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" African Americans see a widening gulf between the values of middle class and poor blacks, and nearly four-in-ten say that because of the diversity within their community, blacks can no longer be thought of as a single race. "
Creator(s): Pew Research Center | Date Published: 2007-11-13
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"'30 Years and Counting' was drafted for the June 2007 conference to promote a cross-generational dialogue at the sessions, this paper helped to frame the thirty-year context of the discussion."
Creator(s): Jack (John Kuo Wei) Tchen | Date Published: 2007-11
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"In recent years immigrant children have come to constitute a significant and a growing proportion of the total school enrolment in countries of immigration. The proportion is particularly large in some cities. Immigrant children seem to be vulnerable to marginalisation and ethnic tension as they are overrepresented among the clients of health workers in many schools."
Creator(s): The Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations | Date Published: 2005-11
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"The logic of education systems should be reversed so that it is the system that conforms to the learner, rather than the learner to the system. This is the essence of personalisation."
Creator(s): By Hannah Green, Keri Facer and Tim Rudd, with Patrick Dillon and Peter Humphreys | Date Published: 2005-11
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"This study examines street sexual exploitation in Winnipeg."
Creator(s): Maya Seshia, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Date Published: 2005-10-31
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"Hurricane Katrina’s devastation in late August of much of the northern Gulf Coast followed by the slow institutional response to the crisis exposed the impoverishment and disempowerment of many African Americans. The media images of a predominantly African American population left to fend for itself in New Orleans demonstrated to many surprised observers the enduring color line in that city. But striking disparities between urban blacks and whites in the United States are hardly unique to New Orleans."
Creator(s): Rogelio Saenz | Date Published: 2005-10
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"Alternative Federal Budget 2006: Technical Paper #1."
Creator(s): Isabella Bakker, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Date Published: 2005-09-19
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"The Honourable Liza Frulla, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women, today announced the creation of an expert panel to study accountability and provide advice on strengthening gender equality in Canada."
Creator(s): Status of Women Canada | Date Published: 2005-09-13
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"Life for teenagers is full of opportunities, and most take full advantage of them. New opportunities are opening up all the time driven, for example, by developments in technology and communications. Yet young people often feel that there is not enough for them to do outside school, college or work."
Creator(s): United Kingdom Department for Education and Skills | Date Published: 2005-07
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"A society free from racism. More than a matter of principle, this is Canada’s vision. It brings together people of all backgrounds—ethnic, racial, and religious—to build a society where one’s heritage is a source of pride and inspiration."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2005-03-21
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"One of the most innovative and significant pedagogical experiments that the Renacer Foundation of Colombia has undertaken in recent years relates to use of the Internet for educational purposes in helping street kids and adolescents to reintegrate into society."
Creator(s): Fundación Renacer Prepared by NELSON E. RIVERA REYES Therapeutic Coordinator | Date Published: 2005
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"Our aim is to foster values and institutional changes that reinforce equality between women and men, boys and girls through research and analysis of gender in specific social and cultural institutions, including legal frameworks, and development of programmes that advance gender equality."
Creator(s): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | Date Published: 2005
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"The purpose of this review is to outline the strengths and weakness in CRRF's performance, and suggest ways in which CRRF and its key stakeholders (e.g., the Minister, the Department of Canadian Heritage) can address these."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2003-03-17
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"The Association for Canadian Studies commissioned this poll from Environics Research Group/Focus Canada."
Creator(s): Association of Canadian Studies | Date Published: 2003-03-15
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"The Association for Canadian Studies commissioned this poll from Environics Research Group/Focus Canada. The survey of 2,002 Canadians 18 years of age and over looks at tolerance in Canada."
Creator(s): Association for Canadian Studies | Date Published: 2003-03-15
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"A report on the Laidlaw Foundation Forum."
Creator(s): Ideas That Matter | Date Published: 2003
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"This report provides summaries of the keynote addresses delivered at the conference by two academic experts on the multicultural days conference."
Creator(s): Liudmila Kirpitchenko | Date Published: 2002-06-27
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"Initiated in 2000 by the Media Awareness Network (MNet), Young Canadians in a Wired World (YCWW) is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging study of its kind in Canada. The research project tracks and investigates the behaviours, attitudes, and opinions of Canadian children and youth with respect to their use of the Internet."
