Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal articles from March 2001

Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal archives from March 2001

Who are the "Canadians"?: Changing census responses, 1986-1996.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT/RESUME At the close of the twentieth century, "Canadian" has become the fastest growing ethnic origin group, up from 0.5 percent in 1986 to nearly 4 percent in 1991 and to 31 percent in the 1996 census of Canada. From what groups...

Travail agricole saisonnier occasionnel au Quebec: Espace d'inclusion ou d'exclusion?(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... RESUME/ABSTRACT Cet article analyse la situation des travailleurs agricoles saisonniers occasionnels du Quebec, formes majoritairement d' immigrants recents statuts precaires tels les refugies. Il s'interroge quant a I'impact global de ce...

Southeast Asian refugees' perceptions of racial discrimination in Canada.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT/RESUME This report examines levels and types of racist experiences reported by a large sample of Southeast Asians refugees resettling in Canada, the determinants of their perceptions, and methods they employed to cope with these...

Living against the wind: Pathways chosen by Chinese immigrants.
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT/RESUME This article documents an ethnographic study that makes explicit how two Chinese immigrant families lived their literate lives "in between" as they moved within the liminal spaces between Canadian and Chinese cultures in a...

Alone in a strange land: Unaccompanied minors and issues of protection.
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT/RESUME Unaccompanied minors are young refugees under the age of eighteen who have been separated from their parents and who arrive in Canada unaccompanied by a legal guardian. In Quebec, between 200 and 300 unaccompanied minors...

Residential segregation and socio-economic integration of Asians in Canadian cities.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT/RESUME Recent immigration trends have made Canada more ethnically diverse than ever before. The fastest growing groups are the Chinese and South Asians. Using recent Canadian census data, the paper examines whether this has...

Erratta.
March 22, 2001... In the book review segment of the last issue of Canadian Ethnic Studies/Etudes ethniques au Canada (Vol. XXXII, No. 2, 2000). we incorrectly listed the name and affiliation of one of our valued reviewers. We apologize for that oversight, and...

The New Poverty in Canada: Ethnic Groups and Ghetto Neighbourhoods.
March 22, 2001... The New Poverty in Canada: Ethnic Groups and Ghetto Neighbourhoods. Abdolmohammad Kazemipur and Shiva S. Halli. Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing, 2000. 193 pp. $24.95 sc. In this book Kazemipur and Halli claim, and attempt to...

Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision. (Book Reviews/Recensions).
March 22, 2001... Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision. Marie Battiste, Ed. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2000. 314 pp. including index. $75.00 hc. $29.95 sc. As the renaissance of aboriginal cultural practices continues, researchers...

Essais sur le relativisme et la tolerance. (Book Reviews/Recension).
March 22, 2001... Essais sur le relativisme et la tolerance. Fernand Ouellet. Quebec: Les Presses de l' Universite Laval, 2000. 237 pp. $26.75 sc. Depuis que l'homme se dit mesure de toutes choses, l'humanitie est en proie a un desarroi amplifie par le...

The Gate of Heaven: The Story of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal, 1846-1996. (Book Reviews/Recensions).
March 22, 2001... The Gate of Heaven: Tire Story of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal, 1846-1996. Wilfred Shuchat. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. xxiv + 480 pp. $45.00 hc. Congregation Shaar Hashomayim has for over 150...

The Nonprofit Sector in Canada: Roles and Relationships. (Book Reviews/Recensions).
March 22, 2001... The Nonprofit Sector in Canada: Roles and Relationships. Keith G. Banting, Ed. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. 268 pp. $55.00 hc. $22.95 Sc. This volume is a collaborative effort between the Kahanoff...

German Emigration to Canada and the Support of its Deutschtum during the Weimar Republic: The Role of the Deutsches Ausland-Institut. Verein far das Deutschtum im Ausland and German-Canadian Organisations. (Book Reviews/Recensions).
March 22, 2001... German Emigration to Canada and the Support of its Deutschtum during the Weimar Republic: The Role of the Deutsches Ausland-Institut. Verein far das Deutschtum im Ausland and German-Canadian Organisations. Grant Grams. Frankfurt am Main: Peter...

Social Discredit: Anti-Semitism, Social Credit, and the Jewish Response. (Book Reviews/Recensions).
March 22, 2001... Social Discredit: Anti-Semitism, Social Credit, and the Jewish Response. Janine Stingel. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. 304 pp. including index. $39.95 hc. The role of anti-Semitism in Social Credit theory has...

Immigrants and the Labour Force: Policy, Regulation, and Impact. (Book Reviews/Recensions).
March 22, 2001... Immigrants and the Labour Force: Policy, Regulation, and Impact. Ravi Pendakur. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. 246 pp. $65.00 hc. Canadian research on immigration has a long history and has been based in many...

Removing the Margins: The Challenges and Possibilities of Inclusive Schooling. (Book Reviews/Recensions).
March 22, 2001... Removing the Margins: The Challenges and Possibilities of Inclusive Schooling. George J. Sefa Dei, Irma Marcia James, Leeno Luke Karumanchery, Sonia James-Wilson, and Jasmine Zine. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 2000. 299 pp. $24.95 sc. ...

Many Petals of the Lotus: Five Asian Buddhist Communities in Toronto. (Book Reviews/Recensions).
March 22, 2001... Many Petals of the Lotus: Five Asian Buddhist Communities in Toronto. Janet McLellan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. 219 pp. $24.95 Sc. I found this book to be both informative and a useful application across disciplines for...

Threshold: An Anthology of contemporary Writing from Alberta.
March 22, 2001... Threshold: An Anthology of contemporary Writing from Alberta. Srdja Pavlovic, Ed. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1999. 270 PP. $19.95 Sc. It is interesting that the 2000 Sydney Olympics were promoted as a cultural as well as an...

Truth and Bright Water. (Book Reviews/Recensions).
March 22, 2001... Truth and Bright Water. Thomas King. Toronto: Harper Collins, 1999. 266 pp. $32.00 hc. Truth and Bright Water, Thomas King's third novel following Medicine River(1990) and Green Grass, Running Water (1993), is a compelling work that...

Honey and Ashes, A Story of Family. (Book Reviews/Recensions).
March 22, 2001... Honey and Ashes, A Story of Family. Janice Kulyk Keefer. Toronto: Harper Perennial Canada, 1998. 338 pp. $18.95 hc. As the title of this poetic and deeply felt memoir suggests, this depiction of Kulyk Keefer' s immigrant family is a...