“Her poetry straddles the desired outcome of her vision of a harmonious multiculturalism and the reality impeding this utopian desire.”

“In 1971, a policy of multiculturalism was officially adopted, legitimizing the self-conception of Canada as resting on pluralist foundations.”

“Has your multiculturalism been a fictive act of solidarity, and by this I mean, do you make a show of multiculturalism instead of living it out?”

“The very topics of the programs and items showed how broad is the term multiculture.”

“If you give local people decisions over who lives in their area, the monoculture already there will not allow there to be a multiculture.”

“The really difficult thing is to go from undemocratic multiculture to multiculturalism.”

“The preceding analysis provides important insights regarding the multiculturalization of Canadian national identity.”