Responding to Cultural Diversity: Approaches and Alternatives A Presentation Prepared for the Newcomer Organizations Network (NCON) For Peel, Halton and Dufferin January 24, 2008 Paula DeCoito, Ph.D. The Social Planning Council of Peel 1
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector Table 1 - Population Size and Growth: Ontario, PHD, Peel, Halton, and Dufferin, 2001 & 2006 Ontario PHD Peel Halton Dufferin Total Population (2006) 12,160,282 1,653,097 1,159,405 439,256 54,436 Total Population (2001) 11,410,046 1,415,190 988,958 375,229 51,003 Population Growth 2001 to 2006 6.6 16.8 17.2 17.1 6.7 Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2006. 2
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector Table 2 The Immigrant Population: Ontario, PHD, Peel, Halton, and Dufferin, 2001 2006 2001 2006 Rate of Change * * Ontario 3,030,075 26.8 3,398,725 28.3 368,650 12.2 PHD 514,200 36.5 676,080 41.1 161,880 31.5 Peel 424,820 43.1 561,240 48.6 136,420 32.1 City of Mississauga 285,650 46.8 343,245 51.6 57,595 20.2 City of Brampton 129,280 39.9 206,185 47.8 76,905 59.5 Town of Caledon 9,890 19.6 11,805 20.8 1,915 19.4 Halton 83,250 22.4 107,915 24.8 24,665 29.6 Dufferin 6,130 12.2 6,925 12.8 795 13.0 * of total population Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2001; 2006. 3
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector Table 3 Population by Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration: Ontario, PHD, Peel, Halton, and Dufferin, 2006 Ontario PHD Peel Halton Dufferin Total Population 12,028,895 1,643,395 1,154,070 435,400 53,925 Non-Immigrants 8,512,020 70.8 953,040 58.0 581,880 50.4 324,325 74.5 46,835 86.9 Immigrants 3,398,725 28.3 676,080 41.1 561,240 48.6 107,915 24.8 6,925 12.8 Before 1991 1,884,440 15.7 338,830 20.6 262,010 22.7 71,350 16.4 5,470 10.1 1991 to 2000 933,545 7.8 205,260 12.5 181,005 15.7 23,460 5.4 795 1.5 2001 to 2006 580,740 4.8 131,980 8.0 118,220 10.2 13,100 3.0 660 1.2 Non-permanent Residents 118,150 1.0 14,260 0.9 10,950 0.9 3,155 0.7 155 0.3 Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2006. 4
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector Table 3 Population by Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration: Ontario, PHD, Peel, Halton, and Dufferin, 2006 Ontario PHD Peel Halton Dufferin Total Population 12,028,895 1,643,395 1,154,070 435,400 53,925 Non-Immigrants 8,512,020 953,040 581,880 324,325 46,835 Immigrants 3,398,725 676,080 561,240 107,915 6,925 Before 1991 1,884,440 338,830 262,010 71,350 5,470 1991 to 2000 933,545 205,260 181,005 23,460 795 2001 to 2006 580,740 131,980 118,220 13,100 660 Non-permanent Residents 118,150 14,260 10,950 3,155 155 Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2006. 5
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector Table 3 Population by Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration: Ontario, PHD, Peel, Halton, and Dufferin, 2006 Ontario PHD Peel Halton Dufferin Total Population Non-Immigrants 70.8 58.0 50.4 74.5 86.9 Immigrants 28.3 41.1 48.6 24.8 12.8 Before 1991 55.4 50.1 46.7 66.1 79.0 1991 to 2000 27.5 30.4 32.2 21.8 11.5 2001 to 2006 17.1 19.5 21.1 12.1 9.5 of Total Population; of immigrant population Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2006. 6
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector Table 3 Population by Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration: Ontario, PHD, Peel, Halton, and Dufferin, 2006 Ontario PHD Peel Halton Dufferin Total Population Non-Immigrants 70.8 58.0 50.4 74.5 86.9 Immigrants 28.3 41.1 48.6 24.8 12.8 Before 1991 15.7 20.6 22.7 16.4 10.1 1991 to 2000 7.8 12.5 15.7 5.4 1.5 2001 to 2006 4.8 8.0 10.2 3.0 1.2 Non-permanent Residents 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.3 of Total Population Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2006. 7
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector Table 4 Population by Top 5 Immigrant Places of Birth: Peel, Halton, and Dufferin, 2006 Peel Region Halton Region Dufferin County Total Immigrants by Place of Birth 561,235 Total Immigrants by Place of Birth 107,920 Total Immigrants by Place of Birth 6,920 Southern Asia 30 Northern Europe 25 Northern Europe 42 Southern Europe 11 Southern Europe 14 Western Europe 17 Southeast Asia 9 Eastern Europe 10 Southern Europe 10 Caribbean and Bermuda 9 Southern Asia 9 Eastern Europe 8 Eastern Europe 8 Western Europe 7 United States of America 5 Source: The Social Planning Council of Peel, January 2008 (based on Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2006; results derived from PCensus demographic analysis system). 8
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector Table 5 Population by Mother Tongue: Ontario, PHD, Peel, Halton, and Dufferin, 2006 Ontario PHD Peel Halton Dufferin Total Population 12,028,900 1,643,380 1,154,065 435,395 53,920 English only 8,230,705 60.5 994,290 60.5 603,445 52.3 341,675 78.5 49,170 91.2 French only 488,815 1.3 20,670 1.3 11,970 1.0 8,105 1.9 595 1.1 English and French 32,685 0.2 2,510 0.2 1,700 0.1 720 0.2 90 0.2 Other language(s) 3,726,685 38.1 625,925 38.1 536,950 46.5 84,900 19.5 4,075 7.6 Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2006. 9
