The main purpose of this presentation is to show how the Canadian society has gradually changed in the last forty years due to continued meeting of cultures and formation of a new generation. My audience consists of students undertaking a course in sociology. This presentation will be very beneficial to the audience as it will outline to them the gains that the Canadian community has achieved since Charter of Rights and Freedoms was signed in the rain on the lawn before the Peace Tower (Williams et al 34) The topics that the presentation will explore include: Racism and prejudice, fairness at workplace, gender, personal identity and religion. The changes that have occurred in these aspects of our society will illustrate how the present multicultural Canadian society is unique.
The generation of Canadians that defy old stereotype are those in their twenties and they present the image of the new Canada (Troper et al 123 ) Unlike their grandparents who held to certain ideologies that propagated segregation and their parents who still struggle to embrace inclusivity they are more accommodating of a multicultural society because they are actually a product of many intermarriages between the many ethnic groups that make up Canada (Williams et al 94 )The new generation of Canadians have less racism and prejudice amongst themselves. In the nineteenth century there was a lot of animosity between the indigenous Canadians, white immigrants who were the majority and other immigrants that were considered a minority ( Xlibris 67)
There is also a lot more fairness at work place and what matters most to this group of new Canadians is a person’s qualifications for the job and not their ethnic background or gender (Troper et al 152) more women are bracing for the glass ceiling than they ever did in the past. The worshipping of Americans idols is dying out and in its place emerges a society that thinks and lives more distinctively as Canadians. This new generation is also more open to intermarriages creating an even more integrated society, and religious fundamentalism is subsiding with fewer wars amongst the Christian denominations and more even embracing other religions. In conclusion, there is emerging a new generation that appreciates multiculturalism and is more tolerant and respects rights and freedoms of all.
Works Cited
Troper, Harold M, and M Weinfeld. Ethnicity, Politics, and Public Policy: Case Studies in Canadian Diversity. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. Print.
Williams, Roy H, and Michael R. Drew. Pendulum: How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future. New York: Vanguard Press, 2012. Print.
Canadian Immigration and South Asian Immigrants. Xlibris Corp, 2014. Print.
