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A 9 page research paper that looks at racism in Canada. While Canada is renown worldwide as a multicultural, tolerant country, it is also rue that racism is can be found at the heart of its social structure. This factor is illustrated in the history of Canadian immigration policy, as well as current policy. This examination of literature looks at immigration policy as a form of barometer for racism in Canadian society, but then also examines how racism against Aboriginal peoples also provides an indication of this factor, prior to reaching overall conclusions. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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supports anti-racism programs (Spurgaitis 12). Canada, along with the rest of the Western industrialized countries, has a history of colonialism and, according to Norah McMurtry, CEARN co-chair, this history continues
its influence to this day. McMurtry argues that there is "systemic racism" in many Canadian institutions, which exclude minorities, who are not given equal access to educational and employment opportunities
(Spurgaitis 12). While Canada is renown worldwide as a multicultural, tolerant country, it is also rue that racism is can be found at the heart of its social structure.
This factor is illustrated in the history of Canadian immigration policy, as well as current policy. The following examination of literature looks at immigration policy as a form of barometer
for racism in Canadian society, but then also examines how racism against Aboriginal peoples also provides an indication of this factor, prior to reaching overall conclusions. History of Immigration
Policy Canadian immigration policy is renown for its "flexibility and economic focus" (Woroby 249). Beginning in the early twentieth century, with the passage of the 1910 Immigration Act, Canadian immigration
policy became geared to considerations within the context of the nations economic needs (Woroby 249). While Canada did not officially impose quotas on immigration from specific countries, through policy implementation,
the effect was similar in that the vast majority of immigrants arriving in Canada prior to the 1960s were from the British Isle or Northwestern Europe (Woroby 249).
Reporting on a text by Ninette Kelley and Michael Trebilock, Roy points out that there is little evidence of liberal values in Canadian immigration policy prior to 1962 (Roy 517).
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie Kings 1947 statement that "immigration was a privilege, not a right" is quite indicative of that periods social attitudes (Roy 517). However, beginning in the early
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