TERMS to review


From your textbook reading, the following terms and concepts are worth revisiting:

  1. What are some synonyms for loyalty?
    Some synonyms for loyalty are allegiance, faithfulness, devotion, fidelity, steadfastness and attachment.
  2. Why do contending loyalties make choice difficult at times?
    Sometimes you are torn because you feel loyalty to more than one person, group, nation, etc. Also, showing loyalty can sometimes semm to conflict with your own interests.
  3. What does cultural pluralism mean, and why does it attract immigrants to Canada?
    Cultural pluralism means encouraging groups to keep and even promote their unique cultural identity. This attracts immigrants because these groups feel welcome, and they believe that they will not be required to give up their original cultural identity completely.
  4. What is meant by reasonable accommodation?
    This means requiring Canadian public institutions to adapt to the religious and cultural practices of minorities as long as these practices do not violate other rights and freedoms. This has caused a lot of debate over the past few years, in particular, as immigrant groups demand more accommodation of their customs and beliefs.
  5. What does reconciliation mean?
    In terms of contending nationalist loyalties, an act of reconciliation can mean coming to terms with the past or mending a broken relationship, in order to try to help groups resolve their differences and bring them together again.
  6. What does the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples want the government to do?
    The Commission wants the government to change its approach to Aboriginal land claims.