In the 1960s in Quebec, in French Canada, "The Quiet Revolution" of discontent resulted in the creation of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (the B&B Commission). "The Other ...

The multiculturalism debate is guaranteed to whip up a storm Pundits have been reacting to a speech by David Cameron in which the prime minister argued multiculturalism had "failed". But what do ...

Numerous heads of state including Nicolas Sarkozy (France), Angela Merkel (Germany), and David Cameron (UK) have recently proclaimed that multiculturalism has been an utter failure (see here). Many ...

Multiculturalism does not just emphasise minority group identities, but insists that integration is incomplete without re-making national identity so that all can have a sense of belonging to it.

In his nearly forgotten book Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, T.S. Eliot observed that “One people in isolation is not aware of having a ‘culture’ at all.” Until I was 12, I lived in western ...

One of the many signs of the rightward creep of Western European politics is the recent unison of voices denouncing multiculturalism. German Chancellor Angela Merkel led off last October by claiming ...

La Trobe University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Bowen’s speech contained some noteworthy elements. The first is the powerful affirmation he offered of Australian ...

“At the heart of multiculturalism is a lie: that all cultures are equally ‘valid.’ To accept that proposition means denying ...

Andrew Jakubowicz researches on issues to do with multicultural Australia. He is a member of MulticulturalNSW Advisory Board but writes here in a private capacity. He has received research and ...

Numerous heads of state including Nicolas Sarkozy (France), Angela Merkel (Germany), and David Cameron (UK) have recently proclaimed that multiculturalism has been an utter failure (see here). Many ...