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Published on: 4/1/2004
Last Visited: 3/12/2007
By Dr. Ratna Ghosh and Dr. Ali A. Abdi
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Ghosh and Abdi contend that despite the rhetoric of official multiculturalism, and multicultural education, the realities on the ground still depict a Canadian public space in which cultural minorities and the peoples of First Nations continue to be, relatively speaking, marginalized.
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Ghosh and Abdi do not go that route; their work is soundly grounded in theory from the social sciences, and extends the discussion, for example, by critiquing the evolution of Canadian multiculturalism policy, and critically analysing Aboriginal issues. -Cecille DePass Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Calgary Former Associate Director (Research), Cultural Diversity Institute, University of Calgary
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Dr. Ali A. Abdi received his PhD from McGill University in 1998, and is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.He is also the author of Culture, Education and Development in South Africa: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.