Playing an integral role in our society, Canada is known for encouraging multiculturalism within various types of religions and cultures. This has given Canadian citizens a boost for our society to grow as a whole. Canada is a multicultural country in many ways and that being said it means that Canada is populated by a large number of immigrants. This gives us a variety of concepts such as maintaining first languages to help students with English, the barriers imposed by first languages, but also the strong support that is given to ethnic first language citizens. Given these statements, there are personal experiences that can be identified through this piece. With attention to the diverse population of Canada, we can identify the different types of religions and cultures. Since 2001, immigrants who have migrated here each year range from 221,352 to 262,236 (Government of Canada). As a result, Canada currently has one of the highest per capita immigration rates in the world, driven by economic policy and family reunification (Dingari). That said, most of these immigrants learn or speak English as a second language. Through diversity, different languages bring different perspectives and contribute to society as an addition to Canada's globalization efforts. Different languages build different communities within our society that bring similar people together to build mutual closeness but at the same time are also open to other types of ethnic diversity. Incidentally, the non-existent knowledge of the native language creates barriers between their personal knowledge, lives and connection with their family (Wisco). When children do not learn their mother's caliper... middle of paper... their life will always be viewed in terms of diversification. Canadian immigration program cited by Works. Publication, 2004. http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP-e/bp190-e.pdf. March 18, 2014. Facts and figures. Government of Canada, 2012. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/menu-fact.asp. March 19, 2014.Importance of the mother tongue for immigrant children. Yahoo Voices, 2009. http://voices.yahoo.com/importance-mother-tongue-immigrant-children-3638275.html. March 19, 2014.The importance of maintaining and encouraging first languages. Tvo Parents, 2008. http://tvoparents.tvo.org/article/importance-maintaining-and-encouraging-first-linguals. 18 March 2014.The role of first language teachers. Tvo Parents, 2008. http://tvoparents.tvo.org/article/role-teachers-using-first-linguals-classroom. March 18, 2014.
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