Canada in the Sign of Migration and Trans-culturalism Le Canada Sous Le Signe de la Migration et du Transculturalisme : From Multi- to Trans-culturalism du Multiculturalisme au Transculturalisme

Under the impact of globalization, the focus of interest in Canadian writing seems to have shifted towards a different concept within the inter-cultural paradigm, namely trans-culturalism.

While multiculturalism emphasises the acceptance of ethnic and cultural difference, trans-culturalism refers to those attitudes which welcome cultural hybridity, cosmopolitanism and mixed or fragmented ethnic identities.