social stratification –cotent– Briefly describe social stratification and explain the four principles. Describe the social class system in Canada. Who belongs to the 3 classes? How are wealth and income distributed throughout the population in Canada? To what extent do ascribed statuses affect a person’s place in our social-stratification system? Provide examples using the variables of race, ethnicity, and gender. Using the factors of health, values, and politics, discuss the difference social class makes in the lives of people within our society. Identify characteristics of the poor in our society today. What is meant by the term culture of poverty? How can the cycle of poverty be broken? Who are the working poor in Canada? How does education serve as the most effective way of changing social class? What problems does upward mobility create for the individual?