TY  - GEN
T1  - Before Official Multiculturalism
A1  - Iacovetta, Franca
LA  - eng
PB  - University of Toronto Press
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/doab-20.500.12854-115901
AB  - For almost two decades before Canada officially adopted multiculturalism in 1971, a large network of women and their allies in Toronto were promoting pluralism as a city- and nation-building project. Before Official Multiculturalism assesses women as liberal pluralist advocates and activists, critically examining the key roles they played as community organizers, frontline social workers, and promoters of ethnic festivals. The book explores women's community-based activism in support of a liberal pluralist vision of multiculturalism through an analysis of the International Institute of Metropolitan Toronto, a postwar agency that sought to integrate newcomers into the mainstream and promote cultural diversity. Drawing on the rich records of the Institute, as well as the massive International Institutes collection in Minnesota, the book situates Toronto within its Canadian and North American contexts and addresses the flawed mandate to integrate immigrants and refugees into an increasingly diverse city. Before Official Multiculturalism engages with national and international debates to provide a critical analysis of women's pluralism in Canada.
SN  - 9781487552305
SN  - 9781487545635
KW  - History
KW  - Education
KW  - Feminist & Women's Studies
KW  - Sociology
KW  - thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas
KW  - thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy
KW  - thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls
ER  -