PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, Visible Minority, Nuclear Family

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Kristel Thomassin

Document Summary

Race > a system of classifying people based on physical characteristics such as skin colour. Ethnicity > the term used to specify a group of people who share a common cultural heritage (regardless of race) Interrupting census data on ethnicity is challenging because . Respondents" understanding of their ethnicity, generational cohort, length of time since immigration, and social context at time of data collection affect reporting from one census to another. Increasing intermarriage among various groups increase reporting of multiple ancestries. Changes in format of census questions affect reporting over time (ex: canadian ) Aboriginal families consist of parents and children living together in a household, but also extended family networks. Aboriginal population is goring nearly 6 times faster than canadian population as a whole. Younger population more; are of child-bearing age. Character of english canadian society has roots in britain. Canada became part of british empire as result of conquest and colonization. Chief responsibility was to nuclear family members.