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Article: Immigration and diversity in focus at Congress

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May 1, 2008
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Participants to this year's gathering in Vancouver urged to "think beyond borders"

by Léo Charbonneau

Roughly 20 percent of Canadians under the age of 15 are children of immigrants. There are many assumptions about these second-generation Canadians, but surprisingly little research on them. "What is going to happen with these kids? How are they going to relate to Canada and what is going to be their future?" asks Jim Frideres, a University of Calgary sociologist.

The Metropolis Project, one of the official partners of this year's Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, is looking at these and many other issues of immigration and diversity that will greatly affect the country's ...

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