks Canada Employment Equity and Diversity Steering Committee organized the 2002 Diversity Forum. This Steering Committee represents six employee committees with more than 500 members."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage, Parks Canada Agency | Date Published: 2002-10-16
|
|
"Presentation at the P3 Forum April 17, 2002 on Diversity in Canadian society."
Creator(s): M. Sharon Jeannotte | Date Published: 2002-04-17
|
|
"The paper will examine the contradictions and challenges that such assumptions and practices face in the context of international trade agreements, investment in the cultural and particularly in the book and magazine sectors, technological development (Internet mediastores, the e-book), consolidation, and multimedia corporatism."
Creator(s): Sabine Milz | Date Published: 2002-04
|
|
"By summarizing major studies carried out by academics and practitioners, the purpose of the series is to contribute to a more evidence-based discussion about multiculturalism as a demographic, economic and social reality."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2002
|
|
"The Convention translates into the terms of a binding international treaty on cultural diversity, the principles and concepts endorsed by the membership of the INCD at meetings held in Santorini, Greece in 2000 and Lucerne, Switzerland in 2001."
Creator(s): The Steering Committee of the International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD) | Date Published: 2002
|
|
"The study presents an overview of the approaches to ownership concentration among cultural businesses used in five countries to see how other governments have dealt with these Issues."
Creator(s): Dennis Price | Date Published: 2001-12-01
|
|
"The creative arts in our country are enhanced by two constitutional principles. One is the First Amendment that guarantees freedom of speech. Broadly, neither the federal government nor any state or other governmental entity can enact laws or regulations that restrict freedom of speech."
Creator(s): Center for Arts and Culture | Date Published: 2001-11
|
|
"This conference on multiculturalism policies organized by the British Council brought together approximately 25 participants, including officials from Ministries of Culture from INCP member and non-member countries, broadcasters, representatives from arts and heritage institutions and NGOs."
Creator(s): British Council | Date Published: 2001-02-11
|
|
"UNESCO's Round Table on December 11 and 12, 2000 brought over 55 Ministers of Culture together to discuss "Cultural Diversity: Challenges to the Marketplace."
Creator(s): UNESCO | Date Published: 2000-12-11
|
|
"The Symposium entitled Multiculturalism: a dialogue in process - the Greek and Canadian paradigm took place at the History Centre of Thessaloniki, November 8-10, 2000."
Creator(s): Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the Canadian Embassy, with support from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and DFAIT | Date Published: 2000-11-08
|
|
"Canada is one of seven countries participating in the Council of Europe (CoE) Study on Cultural Policy and Cultural Diversity. Other participating countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the United Kingdom."
Creator(s): Greg Baeker | Date Published: 2000-10-01
|
|
"Recent research on cultural diversity, cultural identity and cultural pluralism."
Creator(s): Greg Baeker | Date Published: 2000-05-26
|
|
"Aware of the need to delve further into the multi-layered concepts of cultural diversity, conflict resolution and pluralism, UNESCO proposes this second edition of the World Culture Report, in which experts, statisticians and artists provide information and analysis and propose new concepts, insights and policy recommendations."
Creator(s): UNESCO | Date Published: 2000
|
Related Materials
|
"A theatre quarterly that provides a forum for theatre practitioners, academics, and interested members of the general public to articulate and analyse information and experience pertaining to cultural plurality and the stage."
Creator(s): Teesri Duniya Theatre | Date Published: 2005
|
|
"Given New Brunswick's multicultural environment, a voluntary sector that reflects the ethnicity of its communities will greatly increase the effectiveness of non-profit organizations that serve all sectors of the population."
Creator(s): Policy Link N.B. and the John Howard Society of Greater Moncton Inc. | Date Published: 2006
|
|
"Taking a broad and inclusive definition of culture, the survey asked a random sample of 1,231 Americans about their participation patterns, motivations, and experiences. As is typical of such surveys, we asked people about their participation during the previous 12 months. The major innovation of this study was that we also asked people a set of questions about their most recently attended event: what they attended, why, where, with whom, and what experiences they had. This provided types of motivations, venues, and experiences to particular types of arts attendance in order to determine what people wanted from a particular kind of arts event and whether they felt the event actually delivered. The survey therefore permits us, for instance, to go beyond knowing that a desire to socialize is a common motivation for arts attendance. We can now ask whether or not a desire to socialize is common for all attendance or has greater or lesser importance for those who attend specific kinds of arts events."
Creator(s): Francie Ostrower | Date Published: 2005-11
|
|
"The main hypothesis underlying the Montréal conference was that the integration process for immigrants and the management of diversity more broadly is an area where the generation of networks of social contacts may potentially play a key role in achieving a number of desired outcomes."
Creator(s): Policy Research Initiative - Government of Canada | Date Published: 2005-07
|
|
"A society free from racism. More than a matter of principle, this is Canada’s vision. It brings together people of all backgrounds—ethnic, racial, and religious—to build a society where one’s heritage is a source of pride and inspiration."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2005-03-21
|
|
"Cultural and linguistic diversity, while stimulating respect for cultural identity, traditions and religions, is essential to the development of an Information Society based on the dialogue among cultures and regional and international cooperation. It is an important factor for sustainable development."
