WS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Visible Minority, Internalized Racism, Peggy Mcintosh

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WS102
• Professor: Shannon Stettner

Document Summary

Generation status indicates for how many generations a person, 15+, and their family have been in. Persons born in canada with at least one parent born outside canada. This includes a. persons born in canada with both parents born outside canada and b. persons born in. Canada with one parent born in canada and one parent born outside canada. Persons born in canada with both parents born in canada. In 2006, about 5 million individuals reported being members of the visible minority population and 2. 6 million were women. Chinese, south asian and black comprise majority of visible minority population and make up 16. 4% of total female population. From 2001 to 2006 the growth rate of the visible minority women was 28% Canada wanted to settle the west, relatively open to encourage. Not a lot of immigrants came at this time due to economics, climate. First legislation to exclude immigrants on basis of ethnic origin ( head tax, increased)