Cultural Constructions of Migration in Canada- Constructions culturelles de la migration au Canada

Migration is a factor which has played a central role in the construction of a Canadian identity. Concepts such as multiculturalism, interculturalism and transculturalism are inextricably linked with phenomena pertaining to migration, and the effects of these phenomena have made themselves felt in Canadas cultural System. The question therefore arises as to which processes and channels of communication have been instrumental in transmitting these migratory dynamics, and in which form they have manifested themselves in Canadian culture. Dans la construction de lidentit canadienne, la migration occupe une position importante. Les concepts comme le multiculturalisme, linterculturalisme ou le transculturalisme sont troitement lis aux phnomnes migratoires, dont les effets ne manquent pas dtre visibles dans le systme culturel canadien. II faut se demander donc, quels sont les processus et les voies de communication qui transmettent ou mdiatisent les dynamiques migratoires ou bien, quelles sont les formes de leur prsence au sein de la culture canadienne.