Opportunities & Challenges to Globalization Elements of Globalization Related Issue 1 Elements of Globalization Related Issue 1

Accommodation Making adjustments or reaching compromises to allow for differences Example: Multiculturalism in Canada Making adjustments or reaching compromises to allow for differences Example: Multiculturalism in Canada

Acculturation A change in an individual or a group that results from contact with another group Example: A child of an immigrant family might be encouraged to adopt traits from the dominant culture, as well as continue to learn about their traditional culture A change in an individual or a group that results from contact with another group Example: A child of an immigrant family might be encouraged to adopt traits from the dominant culture, as well as continue to learn about their traditional culture

Assimilation The process by which a minority culture adopts a dominant culture and is absorbed into it. (It often involves the loss of language.) Example: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada The process by which a minority culture adopts a dominant culture and is absorbed into it. (It often involves the loss of language.) Example: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

Marginalization Putting a group of people in a lower or powerless position within society Example: Japanese Internment in Canada during World War II Putting a group of people in a lower or powerless position within society Example: Japanese Internment in Canada during World War II

Affirmation of Identity A positive, assertive action that acknowledges and promotes ones personal or group identity Example: Learning German, taking a German history class, learning how to cook German food A positive, assertive action that acknowledges and promotes ones personal or group identity Example: Learning German, taking a German history class, learning how to cook German food

Homogenization The process by which cultures become more alike in terms of values, attitudes, beliefs, customs, languages, and traditions Example: Have people such as Avril Lavigne or Nickelback changed their sound since they started out? Are artists starting to sound and look the same? The process by which cultures become more alike in terms of values, attitudes, beliefs, customs, languages, and traditions Example: Have people such as Avril Lavigne or Nickelback changed their sound since they started out? Are artists starting to sound and look the same?

Integration Providing equal opportunity for participation of different groups in society Example: Métis- until the 1980s they were not recognized as Aboriginal people, they had no treaty rights and no Aboriginal rights. – Constitution Act formally recognized Métis as one of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples Providing equal opportunity for participation of different groups in society Example: Métis- until the 1980s they were not recognized as Aboriginal people, they had no treaty rights and no Aboriginal rights. – Constitution Act formally recognized Métis as one of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples

Cultural Revitalization An effort to restore new life to a culture Example: Acadians- maintain their culture through: – Speaking their language – Creating drama and literature in their own language – Passing on heritage & history to their children – Keeping up connections with other Acadians An effort to restore new life to a culture Example: Acadians- maintain their culture through: – Speaking their language – Creating drama and literature in their own language – Passing on heritage & history to their children – Keeping up connections with other Acadians