FNF 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Coronary Artery Disease, Informal Sector, Visible Minority

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Family Studies
• Course: FNF 100
• Professor: Dan Mahoney

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How do we define ethnicity, race, culture and nationality: impossible to define it to fit all categories. Ethnicity: common descent from a group of ancestors, customs, characteristics, language and experience, and/or a sense of common identity (hard to identify collectively) Subjective meanings : highly subjective phenomenon, can vary between groups, between generations within the same group, between stages of life, and within individuals over time, not based on country of origin. Culture : the sum of all ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge which form the basis of social action, are enforced within a social group, are passed on from generation to generation. Race and nationality: race: a category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society deem socially significant, nationality: status of belonging to a particular nation. Understanding the importance of population growth through immigration. The role of immigration in canada: national growth rates in the canadian population has declined substantially between.