Multiculturalism in Toronto

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This paper examines a distinctive ethno-racial neighborhood in Toronto (Chinatown) in terms of its social, psychological and ecological structure or structures. In so doing, the paper reveals and discusses how Canada's largest city is a community which has (albeit not with complete enthusiasm) embraced new cultures and ethno-racial groups over time. It shows how as a result, a civic culture has sprung up that allows all groups, regardless of origin, to rise to success and prominence if desired.

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"Going further, Toronto's view of itself as being a city of many "publics" or ethno-racial communities all living together comfortably is a view that can be investigated even more so by examining how the psychology of Chinatown is linked, in part, by its churches. To wit, there are - or there were as of the middle 1990s - more Christian churches scattered among Toronto's Chinese community than in any other Chinese urban community in North America (Mackey, 1995). This suggests a Chinese community that was, historically-speaking, largely left alone to practice its faith without incident in large measure because that faith was the faith of most Torontonians even into the latter stages of the twentieth century."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Chung, Andrew. (2006, March 12). Death of a neighborhood. Toronto Star, p.A06.
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