All posts tagged racialization

Racialized communities experience ongoing, disproportionate levels of poverty. In other words, people from Aboriginal and ethno-racial minority groups (communities of colour) are more likely to fall below the low income cut off (LICO) and to have related problems like poor health, lower education, and fewer job opportunities, than those from European backgrounds. While it is…

Prior to 1952, Canadian immigration policy engaged in racialization of potential immigrants by adopting a nationality preference system which favored European immigrants over non-Europeans. Emphasis was placed on white immigrants because they were considered to be of “superior stock,” more desirable, and more assimilable than immigrants of colour. Non-Europeans were deemed undesirable and policies were…