Ethnicity to Equity? Official Multiculturalism and Racial Discrimination in Canada, 1971-79
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Analyses of multiculturalism’s evolution in Canada suggest that in the 1970s the policy was narrowly focused on cultural festivities and that a turn to anti-racism did not occur until the 1980s. This article reexamines this period and draws two main conclusions. First, although the policy was aimed at Euro-Canadians, the door was open for the participation of people groups racialized as non-white (though structural barriers limited their access); and second, that anti-discrimination had long been a goal within the bureaucracy but attempts to implement concrete measures were stymied by a lack of support, and sometimes outright opposition, from various stakeholders.
DOI: 10.4000/eccs.6668
Author: Daniel R. Meister
Institution: University of New Brunswick
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4391235686