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| organization that consists of number of groups/parties united in an alliance |
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| person who remains loyal to the established ruler/government |
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| person who flees a country because of fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social or political group |
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| government policy that guarantees all citizens their language, heritage and identity |
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| time of mass chaos and when the stock has fallen. a time of economic hardship and unemployment |
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| (Canadian radio television commission): a governmental agency which makes sure TV and radio shows air Canadian content |
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| formal process of becoming a citizen in a country |
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| belief that happiness can be found in buying goods and services |
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| in Canada, first nations, inuit and metis people |
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| process of absorbing one cultural group into another so that characteristics of the absorbed group are suppressed |
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| the process of integrating |
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| membership in a political community, such as a country, including rights, duties, and responsibilities |
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| a shared belief in mutual acceptance and respect for diverse ethnic, racial, religious and social groups within society |
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| "popular culture": the culture of ordinary people |
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| various means of communication used to reach very mass audiences |
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| media portraying an attitude or opinion of a country |
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| to represent a material object |
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| the framework of beliefs and behaviors characteristic of a group of people |
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| the mix of ethnic groups, languages and cultures that coexist within society |
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| a place where different peoples, styles, and theories are melted and mixed |
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| a legal immigrant who is allowed to live and work in Canada but who is not a citizen |
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| the fundamental laws that establish the structure and processes of government and the rights of people governed |
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| schools run by the Canadian government in partnership of Christian churches, starting in the late 1800's whose aim was to assimilate aboriginal students into mainstream Canadian society |
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