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Critical and Emerging Discourses in Multicultural Education Literature1

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Revisiting Multiculturalism in Canada

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Multicultural education in Canada was conceived as a response to cultural pluralism in society. Canadian educational policies, research, and practices, as well as the critique of these practices have followed a singular development path. Educational institutions are seen as having the obligation to provide continuity and content to the ongoing dialogue about the nature of multiculturalism and the management of diversity, and educational reforms are often identified as initiatives needed for the integration of immigrants into majority-language institutions (Kymlicka, 2001).

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Kirova, A. (2015). Critical and Emerging Discourses in Multicultural Education Literature1. In: Guo, S., Wong, L. (eds) Revisiting Multiculturalism in Canada. Transnational Migration and Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-208-0_15

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