New Brunswick has experienced a decline in population in recent years. Successive governments are attempting to increase its population through various population and economic strategies, including immigration. Our research investigates how New Brunswick educators and school leaders are responding to the demographic changes in their schools and…

International achievement measures such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) have traditionally reported a significant gap between non-migrant and immigrant student groups--a result that is often referred to as the "immigrant performance disadvantage". This article examines first- and second-generation immigrant…

Strong economic growth through much of the period since 2000 and demographic pressures such as workforce aging, have contributed to a robust demand for skilled tradespeople. Despite a decline following the economic recession in 2008 and 2009, new registrations in apprenticeship programs have increased nearly 200% since the 1990s. Apprenticeship…

The Ontario Ministry of Education announced the Parent Engagement Policy for Ontario Schools in 2010. This policy aims to support parent engagement and provides a vision of its implementation at schools, boards, and the ministry. This mixed methods case study sheds light on its implementation and thus its implication by exploring the parent…

Surveys Polish emigration up to World War II and examines current age structure and occupational composition of Polish migrants in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. (Author/GC)

This graphic overview uses 28 bar and pie graphs to illustrate Canada's ethnic and linguistic diversity. Information was drawn primarily from 1986 census figures. The following categories are examined: (1) ethnic origin; (2) language; (3) visible minorities (nonwhites); (4) aboriginal peoples; and (5) immigration. Information is reported for the…

The two factors of live births and migration constitute the major determinants of the size and composition of the population for the provinces as well as for Canada as a whole. The decline in fertility has almost exactly offset the increase in the number of young women in the child-bearing age groups. The effective length of the reproductive…

This article presents Zero Population Growth - Canada's recommendations on immigration policy. It suggests that immigration be used to stabilize population by establishing a ceiling and specifying a selection procedure. Also Canada should not base its economy on imported skilled and nonskilled labor and employers should not hire illegal…

Discusses three themes that involve linguistic situations that have their roots in the extreme mobility that has characterized societies since the late 1940's: social typology of immigrnat-based societies andinsular socities; acquisition of native phonology by immigrant offspring; interlopers as agents of linguistic change. (Author/VWL)

Studies of acculturative stress are reported from Canada. The reduction in health status among people undergoing acculturation has psychological, somatic, and social aspects. The stress varies across types of groups and individual differences. Further study is needed to determine variations across host societies. (VM)

Using the 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), this paper examines the health status of the older (aged 55[thorn]) immigrant population relative to that of non-immigrants in order to identify areas where their health statuses diverge. First, we compare the health status of older immigrants (foreign-born) aged 55 and over in Canada to…

The abstract of a scholarly research paper on the status of South Asian women in Canada and tables based both on surveys and questionnaires are contained in this report. In the survey samples, selected cultural, religious, and attitudinal beliefs of South Asian and Anglo-Saxon women living in Canada are presented. Demographic data for participants…

In Canada today no single ethnocultural group makes up a majority of the population. Increases in the number of immigrants, especially people from Third World nations, continue to accelerate Canada's ethnocultural heterogeneity. A new descriptive term "visible minority," is now used to describe persons who are non-white, and distinct…

There are great movements of people taking place around the world and our societies are becoming more diverse and multiethnic in nature, especially in the urban environments of the larger cities. In most countries, schools still represent the "status quo" and most principals are from the "majority culture". There is little…

Examines the historical development of cultural pluralism and describes sociopolitical influences that affected the rise of minorities in Canada. Observes that Canadian society has been historically dual, composed mainly of French and English Canadians, but that the duality has been modified by plurality due to immigration policy and social…