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this year in a high school debate league debate, i had to debate the penny was a important part of canada's national identity
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Wow, you are completely misinformed. Where did you ever "learn" this stuff? They can sell their "status" and then they aren't allowed to practice traditions and culture? LOL. Sorry to say, but you have no clue what you are talking about.
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Yesterday's Yahoo news were talking about Canada's national identity. So most people for instance think the Niagara Falls is the most symbolic place, Trudeau is the most representative person, etc.
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I think it's going to take a while for Canada to build up a strong sense of national identity - we're going through a significant process of accumulation and assimilation of new immigrants, who will probably further define what we stand for as a country. I personally think it's Canada's perspective on viewing its society as a 'tossed salad' (one with many and strikingly variable tastes of people) opposed to America's concept of a people melting pot (whereby any newcomer is forced to stick to one homogeneous national identity) that makes it harder for Canadians to have some sort of fixed, cultural belonging. It's great how we have that kind of appreciation for difference though. Maybe the fact that we can be part of one place, and yet be so diverse, meant to be a defining (albeit unconventional) characteristic as a country?
Environmental Studies & Resource Management, Earth Science
University of Waterloo '11
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Quote:I think it's going to take a while for Canada to build up a strong sense of national identity - we're going through a significant process of accumulation and assimilation of new immigrants, who will probably further define what we stand for as a country. I personally think it's Canada's perspective on viewing its society as a 'tossed salad' (one with many and strikingly variable tastes of people) opposed to America's concept of a people melting pot (whereby any newcomer is forced to stick to one homogeneous national identity) that makes it harder for Canadians to have some sort of fixed, cultural belonging. It's great how we have that kind of appreciation for difference though. Maybe the fact that we can be part of one place, and yet be so diverse, meant to be a defining (albeit unconventional) characteristic as a country? I always felt that the term "tossed salad" created a lot of separation between different nationalities; I mean nothing in a salad is even liquid when we're talking about the vegetation. Maybe a pizza with lots of toppings on top would be a better term? However, I'm afraid that future generations will begin to lose their own traditional heritage, considering that we are producing more and more mixed children(having different or many backgrounds) who often do not get to learn about their heritage or learn a different language because their parents have been "Canadianized".
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Well, eventually the whole world is going to be one race/culture, whether we like it or not, it's just a matter of statistics. There will always be the occasional anomaly, due to genetic drift and a variety of genetic influences, and the variable of location will also play a part as well. Ultimately, we're all gonna be one race (more or less) with the more dominant phenotype being expressed, unless artificial selection occurs at a unprecedented rate. Just my .02
UWO 2012 - Biological & Medical Science  UWO > Every other school
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i don't imagine it would occur anytime soon though. true, mixed marriages are much more common now but even still for the majority of the world i wouldn't see them representing even 20% of all marriages. (think about china and india's populations alone---in canada maybe its more common but in most countries i'd say there's still a large degree of homogeneity). This is something that will take a really long time to occur. And i'm not certain whether you used race in the correct context either (my sister ranted to me once about the incorrect usage of the term 'race' but i'm not sure whether it'd be applicable to this context or not) but yeah.
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