Who are we? What can we become?
About this theme
This theme looks at ways of living out cultural distinctiveness in Canada.
Article by a specialist
Ethnic Identity Formation in Canada
Article by Dr Nayar of the department of South Asian Studies at Kwantlen University College.
Article by a specialist
Identity and Cultural Diversity
Article by Dr Fasal Kanouté of the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Education.
Excerpts from NFB films
Growing up a Chinese Canadian, Charlayne Thornton-Joe felt she was unpopular...
Shokoufeh, imprisoned for eight years in Iran, struggles to reconcile her difficult...
Karen Boothroyd explored her Romani heritage as a child, despite her father's fear...
Seeking out her roots, artist Wanda Koop visits southern Ukraine with her mother....
Seeking a husband with an Indian cultural background like hers, Rajni Kurichh put a...
Maristella Roca came to understand her Italian identity through writing. An excerpt...
Many Canadian citizens of Japanese descent were deported to Japan following their...
As a teenager, Sharon Sunga rejected her parents' Hindu values. Later, she came to...
Excerpts from the NFB archives
Canadians of Italian descent are a cultural group that continues to derive its...
Photographs
In North America, many converts to Islam are women, believing that the religion...
In 1993, Canadian actor Mieko Ouchi researched a documentary about her grandfather...
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