M2 Race

Question 1

Where do the majority of immigrants land in Canada?

Answer 1

-major cities

Question 2

What percentage of immigrants are visible minorities?

Answer 2

-70%

Question 3

What are the categories for immigration?

Answer 3

• economic
• family
• refugee
• other

Question 4

What is the current problem plaguing immigration?

Answer 4

-non-recognition of foreign education and foreign experience

Question 5

Are ethnicity and race the same?

Answer 5

-no

Question 6

What is the difference between ethnicity and race?

Answer 6

-people who differ in appearance may share the same cultural values and vice versa

Question 7

When was multiculturalism initiated?

Answer 7

• 1971

- from growing tension between French and English

Question 8

What is traditional multiculturalism concerned with?

Answer 8

-protecting the rights of individuals

Question 9

What is modern multiculturalism concerned with?

Answer 9

-survival of diverse cultural groups

Question 10

What was the vertical mosaic?

Answer 10

• the socio-economic stratification pattern within Canadian society
• concerned with English and French people who’re at the top of the hierarchy

Question 11

Give an example of an ethnic enclave?

Answer 11

• little Italy

- China town

Question 12

What are the social consequences of race and ethnicity?

Answer 12

• gender relations
• work and unemployment
• poverty and wealth
• crime and violence

Question 13

On arrival, what is most immigrants health liked compared to Canadian?

Answer 13

• better health due to strict selection criteria

- disappears within a generation

Question 14

What was the employment equity act and what was its purpose?

Answer 14

• 1986 intended to ensure equity in the workplace by proportionally hiring visible minorities, Indigenous, women and disabled
• employers must file annual reports on their employees