Series of surveys focused on capturing the consumer habits and mindsets of various ethnic groups living in Canada
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Pandemic Leads to Hybrid Model for Settlement Sector
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a shift to a blended model of service delivery by settlement agencies, which have been forced to move many activities online and get creative in supporting clients with limited internet access.
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The Condescension of Canada’s Citizenship Test
While studying for the Canadian citizenship test, columnist Ayse Koca found the study guide’s tone to be unfair and patronizing towards newcomers prepping for an already difficult test.
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Why Is ‘Black’ Always a Bad Thing?
Negative expressions using the word ‘black’ reinforces the hurtful and harmful ideas put forward by stereotypes, writes columnist Marcus Medford.
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Sounding the Alarm Over Canada’s Language Gaps in Pandemic Information
Public health and safety guidelines change on a daily basis as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across Canada. Information is conveyed in English, French and sign language, but there’s concern that important and even life-saving information is not being translated for newcomers who don’t comprehensively understand either of Canada’s official languages.
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Diversifying Canada’s Literature
Language barriers, migration trauma, cultural discrepancies and family responsibilities; women authors of diaspora are defying the odds, breaking through different obstacles to have their voices heard.
View More Diversifying Canada’s LiteratureClosing the Immigrant Wage Gap: Is Speaking English Important?
Statistics Canada has released new data from the 2016 census that shows more than any other G8 country, Canada is a nation of immigrants. One in five Canadians (21.9 per cent to be exact) were…
View More Closing the Immigrant Wage Gap: Is Speaking English Important?Communicating in a New Country
Communication is more than understanding the words. I was always aware of language barriers when I decided to move to Canada. But I didn’t know that this would go beyond an understanding of words and…
View More Communicating in a New CountryCanada’s (M)other Tongues
If you’ve ever travelled or worked abroad, speaking and listening in a language that isn’t your own, you know the feeling of lying down at night exhausted. Your brain worked all day fumbling from one…
View More Canada’s (M)other TonguesAustralia’s ‘Spectacular’ Failure in Languages
The latest Australian census data is in and it makes for interesting reading. Of particular note, 72 per cent of residents reported speaking only English at home, down from nearly 77 per cent in 2011.…
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