文档介绍：The Canadian Mosaic
Mosaic
,镶嵌图,拼花
The difference between the USA and
the Canada:
the USA: (melting pot ) receive the immigrants who throw off their old customs , languages and tradition in favor of ing “American”.
Canada: (mosaic )also a nation of immigrants , but they do not throw their old ways of life and they adapt themselves to the new environment .
, Canada refers to itself as multicultural . This was an idea born during the debate on bilingualism and biculturalism in the 1960s .
noticed that one-third of Canadians are neither English nor French, so they invented the idea of multicultural society .
3. What is Canada : a multicultural , bilingual country where efforts are made to protect ,promote and celebrate the ways of the different kinds of people .
The first Canadians
“the First Nations “: “first” because they are the original inhabitants of the country . “nations ” because there is no single group or culture .
Inuit (Eskimo) : live in the far north , be faced with the harsh arctic climate . They live by hunting seals , whales , caribou and polar bears.
Metis : emerged when French fur traders married Indian women .
Canadian population grows because of the official immigration policy .
Immigration policy depends on the labor market in Canada .
Example :
To settle the prairie provinces : e the farmers .
To develop the mining industry : e the miners .
To develop the railway : many Chinese people went to Canada .
Vancouver (温哥华)
Vancouver is home to the second largest Chinese group in North-America, after San Francisco .
on the west side of Canada
the third largest city in Canada