Values

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Values Discrimination
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• The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race,
  national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age,
  sex, marital status, family status, disability,
  and conviction for an offence for which a pardon
  has been granted.
• What does this statement mean?
• Give an example of each

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Classify the following elements of culture under
the headings of values and beliefs, or norms

1. Taking a pledge of allegiance in a club
2. Saying hello when answering the telephone
3. Applauding at a school assembly
4. Driving a motorcycle carefully
5. Attending a religious service each week
6. Placing your familys needs above your own
7. Taking part in a peace march
8. Not littering a shopping mall

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Case Study

1. What material elements of culture appear strange
   to Minnie?
2. What differences in values do they reflect
   between Inuit culture and life in Ottawa?

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Terms to know

• Culture Standards, beliefs, and values shared by
  members of a society that serve as a basis for
  acceptable behaviour within the society.
• Norm An accepted way of behaving in a culture.
• Taboo Behaviour that is forbidden to members of
  a society.
• Belief Acceptance of an idea or a situation as
  being true.

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Terms to Know

• Value A notion of what is good, bad, desirable,
  and undesirable.
• Prejudice An unfavourable attitude formed
  without fairly examining the facts.
• Discrimination A difference, often unfair, in
  the treatment of people and things.