Marlies P.

While many countries in the developed world are struggling with the challenges that arrive with immigration, Canada appears to have developed a successful approach: an official multiculturalism policy that celebrates diversity instead of fighting it. The author Marlies Panciera provides an overview of Canada's immigration history and the developments that resulted in the Multiculturalism Act. The process of acculturation, and several theories of social change are discussed. Special emphasis is put on the d