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>     From today's Inside Higher Ed:
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>     "Canadian immigration policy favors those with a higher education,
>     and the result is that white Canadians now are behind most other
>     groups in the country when it comes to educational attainment,
>     according to new research reported by the CanWest News Service.
>     
> <http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=d3815d11-2584-4b53-90b2-d4aed5461e1f>
>     According to new data, only 25.9 percent of white Canadians have a
>     university degree. The figures for some other other groups: black
>     Canadians (30.1 percent), South Asians (47.4 percent), Japanese
>     Canadians (48.5 percent), Arab Canadians (51.6 percent), Chinese
>     Canadians (58.4 percent), Filipino Canadians (58.6 percent), and
>     in the top spot Korean Canadians (74.7 percent)."
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>       What is the issue? Why should that matter? Immigrants are a part
>     of the society,aren't they?
>
I don't think there is any issue Michael. It is just an interesting 
milestone, and an unintended consequence of Canada's immigration 
policies of the past generation. Perhaps more "white" Canadians will 
feel the need to go to university now. Why would you interpret this as 
portraying an "issue"?

Regards,
-- 
Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3

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