How do you make immigrants feel like their part of Canada? "I'm worried about that," says former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson. "I think practically... we have five or ten years to make people feel like they belong or they are going to feel alienated." In a special Operation Wake-Up on CKDU Radio, Clarkson discusses how her Institute for Canadian Citizenship seeks to bring immigrants into the national fold by educating them about Canada; well-known immigration lawyer Lee Cohen and sociologist Howard Ramos argue immigrants would be better served by educating Canadians about the rest of the world; and a visit to a citizenship ceremony brings the voices of new Canadians relieved - and moved - to have the piece of paper in their hands.
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Citizenship: Rite of passage or piece of paper?
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