Toronto is a city with a population of over 2.6milion people, making it the most city in Canada. Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world. Statistics Canada in 2006 indicated that 49.9% of Toronto's population is foreign-born. Toronto is a racially diverse city. Ruprecht (1990), has provided synopses of the settlement and development of more than 60 different ethnocultural communities in Toronto.
According to Sue et al. (1992), race is related to the external appearance of an individual. While discrimination describes unfair behavior or differential treatment on the basis of a group characteristic that results in negative consequences for that group (Dion 2002). There are indications that racial discrimination can manifest …show more content…
Recent immigrants with university degrees are as likely as non-immigrants without a high school diploma to experience low income. Analysis also show that different racial group feel there is an hierarchy of racial discrimination that buttress the fact that some racial groups tend to have higher participation and employment rate than others.
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The quest to escape poverty and economic stagnation, different racial groups has migrated from around the world and from different provinces and municipalities within Canada in search of Toronto’s workplace opportunities. Analyzing racial discrimination in Toronto’s workplaces would help put into perspective if this quest was worthwhile or an exercise in futility.
Literature review
Goldfarb Consultants in 1985 surveyed six different ethnic groups in Toronto: Chinese, East Indians, Italians, Jews, Portuguese, and West Indians. This survey assessed whether or not respondent’s perceived discrimination in a wide variety of specific contexts, including obtaining work, getting skilled and unskilled jobs, attaining executive positions in business, wage rates paid, obtaining management positions in government, promotion or advancement. Most racial groups reported considerable perceived discrimination and …show more content…
In 2010, the study revealed some subtle but positive changes: in total, 14% of 3,347 leaders examined were members of visible minority groups. This year, an analysis of the same institutions revealed that 483 of a total of 3,330 leadership positions, or 14.5%, are held by members of visible minority groups. This represents a gradual, but significant, increase (8%) in the diversity of leaders in the Greater Toronto Area over the last three years.
RESEARCH QUESTION
1. Is racially discrimination evident in Toronto’s workplaces? And if leadership positions in public or private sector represent the racial diversity in Toronto.
2. How do language skills, levels of education, visible minority status affect perceived discrimination in Toronto?
3. Which racial group is more likely to face discrimination in the workplace? Are a particular racial group targeted above others?
CONCLUSION
Canada like the United States has open its doors to immigrant from every racial background and Toronto being a microcosm of one of the most racially diverse city in the world make this study of paramount importance. As different racial group embark on a journey to Canada and mostly to Toronto in search a better life economically. It should be abundantly clear if the door would be also open to them in workplaces and hence the focus of this
According to Sue et al. (1992), race is related to the external appearance of an individual. While discrimination describes unfair behavior or differential treatment on the basis of a group characteristic that results in negative consequences for that group (Dion 2002). There are indications that racial discrimination can manifest …show more content…
Recent immigrants with university degrees are as likely as non-immigrants without a high school diploma to experience low income. Analysis also show that different racial group feel there is an hierarchy of racial discrimination that buttress the fact that some racial groups tend to have higher participation and employment rate than others.
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The quest to escape poverty and economic stagnation, different racial groups has migrated from around the world and from different provinces and municipalities within Canada in search of Toronto’s workplace opportunities. Analyzing racial discrimination in Toronto’s workplaces would help put into perspective if this quest was worthwhile or an exercise in futility.
Literature review
Goldfarb Consultants in 1985 surveyed six different ethnic groups in Toronto: Chinese, East Indians, Italians, Jews, Portuguese, and West Indians. This survey assessed whether or not respondent’s perceived discrimination in a wide variety of specific contexts, including obtaining work, getting skilled and unskilled jobs, attaining executive positions in business, wage rates paid, obtaining management positions in government, promotion or advancement. Most racial groups reported considerable perceived discrimination and …show more content…
In 2010, the study revealed some subtle but positive changes: in total, 14% of 3,347 leaders examined were members of visible minority groups. This year, an analysis of the same institutions revealed that 483 of a total of 3,330 leadership positions, or 14.5%, are held by members of visible minority groups. This represents a gradual, but significant, increase (8%) in the diversity of leaders in the Greater Toronto Area over the last three years.
RESEARCH QUESTION
1. Is racially discrimination evident in Toronto’s workplaces? And if leadership positions in public or private sector represent the racial diversity in Toronto.
2. How do language skills, levels of education, visible minority status affect perceived discrimination in Toronto?
3. Which racial group is more likely to face discrimination in the workplace? Are a particular racial group targeted above others?
CONCLUSION
Canada like the United States has open its doors to immigrant from every racial background and Toronto being a microcosm of one of the most racially diverse city in the world make this study of paramount importance. As different racial group embark on a journey to Canada and mostly to Toronto in search a better life economically. It should be abundantly clear if the door would be also open to them in workplaces and hence the focus of this