Hi Here are stats for percentage immigrants in various Canadian cities.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/immigrant-destination-most-popular-cities-canada.html Here's a graph showing the diversity of the population http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/price_fig3.cfm Would be aggregate of different generations of immigrants (e.g., Greeks earlier, Chinese later). Here are cities around the world with many immigrants in absolute terms (i.e., >100,000, >250,000, >1Million) http://www.migrationinformation.org/pdf/cities_12.06_fig2.pdf Many implications for psychology (and its teaching), so I don't see it as "blatently political." For example, increasingly important the psychology considers cultural factors in education and training (imagine being clinical psychologist in Toronto). Also increasing opportunities for ethnic tensions, perhaps especially in countries with much less of an immigrant tradition than North America. Also, psychology presumably has something to say about the assimilation/accommodation of diverse peoples and implications for maintaining coherent nation/states. Still premature, perhaps to argue that multi-cultural approach of Canada will be success in the long-term (i.e., some "cultures" might prove incompatible with contemporary mores?), as opposed to assimilative approach (perhaps melting-pot history of America). Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> "Christopher D. Green" <[email protected]> 14-Nov-10 10:49:03 AM >>> [email protected] wrote: > So I was delighted to see a positive piece on us in the New York > Times this morning concerning our treatment of immigrants. I > especially liked this: > > "Canada also has a more accommodating political culture - > one that accepts more pluribus and demands less unum". > > See http://tinyurl.com/2u6dxag > > This is all true, but it hardly seems like "news." Toronto was named the most ethnically diverse city in the world something like a decade ago (The city now features three distinct "China towns.") Vancouver, though not as diverse as Toronto, has had vast Chinese and Sikh communities since before I lived there in the 1980s. Even Montreal (hamstrung a bit by periodic "nationalist" governments), has largish (French-speaking) Haitian and Vietnamese communities (in addition to their long-standing Italian and Greek populations). Calgary and even Winnipeg have historically had sizeble immigrant populations too. I wonder why the New York Times decided to pick this up now. Best, Chris =========== > Stephen > > -------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada > e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca > --------------------------------------------- > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0da&n=T&l=tips&o=6457 > > or send a blank email to > leave-6457-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=6459 or send a blank email to leave-6459-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6462 or send a blank email to leave-6462-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