Creator(s): Media Awareness Network (MNet) | Date Published: 2000
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"Forced Migration Review provides a forum for the regular exchange of practical experience, information and ideas between researchers, refugees and internally displaced people, and those who work with them."
Creator(s): Univeristy of Oxford - Refugee Studies Programme | Date Published: 1998-12
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"The purpose of this international comparative report is to review the activities in other states surrounding the March 21 United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination."
Creator(s): Heather DeSantis | Date Published: 1996-09-30
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"The term “visible minority” has popularly come to denote “non-white”; it is used widely in federal legislation texts."
Creator(s): Karim Karim | Date Published: 1996-04-17
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"The research has demonstrated a trend toward a focus on young people as a major target group for public policy."
Creator(s): Roger Butt and Barbara Motzney | Date Published: 1994-09-30
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"The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture (CSRPC) at the University of Chicago is an interdisciplinary program dedicated to promoting engaged scholarship and debate around the topics of race and ethnicity."
Creator(s): The University of Chicago | Date Published: 2004-02-23
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"Welcome to the Growing Up Digital Web site. Dedicated to the latest publication by Don Tapscott, this site deals with the influence of technology on society, youth, and the forces of transformation which are poised to emerge out of this trend."
Creator(s): Don Tapscott | Date Published: 2004-02-13
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"Topics covered in this report include trends in employment, shifts in the occupational distribution of women, part-time work, self-employment and unemployment rates."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2007-04-20
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"Average time spent on activities - Women."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2004-09-02
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"This report provides a descriptive overview of the first results from the 2000 Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) for 18-20-year-olds in Canada."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2002-01-23
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"Women in Canada, 2000, a gender-based statistical report."
Creator(s): Christine Lessard | Date Published: 2000-10-20
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"Recent public discourse has used the term “cultural diversity” to refer to the apparent growth of non-white population, other than the aboriginal people, in Canadian society. Underlying the popularity of the term “diversity” is a rising public awareness towards differences of people, which may be imagined or real, based on superficial distinctions such as skin colour and other features."
Creator(s): Peter S. Li Professor of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan | Date Published: 2000
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"This handbook is designed to provide easy access to facts and figures about the status of women in Prince Edward Island, both past and present. The chapters include graphs with overview commentaries."
Creator(s): Government of PEI | Date Published: 1997
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"The present interim report is the eleventh submitted by Canada under the terms of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. This report covers the period of January 1990 to December 1991."
Creator(s): Multiculturalism and Citizenship | Date Published: 2003-11-26
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"This document constitutes the combined 13th and 14th reports submitted by Canada under the terms of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2001
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Related Materials
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"there are many positive examples of organizations and sports that have made dramatic change and raised the bar in terms of opportunities for girls and women to participate on a more equal footing."
Creator(s): Canadian Association For the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS/ACAFS) | Date Published: 2005
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"The community cohesion agenda has developed in response to disturbances in northern towns in 2001 and the recognition that cohesion is a national issue."
Creator(s): Fiona Mactaggart | Date Published: 2004-07
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"This workshop examined recent research on social determinants of health which increasingly considers social capital and social inequality as factors affecting population health."
Creator(s): Liudmila Kirpitchenko | Date Published: 2003-09-19
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"Much ink has been spilt in France on comparisons between the universal Republican model of integration that prevails there and the multicultural, “communautarian,” particularistic or differentialistic model that prevails in the “Anglo-Saxon” world...However, these dichotomous comparisons, often cast in the form of debate, do not yield a full understanding of the societies they purport to examine."
Creator(s): Margaret Adsett, Citizenship and Heritage, Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2002-12-12
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"This report summarizes more recently funded (c.1995-2001) activities of national, provincial, and community-based organizations as well as academic and organizational research projects."
Creator(s): Marilyn Smith | Date Published: 2001-10-01
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"Language issues are a recurrent theme in Canadian federalism. The public debate about language issues is, however, often based on different understandings of what is meant by "bilingualism," "official languages", or "bilingual country". Comments, therefore, often reflect misconceptions about federal official languages policy."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 1998
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"Preliminary results suggest that growing pressures on the middle-income group may be having an impact on social cohesion in Canada. This deck outlines the evolving Canadian Values: Exploring Income Fault-lines."
