Immigrant Students Can Succeed: Lessons from around the Globe, Carl Bertelsmann Prize 2008
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Immigrant Students Can Succeed - Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung
Integration
Classic Countries of Immigration
Canada Diversity as an Expression of the Modern Canadian Education System
Veronica Lacey
Migration and Diversity
Canada is a country of immigration. The cultural and economic contributions of immigrants over the past two centuries have enriched Canadian society and have contributed immeasurably to its economy. With a population of approximately 30 million, Canada currently welcomes close to 250,000 immigrants each year. As reported in the last census, almost one in five people in Canada (18 percent) are immigrants, second only to Australia.
Historically, Canada’s diversity grew with the need to attract immigrants to populate large areas of the country and to fuel and develop the country’s labor force and economy. Immigrants have traditionally done well in Canada; economically and educationally, second-generation immigrants have tended to do better than their parents and better than Canadian born residents. It is not surprising, therefore, that more than any other G8 country, Canadians tend to appreciate the positive contribution of immigrants and confirm that multiculturalism is increasingly central to their country’s identity (Adams 2007).
Prior to 1961, almost all immigrants came from Europe; today only 20 percent come from Europe and almost 60 percent of immigrants come from Asia and the Middle East. The remaining 20 percent come largely from North, Central and South America and the Caribbean and Africa. Of these new immigrants, children and young people represent more than 35 percent of the total (1980-2004). About 45 percent of new immigrants arrive without the ability to speak English or French. As a result, Canada’s diversity is growing in many ways. Immigrants arrive with a wider variety of traditions, languages, values, political experiences and expectations. The population of visible minorities is increasing rapidly as well-close to 80 percent of newcomers are members of visible minority groups. By 2017, 20 percent of the total population would have a visible minority identity in Canada, concentrated primarily in two major centres, Toronto and Vancouver.
The country absorbed more than three million immigrants between 1990 and 2004; three quarters of those immigrants have settled in the three largest cities-Toronto (45 percent) Vancouver (17 percent) and Montreal (13 percent). The percentage of immigrant/visible minority school age population is increasing in three major urban areas-Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. In 2001, almost half the school age population (ages five to 18) was immigrant or had a visible minority identity. The clustering of immigrant and ethno-religious groups in city neighborhood enclaves is particularly significant for schools in low-income neighborhoods where the difficulties of integration may be more pronounced than in more affluent communities. Various regions and cities attract different immigrant and minority groups with the result that communities and schools must respond to specific needs and issues. The need to respond is becoming more urgent. Traditionally, immigrants to Canada performed significantly better than their Canadian counterparts in the workforce, but that has changed in recent years. According to statistics reported by Canada, immigrants who arrived in 1980 earned 130 percent more than their Canadian-born counterparts. By contrast, immigrants who arrived in 1990 earned 55 percent of the income of their Canadian counterparts. The unemployment rate for immigrants is more than four times the national level. Even for immigrants who have been living in Canada for six to ten years, it remains two percentage points above the national