GGRC45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
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A case study: globalizing canadian education from below. Creative class (30% of us workforce in 2002) N super-creative core: science, engineering, education, computer programming, research, arts, design, and media workers. N creative professional (knowledge based workers): health care, business, legal, and education sector. N being a tolerant and inclusive community is beneficial j however really neoliberal urban governance promoting entrepreneurial state. N no coherent group identity but tend to focus on upper-middle class professional. Probably artists that are willing to parallel their interests with larger corporations. Gentrification (displaced the marginalized and lack of affordable housing) S criticism: spent abundance of funding on branding and marketing, when it can be diverted towards social welfare, community housing, which is much more beneficial to the society. 1988: lz lkykl ll, . N promotes equal rights for every aspect of life in canada. N slowly has become more about branding and marketing of diversity.