Creator(s): Andrew Leuty and Sharon Jeannotte | Date Published: 1997-11-18
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« Indépendant et neutre par rapport à toute orientation politique ou religieuse, www.tolerance.ca vise à faire connaitre les grands principes démocratiques sur lesquels repose la tolérance. »
Creator(s): Tolerance.ca | Date Published: 2005
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"Parts of this paper are based on analysis of micro-data from Statistics Canada. The paper was commissioned by the Canadian Education Statistics Council (CESE), a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), for the 2002 Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda Symposium on Information Technology and Learning."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada, Dianne Looker and Victor Thiessen | Date Published: 2003-06
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"A first insight into the state of the world's education in 2000 and the progress made since 1990. The document and its accompanying CD-ROM present global, regional and national education indicators in six key areas: the demand for education, early childhood programmes, primary education, education finance, teachers, and literacy."
Creator(s): UNESCO | Date Published: 2000
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"These highlights provide a brief summary of the report "At risk: a socio-economic analysis of health and literacy among seniors."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 1998-11-19
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""PAR-L (Policy, Action, Research List) is a bilingual, electronic network of individuals and organizations interested in women-centred policy issues in Canada. It is a support for the community of feminist researchers and activists in Canada and Québec."
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"A world in which all people have easy,equal and affordable access to the creative potential of ICTs to improve their lives and create more democratic and egalitarian societies"
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"Canada's national arts network."
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"Canadian Actors' Equity is the professional association of performers, directors, choreographers, fight directors and stage managers in English Canada who are engaged in live performance in theatre, opera and dance."
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"CRIAW is a research institute which provides tools to facilitate organizations taking action to advance social justice and equality for all women."
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"Forum 18 is an instrument for promoting the implementation of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and concentrates on serious and obvious breaches of religious freedom, and particularly on situations where the lives and welfare of individual people or groups are being threatened and where the right to gather around one's faith is being hindered."
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"Minority Rights Group International (MRG) works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities."
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"Status of Women Canada (SWC) is the federal government department which promotes gender equality, and the full participation of women in the economic, social, cultural and political life of the country."
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"The Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies (AMSSA) of British Columbia is a coalition of over 80 organizations providing multicultural programs and immigrant settlement services throughout the Province of British Columbia. AMSSA believes in a just and equitable society which values Canada's cultural diversity."
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"The Conseil du statut de la femme is a government consultation and study council that, since 1973, has devoted itself to promoting and defending the rights and interests of women in Québec. It advises the Québec government on all issues regarding the status of women, and seeks to keep women and the general public informed on matters within its purview."
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"UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security."
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"VSA arts is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts."
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"Women In Film & Television International (WIFTI) is a global network comprised of some 35 Women In Film chapters worldwide and over 10,000 members dedicated to advancing professional development and achievement for women working in all areas of film, video."
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"YOUCAN is an organization focused on youth-led initiatives in non-violent conflict resolution and violence prevention, both nationally and internationally."
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« À l’été 1983, lors du Sommet québécois de la jeunesse et des sommets régionaux,des jeunes de tout le Québec prennent la parole et s’expriment sur l’emploi, l’éducation et les problèmes sociaux. Pour faire cheminer leurs nombreuses revendications, les jeunes demandent à l’État de leur fournir un interlocuteur indépendant et permanent. L’idée d’un conseil de la jeunesse germe. »
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« L'Office Franco-Québécois pour la Jeunesse, créé en vertu du Protocole relatif aux échanges entre la France et le Québec en matière d'éducation physique, de sports et d'éducation populaire pris en application de l'entente franco-québécoise du 27 février 1965 sur un programme d'échanges et de coopération dans le domaine de l'éducation, signé le 9 février 1968, est régi par le présent Protocole. »
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"The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights – civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural rights."
Creator(s): United Nations | Date Published: 2004-12-14
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"Text of the Convention, Canada's most recent reports and the UN Committee's conclusions on these reports."
Creator(s): United Nations | Date Published: 2002
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"The present report generally covers the period of April 1, 1992 to April 1, 1996."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2002
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"Text of the Convention, the optional protocol, Canada's most recent reports and the UN Committee's conclusions on these reports."
Creator(s): United Nations | Date Published: 1999
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"This report is the fourth submitted by Canada under the Convention. The main period covered is from January 1, 1991 to March 31, 1994 (with occasional references to developments of special interest which occurred since that time)."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 1995
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"The present report is the twelfth submitted by Canada under the terms of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. This report covers the period of January 1992 to May 1993."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 1994
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