In Canada alone, Aboriginal people make up about 3 percent of Canada's inhabitants. It can be estimated that 35 percent of Canada's aboriginal, or native peoples live in urban places such as Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Toronto. Each of these places have populations greater than 20,000. Aboriginals also live throughout Canada in all of our provinces with a large amount in the Prairie provinces. It can be estimated that less than half of Canadas aboriginal people live on reserves. ...

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The policy of multiculturalism in Canada began in 1988 after the Canadian Multiculturalism Act was passed. This was new law was in keeping with the Canadian constitution that recognizes and provides for the right of every Canadian to be protected. ... The policy allowed Canadians from different ethnic communities, races, origins etc. to take part in shaping the future of Canada. ... Today, new Canadians are being integrated in the mainstream of Canada. ... Traditionally, the focus of the policies has been on the groups of new Canadians and the distinct cultural features that distinguish them f...

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The Aboriginal population has been treated immorally within the Canadian legal and political structure. As the native population in Canada is not treated with equality and justice, we see the aboriginal community in Canada with poor education, in poverty and substance abuse. ... A continued systematic oppression of the aboriginal population was evident in Canada, by assimilation into Western Culture. ... The Indian Act is a Canadian statute that incorporates the issues of governance, reserves, and status among the indigenous population (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada). ... ...

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Aboriginals, the original people to inhabit Canada, are a civilization rich in culture and heritage. In Canada, the Aboriginals were, and some are, still being discriminated against by Canadian society. ... They are the fastest growing populations in Canada. ...

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The Missionaries were the first to attempt to change Aboriginal population with an emphasis on Christianity. ... The Davin report, in which Nicholas Flood Davin performed a report on industrial schools in the United States to establish the same type of the school systems in Canada, started the ball rolling, in many senses, for establishing Canada's Residential School System. ... Mary's Mission in BC ) and was largely influenced by Canada's missionary experience with various religious organizations. ... A when time when European settlers were being urged to come to Canada to set...

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The significance of the Stanley cup in Canadian culture is paramount when looking at cultural icons that transcend through all aspects of Canadian society. ... The best hockey teams in Canada competed it for. ... The fascination with the game of hockey and its fast pace enticed many of the population but was an exclusive sport to play. ... Since the first time that Lord Stanley's Cup landed on Canadian soil it has held the ideals of Canadian culture within its vassal. ... The Cup represents the game and the game represents Canada. ...

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There are three different dimensions that under the theme of multiculturalism: it is a demographic reality in cities which racial and ethnic dissimilarity exist in the population; meanwhile it is a national philosophy that the whole nation is celebrating diversity; finally, it is the framework of a range of government policies that promote the social solidarity, reduce the impact of the urban inequality between the immigrants and local people, and related to urban planning issues. ... First of all, the ethnic composition of Tokyo's population is simplex. 98% of the total residents are Jap...

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While the overall population is stable, dramatic changes in the age and cultural structure have been occurring in the past decade and will continue in the future. ... While the baby boomers are nearing retirement, the Aboriginal population is young and growing. ... Programs that are funded primarily by the federal government are directed and implemented by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and other federal departments. ... A workforce that represents the population can gain a better understanding of its customers and in turn, better meet their needs. ...

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John Sinclair claims that the advertising expenditure here, per head of population, is better than France or Germany, and trails just behind Britain and Canada. ... Comparing this figure to figures in S, Cunningham's "Framing Culture", whereby it states countries like Britain, who are required to broadcast 80 to 85 per cent indigenous product and Canada around 60 per cent, we see that Australia's government quota is far from excessive. (1992; 59) It is from this 50 per cent that the distinct Australian cultural identity is maintained, or manufactured. ...

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The first change is physical such as moving into a new place and increasing population density (Berry, 1992). ... In the article Safdar et.al, (2003), describes Iranians migrating to Canada and they measure how much they strive to sustain cultural values and traditions that may be different from the dominant values of the majority group (Safdar et. al., 2003). ...

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Huntington was a political scientist who had attended Yale University, University of Chicago, and Harvard University respectively and was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences of the U.S. and Canada. ... It was recorded that in 2013, America had a total population of approximately 80 million people and was home to at least 41.3 million immigrants (migratonpolicy.org). ...

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Caliban, the original monster and barbarian in The Tempest, has been far removed in both time and interpretations from the original one Shakespeare created four hundred years ago. Having been portrayed in literary criticism as a giant fish, a grotesque monster, an American Indian, an African slave, his incarnation changes from "a savage and a deformed slave" to the "quintessential colonial victim". Especially in recent years, Caliban has been a major socio-political emblem throughout the world. This paper tries to summarize the various interpretation of Caliban and to demonstrate Caliban'...

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The United States, Canada, and other Westernized societies are categorized as modern-based. ... The understanding of cultural boundedness of business (i.e., the willingness of a culture to relinquish its traditional methods and adopt new ones) is not only imperative for international marketing effectiveness but also for marketing to ethnic populations domestically (Reese 1998). ...

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