social and cultural anthropology [ cultural anthropology | ethnology | social anthropology | sociocultural anthropology | socio-cultural anthropology | Anthropology(STW) ]

Canadian social fabric

Social and Cultural Working Committee | Working Committee on Social and Cultural Questions

social fabric

rehabilitation of sites of social or cultural value

Definition: States of subjective distress and emotional disturbance, usually interfering with social functioning and performance, arising in the period of adaptation to a significant life change or a stressful life event. The stressor may have affected the integrity of an individual's social network (bereavement, separation experiences) or the wider system of social supports and values (migration, refugee status), or represented a major developmental transition or crisis (going to school, becoming a parent, failure to attain a cherished personal goal, retirement). Individual predisposition or vulnerability plays an important role in the ...[+++]risk of occurrence and the shaping of the manifestations of adjustment disorders, but it is nevertheless assumed that the condition would not have arisen without the stressor. The manifestations vary and include depressed mood, anxiety or worry (or mixture of these), a feeling of inability to cope, plan ahead, or continue in the present situation, as well as some degree of disability in 9the performance of daily routine. Conduct disorders may be an associated feature, particularly in adolescents. The predominant feature may be a brief or prolonged depressive reaction, or a disturbance of other emotions and conduct. | Culture shock Grief reaction Hospitalism in children

collective memory [ common memory | cultural memory | historical memory | national memory | public memory | social memory ]

* destruction of cultural heritage and dilution of the social fabric following uncontrolled development (especially of tourism); Many of Europe's islands - from the Canary Islands to the archipelagos of Sweden and Finland - are experiencing this problem.

Coastal zones also suffer from serious socio-economic and cultural problems, such as weakening of the social fabric, marginalization, unemployment and destruction of property by erosion.

In (b) we talk about enriching and strengthening the social and cultural fabric of Canada.

Let us remind ourselves of the objectives of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act: to permit Canada to pursue the maximum social, cultural, and economic benefits of immigration, not just the economic but the social and cultural benefits as well; to enrich and strengthen the social and cultural fabric of Canada; to reinforce minority language communities; and to promote visitors, students, and temporary workers for the purposes of trade, commerce, tourism, and international understanding.