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Culture
The behaviours, beliefs and characteristics for a certain ethnic, social or age group
Beliefs
The confidence in something that is not apparenet or proved (can't hold it in your hand)
Values
The importance of something to someone, something that you practice
Characteristics of a Culture
Languages, Location, Practices and Government
The Royal Commission of Bilingualism and Biculturalism
The evaluation of the equal use of French and English in Canada because of the restless Quebecers
The Official Languages Act
Declares French and English as the official languages of Canada
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Applies to anyone on Canadian soil, the list of freedoms and rights everyone in Canada has. The government reserves the right to override some of them
Migration
Systematic movements of people in a country
Immigration
Introduction of new people into a population
Emigration
Leaving one country to go to another
Push-Pull Theory
Why someone would leave their country to move into another one e.g. reasons to come and reasons to go (Ellis Island)
Accomodation
People change their behaviours in order to be more helpful to others (e.g. saying "soccer" instead of "football")
Integration
Sharing between two cultures
Assimilation
Making everything similar - globalization
Acculturation
an adaptation of several cultures into one but not completely abandoning the original
Marginalization
Pushing someone to the margins of society socially because of their differences