SOC 470 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Toronto Purchase, Urban Sociology, Global City
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It is the largest city in canada with a global capacity of culture and business. It is a magnet for immigration and is the financial centre of canada: strong central city with good transportation (cid:862)toro(cid:374)to the good(cid:863) Toronto is called this because of lenient laws, and age limitations, etc. (cid:862)toro(cid:374)to is a (cid:272)ity of (cid:374)eigh(cid:271)orhoods(cid:863) Many different neighborhoods, and areas with different cultures (cid:862)di(cid:448)ersity is our tre(cid:374)gth(cid:863) We market and sell the diversity of our city. Homelessness (what is the reason for homelessness: micro: communities, houses, ex. Week 2: sociology and the city (cont, how people, groups, families, and institutions relate to each other, issues of inequality and advantages resulting from class, race, and gender, issues relating to who hold power. Toronto in relation to indigenous people: colonized indigenous people, colonial toronto (1650 1834, first european, etienne brule in 1615, european presence led to warfare and disease among the huron and the french relationship with indigenous people.
