The meaning of Canadian citizenship in light of dual citizenship and multiculturalism in Canada

10.32920/ryerson.14647881 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Viktoria Mirtchevsky

Keyword(s):

Policy Formation ◽

Positive Development ◽

Dual Citizenship ◽

Immigration And Settlement ◽

Canadian Citizenship ◽

Canadian Culture

With multiculturalism informing policy formation related to immigration and settlement in Canada, dual citizenship is accepted. Many have argued that dual citizenship is problematic when it creates dual, and often times, competing loyalties, interests, and priorities; while others argue that dual citizenship is actually a positive development that is consistent with the Canadian culture of acceptance, tolerance and multiculturalism. This MRP will examine the connection between multiculturalism, the legality of dual and multiple citizenship in Canada and their effect on the meaning of Canadian citizenship for naturalized Canadian citizens holding dual or multiple citizenships.

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"In Its Own Image" : Fashioning the Canadian Multicultural Mirage in Food Production, Consumption, and Equality

10.32920/ryerson.14665614 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jenelle-Lara Gonzales

Keyword(s):

Food Production ◽

Complex Dynamics ◽

Active Role ◽

Physical Distance ◽

Life Conditions ◽

The Social ◽

Immigration And Settlement ◽

Canadian Citizenship ◽

And Migration

With bucolic imaginings, it is commonplace to lament the social and physical distance that separates us from the production of our food. In a dystopic distanciation, food becomes a static product--commodified, fetishized, and objectified--while our relationship to it, increasingly antagonistic. Indeed, food provides a unique aperture into the 'malaises of modernity' (Taylor 1991) when 'simple' questions in fact reveal complex dynamics, processes, and symptoms covering a range of questions: From what is our food made? From where? And by whom? In highlighting the dialectic of the selective of producers, the unrestricted mobility of commodities and capital, and the immobility of land, this paper draws linkages between food, labour and migration through an analysis of their ordering principles that affront the 'privilege' of Canadian citizenship, the rights it confers, and the responsibilities it demands. For the study of immigration and settlement in Canada or more globally, Canada's active role in shaping the life conditions of the migrants it receives, these lines of inquiry cannot be ignored.

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Canadian citizenship in evolution: exploring six Canadian citizenship guidebooks from 1946-2012

10.32920/ryerson.14645298 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sonya Anklesaria

Keyword(s):

Great Britain ◽

Citizenship Education ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Democratic Theory ◽

Public Policies ◽

Canadian Government ◽

New Immigrants ◽

Canadian Citizenship ◽

Canadian Culture ◽

Successful Integration

Six educational guidebooks on the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship for new immigrants have existed for approximately six decades, arriving alongside the first Citizenship Act in 1947. These guidebooks have been circulated by the Canadian government in the hopes of educating immigrants unfamiliar with Canadian culture and democracy as adopted from Great Britain. By understanding democratic theory and its relationship to citizenship education, this paper explores four themes (how various governments have viewed the terms and conditions of becoming a citizen, the “vision” of Canada presented in the various guides, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and what the guidebooks imply about social inclusion and the integration of new Canadians) within each successive guidebook in order to analyse how different governments over the years have prepared newcomers for citizenship in Canada, and what constitutes successful integration. By exploring the various themes of each guidebook, this paper finds that government-sponsored citizenship guidebooks are products of both domestic and international socio-political atmospheres, whose goal is to present to newcomers citizenship education, as well as a vision of Canada that reflects partisan attitudes toward various public policies.

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"In Its Own Image" : Fashioning the Canadian Multicultural Mirage in Food Production, Consumption, and Equality

10.32920/ryerson.14665614.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jenelle-Lara Gonzales

Keyword(s):

Food Production ◽

Complex Dynamics ◽

Active Role ◽

Physical Distance ◽

Life Conditions ◽

The Social ◽

Immigration And Settlement ◽

Canadian Citizenship ◽

And Migration

With bucolic imaginings, it is commonplace to lament the social and physical distance that separates us from the production of our food. In a dystopic distanciation, food becomes a static product--commodified, fetishized, and objectified--while our relationship to it, increasingly antagonistic. Indeed, food provides a unique aperture into the 'malaises of modernity' (Taylor 1991) when 'simple' questions in fact reveal complex dynamics, processes, and symptoms covering a range of questions: From what is our food made? From where? And by whom? In highlighting the dialectic of the selective of producers, the unrestricted mobility of commodities and capital, and the immobility of land, this paper draws linkages between food, labour and migration through an analysis of their ordering principles that affront the 'privilege' of Canadian citizenship, the rights it confers, and the responsibilities it demands. For the study of immigration and settlement in Canada or more globally, Canada's active role in shaping the life conditions of the migrants it receives, these lines of inquiry cannot be ignored.

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Reconsidering Canadian Citizenship Policy in an Era of Globalization

Potentia: Journal of International Affairs ◽

10.18192/potentia.v1i1.4365 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

Jessica Breaugh ◽

Catherine DeJong ◽

Lauren Rutherford

Keyword(s):

Final Section ◽

Social Meaning ◽

Dual Citizenship ◽

The Public ◽

External Pressures ◽

The Social ◽

The Government ◽

Canadian Citizenship ◽

National Governments ◽

The Impact

Over the last half of the 20th century, forces of globalization have lead to a significant growth in the number of international migrants, and influenced the national governments of emigrant and immigrant countries to implement dual citizenship policies. This paper will argue that global forces have intensified the extraordinary growth of dual citizenship in Canada, changing the social meaning attributed to dual citizenship and placing internal and external pressures on the government to re-evaluate existing citizenship policies and the rights afforded to non-resident Canadians. The first section of this paper will address the theoretical framework of citizenship policy in Canada, as well as its historical foundations. The second section will discuss the forces of globalization, exploring the reasons behind the dramatic increase in dual citizenship. To conclude, the final section will examine the impact of these pressures on Canadian domestic policy as seen through the public debate surrounding the Lebanon evacuation, and the recent revision of policies granting citizenship to third generation nonresident Canadians. The final thoughts section will speak to recommended policy considerations for government.

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Canadian citizenship in evolution: exploring six Canadian citizenship guidebooks from 1946-2012

10.32920/ryerson.14645298.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sonya Anklesaria

Keyword(s):

Great Britain ◽

Citizenship Education ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Democratic Theory ◽

Public Policies ◽

Canadian Government ◽

New Immigrants ◽

Canadian Citizenship ◽

Canadian Culture ◽

Successful Integration

Six educational guidebooks on the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship for new immigrants have existed for approximately six decades, arriving alongside the first Citizenship Act in 1947. These guidebooks have been circulated by the Canadian government in the hopes of educating immigrants unfamiliar with Canadian culture and democracy as adopted from Great Britain. By understanding democratic theory and its relationship to citizenship education, this paper explores four themes (how various governments have viewed the terms and conditions of becoming a citizen, the “vision” of Canada presented in the various guides, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and what the guidebooks imply about social inclusion and the integration of new Canadians) within each successive guidebook in order to analyse how different governments over the years have prepared newcomers for citizenship in Canada, and what constitutes successful integration. By exploring the various themes of each guidebook, this paper finds that government-sponsored citizenship guidebooks are products of both domestic and international socio-political atmospheres, whose goal is to present to newcomers citizenship education, as well as a vision of Canada that reflects partisan attitudes toward various public policies.

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