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Markham is Canada's most diverse community, according to Statistics Canada
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 11 days ago
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Comments Save to mystar Real estate agents Jacqueline and Jim Wong have lived in their quiet residential Markham neighbourhood for 14 years. Over that time they've seen the demographics of their community change greatly, particularly in the past five
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National Household Survey: Immigration dramatically changing makeup of Toronto and Canada
Quebec :: Canada | 12 days ago
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The Greater Toronto region is growing more diverse as immigration brings changes to religious practices, languages and the faces of its residents. New data released Wednesday from the 2011 National Household Survey highlight the changes unfolding in
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Whites to become minority in Metro Vancouver by 2031
Toronto :: Canada | 1 month ago
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Whites will be a distinct visible minority in Metro Vancouver in less than two decades, according to a new report. After being an overwhelming majority in Metro Vancouver up until the 1980s, whites will make up only two out of five residents by the
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‘Stuffing the pipeline' can be a disadvantage to minorities
Stratford :: Canada | 7 months ago
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Ginny Dybenko is the executive director of the University of Waterloo's new Stratford campus Small Business Week Wayne Parker, owner of SkyShed POD The Globe and Mail Inside Jobs Patrick Lor, the president of Fotolia North America Hiring Together,
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Image of Asian-looking woman banned from new $100 bills after complaints
Toronto :: Canada | 9 months ago
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Story The image, alongside a bottle of insulin, was meant to celebrate Canada's medical innovations. But eight focus groups consulted about the proposed images for the new $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 banknote series were especially critical of the
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Visible minorities under-represented among B.C.'s lawyers, study finds
Vancouver :: Canada | 11 months ago
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The legal profession is not keeping pace with B.C.'s increasing ethnic diversity, according to a report by the Law Society of B.C. Using numbers from the 2006 census, the report shows 18 per cent of lawyers in Vancouver were from visible minorities,
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Canada's best diversity employers for 2012
Winnipeg :: Canada | 1 year ago
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Winning companies also needed a clearly defined strategy to achieve their goals along with review and tracking measures...Additional criteria for diversity include initiatives relating to: recruitment, retention, development, training and education,
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Rights tribunal to hear UBC prof's racial discrimination complaint
Toronto :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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Human Rights Tribunal has agreed to hear the case of a University of B.C. professor who claims she was passed over for a research chair position because of her race. Jennifer Chan, an associate professor in the faculty of education at UBC, filed a
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Changing face of Peel Region a challenge for schools and police
Toronto :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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In just a decade visible minorities in Peel Region have gone from just that the minority to what they now represent: a strong majority. Increasingly, members of that new majority are wondering why they're not better represented in the corridors of
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The GTA’s ethnic marketers help ad campaigns translate into success
Mumbai :: India | over 1 year ago
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Enlarge this image diversity The GTA's ethnic marketers help ad campaigns translate into success dakshana bascaramurty From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 7:28PM EST Last updated Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 7:30PM EST Sheromi
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