Canada is both a multicultural and multiethnic country where people from diverse parts of the world have chosen to live. With them these immigrants carry their various backgrounds made of many cultures, ethnic origins, values and beliefs. Multiculturalism is a symbol of peaceful integration in and open-minded society. It is formally defined as “an educational program recognizing past and present cultural diversity in a society in promoting the equality of all cultural traditions”(Teevan and …showed first 75 words of 616 total…

…showed last 75 words of 616 total…policy (Li, 1999, p.148). Furthermore, the base of cultural relativism feeds from the ideals of multiculturalism (Fleras & Elliott, 1999, p. 298). Ideally, Canadians should judge people according to their values and beliefs and not through ethnocentric eyes. It has almost become a reality that people from all over the globe tend to compare others according to the norms they grew up with, not taking into consideration what might be completely normal for those being judged (Henslin & Nelson, 1996, p. 37).