Multiculturalism in Canada

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381English Canadian / French Canadian / Politics / Minority group / Culture of Canada / White people / Multiculturalism / Social philosophy / Sociology / Ethnic groups in Canada / Identity politics

From a perspective of rational choice, what good reasons might a Francophone immigrant who belongs to a “visible” minority have for wanting to integrate professionally into the official language minority community in

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Language: English - Date: 2009-03-30 08:57:47
382Multiculturalism / Affirmative action / Demographics / Visible minority / Multiculturalism in Canada / Canadians / Chinese Canadian / Alberta / Winnipeg / Ethnic groups in Canada / Canada / Americas

Most of the research conducted in Canada on the topic of minorities concerns cities in general and Montréal, Toronto, and Vancouver in particular. However, a greater share of Canada’s newcomers are now choosing to set

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Language: English - Date: 2009-03-30 08:58:07
383Pluralism / Sociology of culture / Canadians / French Canadian / French people / Ethnic group / Culture of Canada / Europe / Sociology / Ethnic groups in Europe / Human resource management / Multiculturalism

Official Language Proficiency and the Civic Participation of Immigrants* by Monica Boyd** Abstract: This project assesses the relationship between language proficiency and civic

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Language: English - Date: 2009-12-15 09:12:11
384Multiculturalism / District of Keewatin / Winnipeg / Employment equity / Diversity / Politics / Manitoba / Culture of Canada / Employment / Affirmative action / Identity politics / Sociology

The City of Winnipeg is the second largest employer in the city. At the beginning of 2008, the City of Winnipeg had just under 8,300 paid employees, including permanent, temporary, part-time, casual employees and student

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Language: English - Date: 2009-03-30 08:57:45
385Cultural studies / Canadian Prairies / Geography of Manitoba / Geography of Saskatchewan / Prairies / Social capital / Alberta / Social cohesion / Multiculturalism / Sociology / Sociological terms / Geography of Canada

A serious deficit of social capital can adversely affect the functioning of a society in different areas, such as the economic arena, public safety protection measures, health care, education, and democratic governance.

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Language: English - Date: 2009-03-30 08:57:18
386Multiculturalism / Sociology of culture / Ethics / Demographics / Visible minority / Minority group / Discrimination / Racism / Economic impact of immigration to Canada / Sociology / Identity politics / Social groups

Little research examines racism in smaller communities, leaving the general population unaware of this issue. With research focusing only on visible minority groups in Canadian cities, there is an erroneous assumption th

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Language: English - Date: 2009-03-30 08:57:25
387Alberta / Minority group / Canadians / Multiculturalism / Culture / Economic impact of immigration to Canada / Chinese Canadian / Sociology / Calgary / Politics

In 2006, The City of Calgary commissioned a comprehensive assessment of the issues and needs of Calgarians. According to this survey, recent immigrants and visible minority persons face significantly greater economic cha

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Language: English - Date: 2009-03-30 08:57:32
388Robert C. Annis / Manitoba / Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada / Multiculturalism / Sociology / Management / Politics / Immigration to Canada / Brandon University / Rural Development Institute

This article presents community experiences related to influxes of temporary foreign workers hired to work at a hog processing facility in Brandon, Manitoba. Since temporary foreign workers in Manitoba can apply to the P

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Language: English - Date: 2009-03-30 08:57:52
389Immigration to Canada / Economic history of Canada / Canadian Prairies / Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada / Alberta / Last Best West / Saskatchewan / Calgary Catholic Immigration Society / Multiculturalism / Canada / Provinces and territories of Canada / Political geography

Due to a dropping birth rate and an ageing population, growth in the labour pool was slowing to a halt. It was also clear that this shift would have a great impact on the Prairie Provinces. This naturally led to an incre

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Language: English - Date: 2009-03-30 08:57:36
390Government / Human resource management / Multiculturalism / Pluralism / Sociology of culture / Immigration / Canadians / Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada / French people / Immigration to Canada / Culture / Sociology

The experience with immigration of mid-sized cities in the Prairie Provinces is under-explored and is expected to differ from the experience of Canada’s three largest metropolises in a variety of ways and for a variety

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Language: English - Date: 2009-03-30 08:58:34
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