Multiculturalism and its Discontents

Fall 2009: Multiculturalism and its Discontents
Edited by Daniel Drache

This issue is a project of The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies at York University

** All papers are conference drafts/works in progress

Table of Contents:

Editorial
Daniel Drache	Canadian multiculturalism and its feet of clay
Ask a Pollster: Is Multiculturalism Working as Part of our Value System?
Michael Adams	Multiculturalism ain't broke
Ask a Constitutional Expert: Does Reasonable Accommodation Succeed in Protecting Tolerance and Diversty?
Jamie Cameron Barbra Jackman Errol P. Mendes David Cameron	The Charter and the constitutionalization of difference Racial profiling and national security The multicultural diversity gene: Reality or myth? Does reasonable accommodation succeed in protecting tolerance and diversity?
Ask an Historian: Has Canada’s Signature Program Really Worked During the Last Twenty Years?
Franca Iacovetta Julia Lalande Roberto Perin	A historian's long view on multiculturalism: The limits of liberal pluralism in early Cold War Canada The evolution of Canadian multiculturalism: Achievements and setbacks of Ukrainian Canadians Ethnic identity and multiculturalism
Ask an African-Canadian Scholar: What Have We Learned about the Pitfalls and Success of Multiculturalism?
Rinaldo Walcott George Elliot Clarke Carl James	Multiculturalism, the Canadian academy and the impossible dream of Black Canadian Studies Multiculturalism and its (usual) discontents Multiculturalism in a colour-blind society and the education of Black students
Ask a Political Scientist: Is the Multicultural Vision and Policy Broken?
Robert Latham Jules Duchastel Daniel Salée Tom Clark and Ravi de Costa	After multiculturalism: Canada and its multiversal future Multiculturalism: what are our discontents about? Is Canada's commitment to multiculturalism weakening? A tale of two apologies
Ask a Researcher: Is Diversity a Success on the Mean Streets of Toronto?
Grace-Edward Galabuzi Jeffrey Reitz	Diversity on the mean streets of Toronto Realizing the potentials -- and facing the challenges -- of multiculturalism
Ask a Foundation: Where does Canada’s Premier Identity Program go From Here?
Alan Broadbent	Intentionality and instruments: making multiculturalism work
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