Sociology Of The Family Ch 4-6

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What are Visible minority Population

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Minorities are socially constructed entiteies in societies and the label implies the imposition of an inferior status

Front 2

What was the objective of the residential schools?

Back 2

assimilation through a European focused curriculum and authoritarian focused power (to solve the "Indian Problem"

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Assimilation is;

Back 3

the process by which a group or individual becomes more like the dominant group with respect to cultural elements (culturally conforms)

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How many Residential schools were operating in Canada? When did the last one close?

Back 4

82 schools
1996 - last one closed

Front 5

What experiences did the children being traumatized by the residential schools.

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Something they described as the "residential school syndrome", which included generations of depression, alcoholism, suicide, and family breakdown

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What influence did the Indian Act of 1876 have on Aboriginal Families?

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-those who were "Indian" sent to lands set aside for them on the margins of Canadian society and its economy
-Women marrying indian became indian, woman married anyone other than indian man she was not entitled to status as an Indian

Front 7

During WW1 immigration came to an abrupt stop, Where did most immigrant come from during the Depression?

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Great Britain, Germany, Austria and the Ukraine. With only 6% non-european origin

Front 8

In 2001, the leading Canadian ethnic groups are;

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Canadian (39.4%), English (20.2), French (15.8), Scottish (14), Irish (12.9), German (9.3) ... similar to the ones in 1996 but more respondents chose Canadian in 2001

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What are the major goals of immigration policy?

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to populate the country and contribute to our labor force and economic production while using specific recruitment tactics and admission policies to keep out the undesirables.

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What does it mean when the government created transitional "bachelor" communities?

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This happened when visible minority migrants were needed as ready sources of labor. Only male migrants were allowed to enter the country, but with the provision that they return to their homeland after the work is done. Therefore women and families were discouraged from migrating in order to deter the creation of permanent communities.

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Why were there relatively few Chinese families in Canada before 1950?

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Because while the immigrants worked on the railway in dangerous conditions for relatively cheap labor, Canadian govt shoved a head tax of 50$ per migrant, and raised it to 500$ per migrant by 1903 making it extremely difficult for Chinese men to bring their families to Canada

Front 12

T / F - The point system established in 1967, made it possible for families from non-traditional countries to immigrate to Canada, since it favored immigrants with skills?

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T -
however point system is not neutral, and reinforces and produces social exclusions and inequalities

Front 13

Parents of immigrants are;

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-viewed as undesirable burdens on society
- set up as "antagonistic" to taxpayer interests, to society and own families

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What does the term refugees refer to?

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It refers to individuals who have been judged by a refugee tribunal as having a well-grounded fear of persecution or danger on specified grounds

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the most common grounds of refugees relate to

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ethnicity, race, religion and gender

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since 1979 approximately ____ people per year have been admitted to Canada as refugees

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20, 0000 people per year

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social groups that commonly report being victims of racism and discrimination are

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Aboriginal, visible minority, and immigrant families

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Today, people reporting an Aboriginal ethnic identity represent ___ of the total population of Canada.

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3.8 %, with the largest number living in Ontario and British Columbia

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The following groups are included in the visible minority population;

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Blacks, South Asians, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Southeast Asian, Filipinos, Arabs and West Asians, Latin Americans and Pacific Islanders

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__ % of recent immigrant children live in poverty

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49%

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Generational Conflict can occur in immigrant or visible minority families, and older individuals tend to ___ and ___ less quickly than children or young people, which can create _________

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1. assimilate
2. acculturate
3. intergenerational conflict

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T or F - An older immigrant parent will learn and internalize the cultural traits of the other group through contact with another culture than their children.

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F.
Older individuals (especially immigrant parents) tend to acculturate less quickly than children. - the example illustrates acculturation

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T/ F - Newcomer immigrant youth are less likely to suffer from depression than other individuals aged 35 and older.

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F .
Newcomer immigrant youth are TWICE as likely

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– Racism

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Racism resulted in the practice of gender interdependence and an extended kinship system

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By 2017...

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-visible minority persons in Canada wil increase to between 6.3 and 8.5 million (half being South-Asian or Chinese)
-1/4 canadians would be foreign-born (immigrants)
-VMP will have median age of 35.5
- between 21-25% of total pop of Canada will have mother tongues that are not english or french
- Islam will be fastest growing religion (145% increase)
-Ontario will have 57% and B.C 20% of vmp of Canada -77% combined
- 75% of all vmp will be living in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver

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Ethnicity refers to

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the cultural, organizational, and collective values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours of individuals who share or identify with a distinct culture or are descendants of those who have shared a distinct culture