Portuguese In Canada Essay

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I have conducted few interviews with some community leaders and consulted the book “The Portuguese in Canada,” by Carlos Teixeira, Victor M.P. Da Rosa. Other searches were made through Internet. Being a Canadian of Portuguese origin I am identified with the community residing in Canada. I feel that, to explore this theme I needed more time. Nonetheless, all five of my interviewees were cooperative and participated with great enthusiasm in this project.
The focus of my observations is on the probability of the disappearance of the community as we now know it, in a not so far future, due to the following reasons:
1. Acquisition of citizenship.
2. New generations of Canadians of Portuguese descendent.
3. Weak mechanisms to support and maintain a status quo which no longer serves the aspirations of the new generations

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