September 30, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on Know Some Good US Canada Stereotypes, Write for Us – Guest Posting Opportunity Know Some Good US Canada Stereotypes, Write for Us – Guest Posting Opportunity Do you think you could write articles for this blog? We are requesting guest posts. If you want to be an author and possess the relevant practical knowledge, be sure to drop us a line. We are at the moment… Continue Reading
June 25, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Exploding Stereotypes Negative stereotypes have been used throughout the ages to categorize a group of people, isolate them from others and then create fear and hatred toward them. Stereotyping was the first step the Nazis used to deride and isolate Jews. Once… Continue Reading
June 25, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on Diversity And Stereotypes Diversity And Stereotypes Many of our stereotypes were formed by the media, especially movies and television. Let’s examine some stereotypes from the past and see how they’ve changed over time. Starting with female stereotypes. From the past: the characters, Scarlett O’Hara and Mammy,… Continue Reading
June 25, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on The Persistence of Stereotypes The Persistence of Stereotypes Like all of the culture, stereotypes have to be learned. But once they are, they are extremely difficult to purge from one’s mind, or even to subdue into cultural curiosities that have no power over our behavior or thinking. Neuroscientists… Continue Reading
June 25, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on Canada: A Charming North American Country Canada: A Charming North American Country Language The two predominant languages spoken in Canada are English and French. All services and communication by its federal government and citizens are available in both languages. Many Canadians are monolinguals but there are some areas where people are conversationally… Continue Reading
June 25, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on Canadian Stereotypes are True Canadian Stereotypes are True Rick Mercer, known as the Canadian Jon Stewart, says Canadians aren’t just polite–they’re dangerously complacent. “It’s not Stephen Harper’s fault that he loads his budget full of things nobody has heard of or debated,” Mercer said about the last 400-plus… Continue Reading
March 27, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on Functions of the Stereotypes Functions of the Stereotypes The psychological and sociological literature8 suggests that stereotypes function to organize into a kind of short-hand (by sorting out the salient features) the mass of data from the real world that confronts the individual. The literature also points out the… Continue Reading
March 27, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on Factors that Influenced the Development of Stereotypes Factors that Influenced the Development of Stereotypes The people of Canada and America share many commonalities. Settlement of the two countries occurred in the same historical epoch, the settlers came from similar backgrounds and the indigenous populations they conquered were the same. Both countries hosted immigrants of… Continue Reading
March 27, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on We Sew our Flag on our Backpack We Sew our Flag on our Backpack We sew our flag on our backpack because we don’t want people to think we are American – Canadian’s sew our flags on our backpack because we are very patriotic. When Dave and I travel, we love to represent Canada.… Continue Reading
March 27, 2019 Admin-MCNACanada Post in Blog Leave a Comment on We are on the Imperial System We are on the Imperial System It is always cold – Believe it or not, Canada has a hot summer. We were above 30º Celcius almost every day this summer. We have heat alerts and we crank our air conditioners just like the warmer tropical countries.… Continue Reading