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector Table 6 Population by Top 5 Mother Tongue Languages*: Peel, Halton, and Dufferin, 2006 Peel Region Halton Region Dufferin County Punjabi 18 Polish 9 German 25 Urdu 8 Italian 9 Dutch 12 Chinese 8 Portuguese 7 Italian 9 Polish 7 Chinese 7 Portuguese 9 Portuguese 6 German 6 Polish 6 * Note: of total non-official mother tongue languages. Source: The Social Planning Council of Peel, January 2008 (based on Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2006; results derived from PCensus demographic analysis system). 10
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector Table 7 Population by Top 5 Home Languages*: Peel, Halton, and Dufferin, 2006 Peel Region Halton Region Dufferin County Punjabi 24 Chinese 11 German 19 Chinese 10 Polish 10 Portuguese 13 Urdu 9 Spanish 8 Polish 12 Polish 7 Panjabi (Punjabi) 8 Punjabi 10 Spanish 5 Portuguese 6 Spanish 6 * Note: of total non-official home languages. Source: The Social Planning Council of Peel, January 2008 (based on Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2006; results derived from PCensus demographic analysis system). 11
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector The Demographic Why The Mirror 12
THE DEMOGRAPHIC WHY Affirmative Action Quotas Diverse workforce Diverse clients Diverse leaders Diverse services Culturally appropriate services 13
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector The Accreditation Why Certify Me! 14
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A Diversity Management Tool Kit Prepared by: Paula DeCoito, Ph.D. Laurie Williams, Ph.D. 2006 16
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector The Economic Why The Bottom Line 17
Cultural Diversity in the Business Sector: Infrastructure Diversity Management Departments, Positions Diversity Committees and Working Groups of Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce Ethno-specific Banks and Credit Unions Ethno-specific Business and Professional Associations Diversity Management Industry 18
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector The Social Stability Why Keep the Boat Afloat 19
THE SOCIAL STABILITY WAY DON T ROCK TH E BOAT/KEEP IT AFLOAT Perception of Politeness Perception of Openness Perception of Reasonable Accommodation Public Relations Approach 20
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector: Focus of Work 1970s/ 1980s Multiculturalism Immigrants 1990s/ 2000 2000 + Anti-Racism Anti-Oppression Employment Equity Pay-Equity Diversity Management Social Inclusion Visible Minorities Women New Canadians Foreign-trained Professionals Faith Groups 21
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector The Legal Why The Big Stick 22
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY Immigration Policy Human Rights Legislation Multiculturalism Policy Charter of Rights and Freedoms Employment Equity Legislation Pay-Equity Legislation Supreme Court Decisions 23
Cultural Diversity in the Government Sector: Infrastructure Canada: - Citizenship and Immigration Canada - Canadian Heritage Ontario: - Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Municipal: - Diversity Offices - Diversity Managers 24
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector: Infrastructure Advocacy Organizations Service Organizations - Settlement Agencies - Ethno-specific Agencies Cultural Organizations Research Centres Community-based Leaders and Experts 25
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector: Infrastructure Voluntary Sector Quasi-Governmental (Ontario) - Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS) - College and University Programs on Diversity and Equity Issues 26
Cultural Diversity in the Voluntary Sector The Morality Why For all of the above reasons 27
Housing Civic Engagement Root Cause Analysis and Social Exclusion Employment Education Social Capital Health Income ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES Limited Resources for Preventing or Reducing Social Exclusion FEAR CONSERVATION Ideologies of Exclusion (Separateness) Racism, Sexism, Homophobia Machine Approach Ideologies of/for Efficiency (Scarcity) A WORLD VIEW OF SEPARATENESS AND SCARCITY 28
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW Life Love 29
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW Life Diversity Love Unity 30
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW Life - Diversity - Creativity Love - Unity -Freedom 31
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW Life Love Diversity Creativity Unity Freedom 32
Income Housing Civic Engagement Root Cause Analysis and Social Communion Employment Health Etc. Education Social Capital ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES Resources for Promoting Social Communion and Creative Synthesis CHANGE HOPE Ideologies of Communion (unity) Ideologies of Creativity & Synthesis (abundance) A WORLD VIEW OF UNITY AND ABUNDANCE
Contact Information Paula DeCoito, Ph.D. Executive Director, Social Planning Council of Peel 905 629-3044; 416 230-2129 pdecoito@spcpeel.com www.spcpeel.com 34