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HARP-174 |
Title: |
Breaking through the glass ceiling: the pursuit of university training among African-Caribbean migrants and their children in Toronto |
Source: |
Canadian Ethnic Studies , v.30(3) 1998Canadian Immigration pg 99-120 |
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Year: |
1998 |
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0 |
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Keywords: |
Canada, discrimination, economic, social, and cultural rights, human rights, racism, sexism, civil and political rights, educational rights, immigration, African-Caribbean African-Caribbean, education, minority rights |
Abstract: |
This paper examines the pursuit of university studies among Caribbean-origin Black men and women aged 20-24 living in Toronto. Findings from special tabulations of the 1991 census show that a significant proportion of young African-Caribbean immigrants attend university. Participation rates are higher in the second generation (“born in Canada”) of young Caribbean-origin adults. African-Caribbean women are, moreover, much more likely to attend university than African-Caribbean men. These indicators of social incorporation are encouraging, but do not tell the entire story. Young adults of Caribbean background are still far less likely to attend university than are Canadian-born youths as a whole. They are also far less likely to attend university than are Asian-Caribbean origin youths. This mix of findings raises questions for social policy and for theories about racism, sexism and immigrant incorporation. |
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Keywords: African-Caribbean, and cultural rights, Canada, civil and political rights, discrimination, economic, education, educational rights, human rights, immigration, minority rights, racial discrimination/racism, sexism, social