Ethnic Pride In Canada

In a major destination country such as Canada, immigrants have a strong presence. Given this diverse and vibrant cultural diaspora that absorbs Canada, many immigrant communities have taken to celebrating their heritage to give them a position in such a multinational country. It is important to further explore how the constancy of a national identity can define a person's life and shape their actions. I further wish to investigate specifically how the Croatian diaspora understands themselves, in a search to define and claim their identity. To address this aim, I will be looking at how ethnic pride can be defined by language, following an in depth analysis of the identities of multiple diasporas.

Recognition of the idea that language is bound to culture and identity, has prompted research into how it is a means of enriching the environment of fellow citizens. The value of ethnic pride has been studied in a variety of languages, including Russian (Ryazanova-Clarke, 2015), Spanish (Cashman, 2009), Croatian (Winland, 2007) and English (Stiltz, 2015). Most of these studies report the use of language as a central concept in the national integrity discourse.
Immigrants may feel forced to learn English in order for them to succeed, creating a strong distaste for the language. Thus, English can threaten the dignity of speakers, perhaps because people care a lot about their heritage language, and strongly identify with it. Following this logic, many immigrants either have never fully mastered the English language or feel humiliation in having to learn it. (Stiltz, 2015; Winland,