Table of Contents

Note:

The views expressed in the discussion papers are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Canadian Heritage or the Government of Canada.

• Welcome and Acknowledgement

• Canada's ethno-cultural composition in 2017: Exploring the emerging challenges facing Canada with respect to its visible minority population in selected policy areas
  • Introduction
  • Key Observations
  • Policy Recommendations
  • Common Themes and Conclusions
  
  
• Visible Minorities in Canada's Workplaces -- A Perspective on the 2017 Projection
  • Introduction
  • Employment Equity
  • What are Visible Minorities?
  • Visible Minorities in 2017
  • Identity
  • Integration
  • Conclusions
  • References
  
  
• Health and Social Services for Canada's Multicultural Population: Challenges for Equity
  • Introduction
  • Population Health and Diversity
  • Socio-economic Components of Health
  • Cultural Components of Health
  • Migration as a Component of Health
  • Health and Social Services
  • Policy Framework for Promoting Multicultural Health in Canada
  • Looking to 2017: Foreseeable Challenges
  • Conclusions
  • References
  
  
• Migration and the demographic transformation of Canadian cities: The social geography of Canada's major metropolitan centres in 2017
  • Introduction: Immigration and the Population of Canadian Cities
  • Looking Back: Immigration and the Transformation of Canadian Metropolitan Centres
  • Diversity and Equity in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver
  • Looking Forward: Towards New Metropolitan Societies
  • Concluding Thoughts
  • References Cited
  
  
• "Public Institutions and Institutional Change: Diversifying the Government Canada"
  • Introduction
  • Why Change
  • How to Change
  • How change was made: The CRTC as a case study
  • Closing: The future
  • Bibliography
  
  
• Canada's Growing Visible Minority Population: Generational Challenges, Opportunities and Federal Policy Considerations
  • Introduction
  • Defining Visible Minority Families
  • Current Trends and Future Projections
  • A Life Course/Ecological Framework
  • Selected Research on Generational Linkages and Issues Across the Life Course
  • Federal Policy Considerations
  • Summary/Conclusions
  • Figure 1: A Life Course/Ecological Framework Applied to Visible Minority Generational Relations, Challenges, and Opportunities
  • Bibliography
  
  

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