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SUBJECT:
Extremism and Multiculturalism - June 4, 2010
Background
As a result of recent developments in Surrey, BC and Toronto, there have been claims in the media that Sikh extremism is on the rise in Canada. One of the explanations put forward is that “Canada’s polite brand of multiculturalism policy gives extremists the space to nurture old grudges brought from their homelands.” Can we make a link between multiculturalism and extremism? Is there really a surge in Sikh extremism? If there is, what are other potential explanations for an alleged surge in hatred between or within ethnic groups that could threaten Canada’s social cohesion or lead to violence? Is this reported hatred home-grown or is it the result of an imported conflict? Are there other ethno-cultural groups at risk?
 Article of Interest
ANSWERS:
Baha Abu-Laban
Director Emeritus, Prairie Metropolis Centre
University of Alberta
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Phil Ryan
Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration,
Carleton University
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Jagjeet Kaur
PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto
Instructor, Ryerson University
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Lorne Dawson
Professor, Department of Sociology,
University of Waterloo
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Dr. Paul Bramadat
Director, Centre for Studies in Religion
and Society,
University of Victoria
http://csrs.uvic.ca/
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Valérie Amiraux
Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Montreal
Canada Research Chair for the study of religious pluralism and ethnicity, CEETUM
Co-director of IM Domain 5 Justice, Police, Security (Québec)
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SUBJECT:
On May 22, 2008, the Commissioners Gérard Bouchard and Charles Taylor tabled their final report entitled Fonder l’avenir : Le temps de la conciliation. After having surveyed the Quebec population by organizing public hearings in all the regions and compiled position papers drafted by citizens, they made eighty-four recommendations. These relate to the learning of diversity, harmonization practices, immigrant integration, interculturalism, French language, inequalities and discrimination, laicity, and research to further. Two years later, in the midst of a new debate on the wearing of the niqab in certain areas of the public space (like in public teaching establishments), what is the relevance of Taylor and Bouchard’s recommendations towards this specific issue? Are the Quebec society common values, and their application, being redefined in the province’s institutions?
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Gilles Paquet, Maryse Potvin |
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SUBJECT:
Bouchard-Taylor
Commission's Legacy with regards to the Recent Debate
on the Niqab ~ May 11, 2010
Background
On May 22, 2008, the Commissioners Gérard Bouchard and Charles Taylor tabled their final report entitled Fonder l’avenir : Le temps de la conciliation. After having surveyed the Quebec population by organizing public hearings in all the regions and compiled position papers drafted by citizens, they made eighty-four recommendations. These relate to the learning of diversity, harmonization practices, immigrant integration, interculturalism, French language, inequalities and discrimination, laicity, and research to further. Two years later, in the midst of a new debate on the wearing of the niqab in certain areas of the public space (like in public teaching establishments), what is the relevance of Taylor and Bouchard’s recommendations towards this specific issue? Are the Quebec society common values, and their application, being redefined in the province’s institutions.
ANSWERS:
Gilles Paquet
Centre on Governance
University of Ottawa
April 2010
The Bouchard-Taylor report, like 15th century maps, is elegant but not very helpful to navigation in rough times. To throw light on debates and to help arriving at better decisions, it is not sufficient to generate an indigestible tome, and to put forward dozens of recommendations. Often, in such ventures, the commissioners have a propensity to arrive at certain conclusions in their haste to bring the conversation to a halt, and to impose what experts call “final solutions”. This is an anti-democratic resolution.
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Maryse Potvin,
Professor, UQAM
May 2010
Since the Bouchard-Taylor Commission tabled its report in May 2008, you can count on the fingers of one hand how many of the report’s 84 recommendations have been implemented by the Liberal government. After the report was tabled, Immigration and Cultural Communities Minister Yolande James tried (to no avail) to steer through a watered-down version of a government policy to combat racism and discrimination that had been promised since 2006. Indeed, just days before the November 2008 elections were called, Quebec’s Liberal government announced, to the collective yawn of the media and public, a policy entitled: “La diversité : une valeur ajoutée. Politique gouvernementale pour favoriser la participation de tous à l’essor du Québec” (Diversity: a value added. Government policy to foster universal participation in Quebec’s growth).
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SUBJECT:
The Canadian census of 2006 reports that 16.2% of the Canadian population are members of a visible minority. This represents one in six Canadians. By 2017, Statistics Canada predicts that Canada's visible minority population will number 1 in 5. What implications does this development have for public policy on immigration, integration and diversity? What should policy makers be attending to?
ANSWERS:
Randall Hansen, , Dan Heibert, , Annick Germain |
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SUBJECT:
Based on the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada reported, "Earnings disparities between recent immigrants and Canadian-born workers increased not only during the two previous decades, but
also between 2000 and 2005." Why is this happening and can we expect the trend to slow or to
continue?
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Don Devoretz, Valerie Preston |
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Last updated:
May 30, 2011 |
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