Canada: Sharing a Vision of a Strengthened

INTRODUCTION Canada’s Immigration history is one of the most richest and diverse in the world. Every year nearly 200,000 people from around the world immigrate to Canada. These new people who leave their lands behind, help shaping Canada’s values and ideals of Canadian Citizenship. They are a vital force in constructing and affirming a stronger nation. The people of Canada, like many other people have lately been changing their perspective towards the ethnic attributes …

…more open to, and accepting of, diverse cultures. The Canadian experience has shown that multiculturalism encourages racial and ethnic harmony and cross-cultural understanding, and discourages ghettoization, hatred, discrimination and violence. As being an immigrant in Canada, I understand that many immigrants keep a hold of few ties to their homeland, be it languages, special food they eat or the celebration of their festivals. But Canada is their home; it has become all they hoped for.