Diversity

Augie Fleras explains racism within Canada through the book titled Unequal Relations: A Critical Introduction to Race, Ethnic, and Aboriginal Dynamics in Canada. The topic of focus for this article review will be the “Defining Racism” section, which starts on page 77. In this segment of the book, Fleras focuses on references to racism as being eclectic and diverse in definition rather than singular and unchanging. Fleras then goes on to define the five major themes of racism as categorized by biology, ideology, culture, structure, and advantage. The author goes into depth on each category in order to explain the concepts of these types of racism clearly and coherently. Fleras makes many great points throughout this portion of the textbook; she provides accurate information on the topic and uses multiple sources to support the information given.

The Canadian people have always prided themselves as champions of democracy and are universally respected for their record on human rights. Although holistically this could be argued, especially when compared to the United States and other Western states, the record concerning Aboriginals, both past and present, has yet to live up to their self-set standard. Defined simply as anyone who traces his/her ancestry back to pre-European colonization, there exist mass diversity within its community. Although various political actors dispute the actual number of Aboriginals, Statistics Canada reported in 2006 that 1,678,200 people indicated they were ethnically Aboriginal or roughly 5.4 percent of the population (Statistics Canada: Population Counts).

What are visible minorities? Visible minorities are those people that are not native people or white skined in race or non-white in color. Canada is multicultural country that divides its population into two categories; visible minorities and non visible minorities. It has been noticed that the number of visible minorities is increasing per year in Canada (Black, 2009 p.71). The number and impact of visible minority citizens of Canada is developing in terms of percentage of the population. Visible minorities are also allowed to take an interest in different fields, for example social, governmental, private limited and politics. They also have rights in all terms same as to white people. Many immigrants from different countries based on work permit or study permit came here in canada. These migrated immigrants have lot of opportunities to settle down , get education , and with that work is also applicable. Canadian government had provide immigrants a special place in canada and made rules and regultions as for canadians. That is why Canada is a multicultural society in which different kinds of religions live together and cooperate with common language to describe each others feelings. So, migrated people from different countries are called as visible minorites. However, visible minorities are seen under present in the terms of political field in Canada ,but there is also some inequality is shown by white people in politics. "Indians in the US, visible minorities and

The dynamics of power relations between the minority and majority in this case are the refugees and Canadian citizens. The white Canadian citizens are put on top of the newcomers which places them at the bottom. This has been an ongoing issue considering they should be treated just like anyone else does in our society. These refugees have been through horrific trauma to come into Canada, but are looked down upon from people who are not educated enough to understand. These individuals are preventing the refugees to have a voice in our culture due to the amount of discrimination and prejudice evolving around them. People assume that they must be terrorists and are also taking advantage of the system but most of the time the people who say that are on welfare

Our initiatives to sustain, protect and bring prosperity to a group that’s discriminated against in multiple ways throughout our society is not an essential top priority to the government. Especially when the media constantly creates propaganda and negative stereotypes about a certain minority group, such as black community, instead of emphasizing on the positive attributes that minorities such black people have brought to their communities or regions. The media will often play a selective role to which then effects certain policies and sanctions within the government because of the constant ideas and conceptions about a certain group that is spread instead of actually looking into how these groups are affected by particular laws and other forms of policy procedures. As a result, people protest and act in resistance against the Canadian government, to which create more assumptions about certain groups and implement possible strategies to resolve issues with them without actually gaining actual insight from the group themselves. For example, minorities may be subjected or discriminated against because of

Central here is the idea of inclusion within the broader Canadian society. It should not be the case that an ethnic group is excluded from participating in key social, political, and economic institutions simply because they have chosen to maintain their traditional cultural customs and

Over the past 50 years Toronto has been continuously evolving and transforming due to various changes in the local, national and global macro environment trends. In the 2011 census, Toronto has reached a population of 2.62 million (Statistics Canada 2011 census). This demonstrates a 5% growth since 2006, indicating Toronto’s continual growth primarily driven by immigration into metropolitan areas. Toronto has the largest immigration rate in 2006 according to Statistics Canada, with 49.9% of Toronto’s population being foreign born. With this large increase in population, inequality gaps are continuously growing due to the lack of affordable housing, and access to well-paying jobs. The rich are getting richer, and the poor are struggling

"The number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada is disproportionately high. NWAC’s research indicates that, between 2000 and 2008, Aboriginal

They note that in today 's political context, the concept of 'democratic racism ' helps to explain how Canadians can hold negative, racialized views of Aboriginal peoples while at the same time espousing liberal principles of equality, tolerance, fairness and justice (Henry et al, 2000). Democratic racism refers to an ideology in which two sets of values coexist yet fundamentally conflict - that is, members of the dominant society espouse outward commitments to democratic principles of egalitarianism, 'colour blindness ' and equal opportunity, and at the same time, operate on the basis of discriminatory attitudes (Henry et al 2000). This does not imply that members of society are intentionally discriminatory or are even aware of the biases they hold. As Henry et al (2000: 383) explains, organizations and institutions are:

What Does Diversity Mean to You, and What Does a Diverse Insurance Industry Look Like? By Amanda M. White, CPCU, API

Canada has the largest population of visible minorities because of its diverse backgrounds and multicultural society. The two largest groups of minorities in Canada are Aboriginals (general population=4%), Black people (general population=2.5%). Both of these visible minorities are also the largest incarcerated in Canadian Correctional Services: Aboriginals being 23% of incarcerated offenders and Black people being 9% (Griffiths & Murdoch, 2014). The critical analysis of crime and criminal justice as social constructs uphold social, racial, political and economic inequalities. The injurious behaviours of the poor and racial minorities are more likely to be depicted as criminals rather than the actions of the rich and powerful. Using

The multicultural melting pot, as Canada has so avidly been called may not be as melded together as the leaders would like us to believe. Even though the Canadian government is actively pursuing multicultural acceptance, racist ideologies still prevail amongst the general population. The strained relationship with First Nations peoples is beginning to be redeemed through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and there have been bills passed through the federal government that are attempting to abolish racism issues such as “islamophobia” and other fearful attitudes; however, commissions and bills only prove that the government is concerned about these issues and wants to do something, yet, does nothing to change the prevailing attitudes or shift the cultural norms of racism and fear. The broth of the pot is attempting to dissolve every other ingredient and turn it into broth but neglecting to acknowledge that the variance in flavour is what makes soup great.

Finally I will discuss how Canada is a multicultural nation, and how this shapes how we look at race, racism and ethnicity. To add, after looking at where I was raised and my personal experience with working in the factory environment helps me realize how culturally diverse Canada is. Therefore, I will discuss multiculturalism and how this term is important for us to learn if we want to understand race, racism and ethnicity. As we know, Canada is known to be the most multicultural nation in the world today, as well, Canada is known to bring in millions of immigrants every year. After working in the factory environment and having seen these immigrants first hand, it has made me more aware that Canada is in fact a very culturally diverse nation.

Canada is a nation that was founded by immigrants which has caused diversity to play major role in the country. Today workforce diversity is taken seriously due to Canadian organizations having a better understanding of the many benefits when having a diverse workforce for both employees and employers. Diversity is understanding the ways people are different from one another. Diversity can include people that are of different genders, race, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, religion, and educational accomplishments. Having employees that are culturally different in the todays workforce can make organizations stronger and have a competitive advantage over competitors. In order for an organization to have increased sales and successful products,

Early research into Race and Crime has revealed that there was racial bias in Canada. Roberts and Doob (1997) in their article called Race, Ethnicity, and Criminal Justice in Canada argue that there is evidence to prove that there is racial bias in the criminal justice system, based on their analysis of literature towards