Creator(s): UNESCO World Summit on the Information Society | Date Published: 2005
|
|
"Our aim is to foster values and institutional changes that reinforce equality between women and men, boys and girls through research and analysis of gender in specific social and cultural institutions, including legal frameworks, and development of programmes that advance gender equality."
Creator(s): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | Date Published: 2005
|
|
"The report of the expert panel on access to third-language public television services describes the work of the panel, lists the important issues that are involved in access to third-language television services, and makes a number of recommendations."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage, Broadcasting Policy and Innovation Branch | Date Published: 2004-09-27
|
|
"The Commission Communication of 10 February “Building our common Future: Policy challenges and Budgetary means of the Enlarged Union 2007-2013”, proposed developing European citizenship as a main priority for EU action, on the basis of an area of freedom, justice and security."
Creator(s): European Union | Date Published: 2004-09-03
|
|
"The community cohesion agenda has developed in response to disturbances in northern towns in 2001 and the recognition that cohesion is a national issue."
Creator(s): Fiona Mactaggart | Date Published: 2004-07
|
|
« Le Québec admet en moyenne 30 000 immigrants par année depuis la deuxième guerre mondiale. De ce nombre, une part importante de personnes sont d’une langue maternelle autre que française ou anglaise et plusieurs ne connaissent pas ou peu ces langues à leur arrivée. Ces gens, et leurs descendants, sont bien souvent, et bien malgré eux, les acteurs du débat sur la situation et l’avenir du français au Québec. »
Creator(s): Alain Carpentier | Date Published: 2004
|
|
« Nous élaborerons donc, aux fins de cette revue, une définition à partir de principes généraux : sont intégrés les immigrants qui ont la capacité d’utiliser l’une ou l’autre des langues en présence dans la société d’accueil dans leurs communications à caractère public. »
Creator(s): Nicole Lapierre Vincent | Date Published: 2004
|
|
"The Association for Canadian Studies commissioned this poll from Environics Research Group/Focus Canada."
Creator(s): Association of Canadian Studies | Date Published: 2003-03-15
|
|
"The Association for Canadian Studies commissioned this poll from Environics Research Group/Focus Canada. The survey of 2,002 Canadians 18 years of age and over looks at tolerance in Canada."
Creator(s): Association for Canadian Studies | Date Published: 2003-03-15
|
|
"The purpose of this position paper, therefore, is to consider some of the central issues concerning languages and education and to provide related guidelines and principles."
Creator(s): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | Date Published: 2003
|
|
"The specific focus of this study are communities where an official language is spoken in a minority context and where there are currently too few immigrants compared with the national average."
Creator(s): Carsten Quell | Date Published: 2002-11
|
|
"As the nation's ethnic and racial composition fundamentally shifts, the leading national source of data on arts participation has a critical shortcoming: it does not provide a clear picture of arts participation among Hispanics and people who aren't white. "
Creator(s): Carole E. Rosenstein | Date Published: 2002-10-30
|
|
"This report provides summaries of the keynote addresses delivered at the conference by two academic experts on the multicultural days conference."
Creator(s): Liudmila Kirpitchenko | Date Published: 2002-06-27
|
|
"Approximately 70 participants from 22 countries and 3 international organizations (UNESCO, Council of Europe and the INCP) attended this conference on Culture and Conflict in Dubrovnik,Croatia, including Ministers of Culture and officials from INCP member and non-member countries and international cultural organizations."
Creator(s): UNESCO, Council of Europe, International Network on Cultural Policy | Date Published: 2001-03-29
|
|
« La troisième Conférence ministérielle de la Francophonie sur la Culture a constitué, les 14 et 15 juin 2001, un événement majeur parce que pour la première fois depuis dix ans, les 55 Etats et gouvernements membres ou observateurs de l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie se sont réunis pour rénover leur coopération dans un secteur aussi crucial que la Culture, mais aussi pour se concentrer sur les meilleures réponses à apporter pour organiser la défense de la diversité culturelle. »
Creator(s): Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie | Date Published: 2001
|
|
"The purpose of this international comparative report is to review the activities in other states surrounding the March 21 United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination."
Creator(s): Heather DeSantis | Date Published: 1996-09-30
|
|
"The term “visible minority” has popularly come to denote “non-white”; it is used widely in federal legislation texts."
Creator(s): Karim Karim | Date Published: 1996-04-17
|
|
« Braille & Culture, association Loi 1901, développe et diffuse tout support touristique, culturel et scientifique à l'intention des personnes handicapées visuelles. »
Creator(s): Braille & Culture | Date Published: 2005-04-27
|
|
"Ethnologue.com is a place where you can conveniently find many resources to help you with your research of the world's languages."
Creator(s): Ethnologue | Date Published: 2005
|
|
"The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations."
