As a result, "Canadians have had to accommodate themselves more to diversity than Americans--they like to believe that they're multicultural and that the U.S. is more of a melting pot," Breton says.
A comparison of diversity in Canada and the U.S. can also be approached in terms of race, immigration and native populations, Breton says.
The eight Canadian students also say that the course provides "good Canada bonding time." Breton says that "the course may have also provided an occasion for these students to learn more about their own society."
Although Breton will return to the University of Toronto at the end of the year, the William Lyon Mackenzie King professorship ensures that visiting professors will be invited to Harvard to teach courses on Canada regularly.
This northern expansion of course choice should benefit all students, Yayoi J. Shionoiri '00 argues.
"They should have a Foreign Cultures [Core] course on Canada."