Conformity

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Conformity

• What does it mean to conform?

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Naming a thing.

• What is conformity?
• What is assimilation?

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Defining Terms

• Conformity A change in belief or behaviour in
  response to a real or imagined group pressure
  when there is no direct request to comply with
  the group nor any reason to justify the change.
• Assimilation the social process whereby
  individuals or groups come to share the same
  ideas, beliefs and goals
• Cultural Conformity Pressure on a minority group
  to adopt the same cultural expressions as a
  majority group.
• Cultural Variation/Cultural Diversity

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Cultural Conformity
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Canadian Multiculturalism ActR.S.C., 1985, c. 24

• Review the procedures as outlined by the Canadian
  Multiculturalism Act.

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Is Sackville High in compliance with the Canadian
Multiculturalism Act?
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How can we make SHS a more multicultural
environment?

• Think available resources and think CHEAP!