MHR 600 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rosalie Abella, Visible Minority, Voluntary Sector

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Lecture 7 - race and ethnicity in the workplace (l6 = midterm) Immigrants play a significant role in canadian society. Canada is the 2nd highest with 20% of are pop being immigrants. Historically, canada relied upon western europe, especially great britain, as major supplier of immigrants. In the two decades after end of wwii, canada maintained policy of favouring immigrants from united states, united kingdom and other european countries. In the 1960s, major changes in the canadian immigration policy placed emphasis on educational and occupational skills as criteria for selecting immigrants. Changes in immigration regulations in 1967 resulted in adoption of universal point system for assessing prospective immigrants, irrespective of country of origin or racial background. Source countries for immigration has changed dramatically over time. Before 1967, about 96% of immigrants came from europe. By 2011, only 13. 7% of new immigrants arrived from europe. 82% of new immigrants arriving between 2006 and 2011 were racial minorities.

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