Amongst the themes discussed:
1 Multiculturalism from the sociological, political, ideological, and philosophical perspectives. 2 Canada as the first country to officially proclaim multiculturalist policy in 1971. 3 Canada’s classic mosaic model of multiculturalism versus the US’s classic models: WASP and The Melting Pot. 4 Multiculturalism vs globalization, diversity, culture pluralism. 5 Language multiculturalist policies in Canada and the US on the state level and provincial / state levels (e.g., Quebec, Alaska). 6 Public policy objectives in Canada. 7 Ethnic, language, and religious groups in Canada and the US. 8 Hispanics in the US. 9 Selected events and institutions in the US and Canada seen from the multiculturalist perspective. 10 The US-Mexican Wall as a symbol of multiculturalist challenges. 11 Critique of multiculturalism from various perspectives: cosmopolitan, national identity, feminist, universalist, post-colonial, economic, and others. 12 Canada’s and US’s multiculturalism seen from European and global perspectives.
I want to thank my UO students for their cooperation during the course.
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