SOCI 210: Sociological perspectives

Multiculturalism & identity

  1. Administrative
  2. Canadian multiculturalism
  3. Ethnicity, race, identity, & the state
  4. Theoretical tradition 2:
    symbolic interactionism
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Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism: commissioned by PM Lester B Pearson in response to quiet revolution

First, let's talk about what ethnicity means and how it is theoretically distinct from race

Symbolic interactionism takes a very different approach from both structural functionalism and conflict theory. Symbolic interactionists look at that big picture of society divided up into large, well defined groups and ask where those groups came from, where the divisions originate Micro-level — focus on individual interactions

Sir Pascal Soriot, the CEO of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca being knighted by King Charles in 2022