Creator(s): Population Reference Bureau | Date Published: 2005
|
|
"The three central themes around which Forum Barcelona 2004 is structured—cultural diversity, sustainable development and conditions for peace—were approved at the meeting of the UNESCO General Conference held in November 1997. The overall framework for the event was thus established: the task that remained was to define a starting point for the activities that were to be carried out."
Creator(s): Barcelona City Council, the Catalan Autonomous Government, Spanish Government | Date Published: 2004
|
|
"Artists around the world speak out for cultural diversity."
Creator(s): International Network for Cultural Diversity | Date Published: 2003-09-12
|
|
"Recent public discourse has used the term “cultural diversity” to refer to the apparent growth of non-white population, other than the aboriginal people, in Canadian society. Underlying the popularity of the term “diversity” is a rising public awareness towards differences of people, which may be imagined or real, based on superficial distinctions such as skin colour and other features."
Creator(s): Peter S. Li Professor of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan | Date Published: 2000
|
|
"First establised in the Spring of 1998 by leading Quebec's professional associations of the cultural milieu in the midst of the growing opposition to the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), the Coalition expanded its membership in the Fall of 1999 by inviting all leading Canadian cultural professional associations to join its rank."
|
|
"Innoversity is a not-for-profit organization committed to increasing diversity in media and cultural institutions and bridging the gap between these organizations and the diverse populations they serve."
|
|
"MCDC acts as a catalyst for individuals, corporations, and community, non-profit, government and educational organizations by providing networking, referral services, educational activities, and promoting the value of cultural diversity."
|
|
"Minority Rights Group International (MRG) works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities."
|
|
"PlanetAgora is an international association that wants to promote democracy using the Internet to organize public structured debates about major extra-national issues."
|
|
"Teesri Duniya Theatre ["third world" in Hindustani] was founded in 1981 to respond to the artistic needs of actors of South Asian descent living in Canada."
|
|
"The Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies (AMSSA) of British Columbia is a coalition of over 80 organizations providing multicultural programs and immigrant settlement services throughout the Province of British Columbia. AMSSA believes in a just and equitable society which values Canada's cultural diversity."
|
|
"The BRCD is a network for the exchange of information and experiences relating to the protection and promotion of cultural diversity in the broadcasting sector."
|
|
"The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is Canada's oldest and largest arts advocacy group. Founded in 1945 by the leading artists of the day, the CCA was created to impress upon governments and the general public the importance of the arts and cultural industries in Canadian society."
|
|
"The CCR is dedicated to the enrichment of scholarly and public understandings of cross-cultural relations and histories."
|
|
"The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage promotes the understanding and continuity of contemporary grassroots cultures in the United States and abroad. It produces the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, exhibitions, documentary films and videos, symposia, and educational materials. The Center conducts research, maintains archives, and provides educational and research opportunities."
|
|
"The core mission of the Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive (CPANDA) is to acquire, archive, document and preserve high quality data sets on key topics in arts and cultural policy, and make them available in a user-friendly format to scholars, journalists, policy makers, artists, cultural organizations, and the public."
|
|
"The EDRC's mission is to contribute to the construction of democracy in Romania by improving the country's interethnic climate and promoting principles of ethnocultural peace and justice based on institutional solutions acceptable both to majority and minorities."
|
|
"The Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity is designed to strengthen the capacity of cultural industries to produce, distribute and gain access to international markets by building innovative private-public partnerships, sharing know-how and promoting respect for intellectual property rights."
|
|
"The International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD) is a world wide network of artists and cultural groups dedicated to countering the homogenizing effects of globalization on culture."
|
|
"The International Network on Cultural Policy (INCP) is an informal, international venue where national ministers responsible for culture can explore and exchange views on new and emerging cultural policy issues and to develop strategies to promote cultural diversity."
|
|
"The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization -ISESCO- was set up upon the adoption of its Statute by the Eleventh Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, meeting in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, in May 1980."
|
|
"The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think-tank in Washington, D.C. dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide. MPI provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at the local, national, and international levels."
|
|
"The mission of TAAC is to represent the distinctive and collective concerns of people of diverse populations in the United States and its Trust Territories, in regard to the preservation and creative vitality of their respective cultural identity through the arts. TAAC is committed to the concept of Cultural Diversity as a distinct element in American public arts policy."
|
|
« Le Conseil est un organisme permanent et autonome de consultation et de recherche qui a comme fonction principale de conseiller le ministre des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'Immigration dans la planification, la coordination et la mise en œuvre des politiques gouvernementales relatives aux relations interculturelles et à l’intégration des immigrés, notamment quant au rapprochement interculturel et l’ouverture à la diversité. »
|
|
"An Act for the preservation and enhancement of multiculturalism in Canada."
Creator(s): Department of Justice Canada | Date Published: 2005-08-09
|
|
International Network for Cultural Diversity Newsletter
Creator(s): International Network for Cultural Diversity
|
|
Coalition for Cultural Diversity Currents
Creator(s): Coalitions for Cultural Diversity
|
|
|
Printer friendly version
