Race and Ethnicity in the Context of Multiculturalism as State Policy*

Avery M.

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Explains Canada's response to shifting immigrations trends in the 1960s. Specifically how state policy reflected new diversity within the nation.

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  • Jiwani, Yasmin. "Erasing Race: The Story of Reena Virk". Canadian Women Studies 19, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 178-184.

  • Sitara, Georgia. “Racism and antisemitism in context of multiculturalism as a state policy.” HSTR 329B: Race, Racism and Ethnicity in Canada Since 1900. Class lecture at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, March 29, 2021.

  • Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia. Directed by Sylvia Hamilton. National Film Board of Canada, 1992. https://www-nfb-ca.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca/film/speak_it_from_heart_of_black_nova_scotia/

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