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Location
Edmonton, Alberta
Community organizations
NA
Integration timeline
At what point during the integration process the study was conducted?
Participants: 19 males and 17 females with an average age of 19 years old (aged between 15 and 25). Of these, 21 participants migrated with their parents to Canada after they were 6 years old (first generation), while 15 were either born in Canada or migrated before the age of 6 (second generation)
Key populations
First- and second-generation Chinese Canadian youth
Key recommedations
The author questions the multiculturalism policy as a vehichle perpetuating the dichotomy of majority-minority, Canadian culture-ethnic culture, etc. Disruption of racism requires challening such structural forces that shape the ‘rules of the game’ within educational environments of Canada.
Key findings
This study explores the way racism impacts identity construction of Chinese youth in Canadian rural and urban educational environments. The findings of the study suggest that, contrary to what the multiculturalism policy of Canada preaches, first- and second-generation Chinese students’ day to day interaction and academic performances are affected by intragroup and intergroup racial hostilities.
Gaps identified
Immigrants of Asian descent have been streotyped as a ‘model minority’ that affect their educational
Publisher: Routledge
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2015.1020932
