Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal articles from September 2003

Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal archives from September 2003

Intersections of diversity.(policy research and identity issues)(Editorial)
September 22, 2003... Rethinking policy-research within a progressive framework for interpreting identity issues is a priority for the Multiculturalism Program at the Department of Canadian Heritage. The influence of multiple and overlapping factors of diversity are...

Conceptualising identity and diversity: overlaps, intersections, and processes.
September 22, 2003... ABSTRACT/RESUME This analytic paper provides a concise overview of the concepts of identity and diversity. It begins with a definition of identity and identification, explains the difference between types of identities and specific...

Advancing a perspective on the intersections of diversity: challenges for research and social policy.
September 22, 2003... ABSTRACT/RESUME The influence of intersecting identity markers on the life chances of individuals has become a central concern to policymakers and academics. Governing bodies and various social institutions have a vested interest in...

Les identites multiples et le droit des refugies: categories juridiques fixes et rigides?
September 22, 2003... RESUME/ABSTRACT Dans le domaine du droit, les marqueurs d'identite tels la race, la religion, le sexe ou l'orientation sexuelle sont frequemment utilises pour creer des categories juridiques et legislatives. Cependant, il faut s'assurer...

Labour market training of new Canadians and limitations to the intersectionality framework.
September 22, 2003... ABSTRACT/RESUME This essay considers the labour market integration of immigrants while distinguishing and assessing the importance of other identity markers including gender, visible minority status, and disability. Since much literature...

Does volunteerism increase the political engagement of young newcomers? Assessing the potential of individual and group-based forms of unpaid service.
September 22, 2003... Abstract/Resume The author examines whether youth and immigrant status--identity markers which have been linked to marginalisation from the formal political arena--are associated with lower rates of volunteerism. The question is timely as...

Do intersections of diversity matter? an exploration of the relationship between identity markers and health for mid- to later-life Canadians.
September 22, 2003... ABSTRACT/RESUME This paper explores the intersections of diversity, namely the identity markers of ethnicity, gender, age, and immigrant status, in the area of health and well-being. Based on findings from recent studies on the...

Hidden intersections: research on race, crime, and criminal justice in Canada.
September 22, 2003... ABSTRACT/RESUME The issue of race and crime is one of the most controversial topics in Canada. This paper begins by exploring various theoretical models that have attempted to explain why some racial minority groups appear to be...

Intersectionnalite de certains marqueurs de l'identite dans le contexte des entreprises ethniques: le genre, l'ethnicite et le statut immigrant.
September 22, 2003... RESUME/ABSTRACT Fonde sur des donnees tirees d'etudes sur les entrepreneurs ethniques a Montreal realisees au cours des annees 1990 et au debut de l'an 2000 (Juteau et Pare, Chaire Maclean Hunter de HEC-Montreal), cet article examine les...

What knowledge? Whose fingertips? Negotiating and serving diverse identities through information technology.
September 22, 2003... ABSTRACT/RESUME This paper develops the "intersections of diversity" problematic with respect to the social uses of information and communication technology (ICT). It argues that while keeping in view the big picture of who has access and...

Intersections in cultural policy: geographic, socioeconomic and other markers of identity.
September 22, 2003... ABSTRACT/RESUME Region is shown to be constitutive of individual and social identifications, not only as geographically determined by one's province, territory, or area of residence, but also as a cultural symbol. It highlights the...

Books received/livres recus.
September 22, 2003... Adams, Michael. Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values. Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2003. Agnew, Vijay. Where I Come From. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2003. Barman, Jean. Sojourning...