Canadian Identity, Multiculturalism, and a Cosmopolitan Future
CANADIAN IDENTITY, MULTICULTURALISM, AND A COSMOPOLITAN FUTURE A dissertation submitted to the Kent State University College of Education, Health, and Human Services in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy By Bryan A. Silverman August, 2014 © Copyright, 2014 by Bryan A. Silverman All Rights Reserved ii A dissertation written by Bryan A. Silverman B.A., University of Toronto, 2000 M.S., D’Youville College, 2004 Ph.D., Kent State University, 2014 Approved by ______________________________, Director, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Natasha Levinson, Ph.D. ______________________________, Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Averil McClelland, Ph.D. ______________________________, Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Polycarp Ikuenobe, Ph.D. Accepted by ______________________________, Director, School of Foundations, Leadership Shawn Fitzgerald, Ph.D. and Administration ______________________________, Dean, College of Education, Health and Human Daniel F. Mahony, Ph.D. Services iii SILVERMAN, BRYAN A., Ph.D., August 2014 Cultural Foundations CANADIAN IDENTITY, MULTICULTURALISM, AND A COSMOPOLITAN FUTURE (165 pp.) Director of Dissertation: Natasha Levinson, Ph.D. In this dissertation, the development of a multicultural population in Canada is traced from early European settlement in up through the 20th century. The implementation of official Canadian multicultural policy as a response to demographic concerns and the expanding demands of human rights in a liberal state is then examined through historical and philosophical perspectives. An analysis of present challenges to the policies of Canadian multiculturalism is situated in an argument that suggests continued and expanding tensions to current framework. An argument for a future of rooted cosmopolitanism in Canada is presented as a way to address the concerns raised regarding multicultural policy.
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