Is Canadian Diversity Because of, or Despite, Historical Government Policies?
This educational resource contains four critical challenges and one culminating critical challenge. The culminating critical challenge asks students to determine the degree to which Canada’s ethnic diversity is the result of immigration policy during the period of 1830 to 1920, or whether it is the product of other forces. To come to their conclusions, students examine various pieces of evidence relevant to their assigned time period. The four critical challenges, which guide students’ examination of these documents, are: • Profile of an Immigrant in 1904: In a want ad, create a profile of the ideal immigrant sought by the Canadian government as reflected in the 1904 cartoon “Now Then, All Together!”. • Considering Public Opinion: Write an editorial offering an opinion about the degree to which government policy reflected public views on immigration during the assigned time period. • Re-working the 1904 Cartoon “Now Then, All Together!”: Recreate the 1904 cartoon to reflect the governm
