Cosmopolitanism and Canadian Multicultural Policy: Intersection, relevance and critique

Abstract

Given the global scope of migration, this paper explores the re-emerging concept of cosmopolitanism for its theoretical possibilities with respect to the process of integrating into an officially multicultural country. Nine possible positionings are tentatively identified and explored, starting from global variability, global interconnectedness and global intercommunication. The resulting theorization provides support for a cosmopolitan approach for greater understanding of the realities of multiculturalism, thus signaling the need for a renewal of this policy.