Being the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario, Toronto is a precise choice. The city of Toronto has dynamic, vivid life, as well as beautiful climate. Toronto has a humid continental climate with warm, humid summer, and cold winter. In addition, the city experiences four distinct seasons with noticeable length, which make city comfortable place to live. Besides, Toronto is not only host to more than 100 different festivals annually, but also home to Canada’s largest museums, art centres and exhibitions, which contributed to the vibrant life there. Toronto’s diversity is beneficial to me. Due to its variety of culture, religions, ethnicity, and mindset, I have to work hard, adapt to new environment, express myself, …show more content…
The most essential reason for me to choose Toronto is its progressive education systems. Students in Toronto Secondary School have a golden chance to develop comprehensively: the school board offers a depth and breadth of programs and supports to meet the unique learning needs and interests of an increasingly diverse population; the schools’ syllabus is elective so that students can choose subjects, that they want to be major in, to study. It is not to mention that the facility in Toronto is of top-class. Facilities in the schools can support many kinds of sports, activities, and experiments, along with lab works. Studying in Toronto school board, I will be encouraged to do extra-curriculum activities and volunteering which make me more sociable and become a well-round student. Last but not least, my great-aunt’s family are Toronto citizens. Last but not least, I want to study in Toronto because my uncle and my great-aunt’s family are Toronto citizens. Living with them, I am able to adapt changes as well as overcome the culture shock, which every foreigner has to face, more quickly and …show more content…
First, WHCI is a dynamic secondary school that fosters active learning through interaction and involvement. The number of students in the school is about 850, which will be perfect for a new-comer to adapt to changes. In medium-size school, classes are smaller; therefore more individual approach, which means that teachers are more helpful and easier to reach. Schools also offer ESL support, which is of necessity for international students, and advisors center to help students with their problems in everyday life, which make environment in school more friendly and students will have community feel. School location and teaching quality are two most pivotal things I took into consideration. WHCI is not far from my uncle’s house, where I will stay when I am in Toronto; in fact, it is only 5 minutes by car. In terms of students’ GPA and teaching quality, the school is at above average in the city. It is not to mention the variety of school’s clubs and activities. There are over 20 clubs and lots of activities ranging from science, athlete to arts and drama in WHCI. Because of the above reasons, I firmly believe that I can quickly find myself in WHCI, and catch up with lessons in new school. Being able to align myself with the best schools and its support system will provide a great opportunity for me to acquire new knowledge and sharpen my skills. I will be able to study in a competitive learning
Multiculturalism policy was first adopted in Canada in 1971, which reaffirms the dignity and value of all its citizens regardless of ethnic origins, race, religious affiliations, or language. Part of this policy, Canada confirms the rights of all the aboriginals along with the recognition of two official languages. Indeed, multiculturalism has great importance since its main purpose is to give equal treatment to all the citizens (Daniel, 2010). It ensures that all individual citizens could still maintain their identities, and have pride with their ancestry. Through this initiative, the Canadian government was able to give their citizens a feeling of self-confidence, making them more open to their diverse cultures. The multiculturalism policy
The study mentioned some of the challenges that Malik talked about in her Journey to Canada like refugees struggling to join small communities, difficulty finding jobs and that everyone 's immigration experience is different as they are coming from different countries with unique cultures. The study classifies three tiers of immigration cities first, second, and third, with first having a population over one million people, second being 500,000 to a million people, and third being cities who have a population between 100,000 and 500,000 people. As the authors of the study stated the study 's goals are to look at these second and third tier immigration locations and the perception of immigrants Quality of
Diversity in Chicago is astounding, known for the contrasting ethnic and racial society having contributed to the cultural and economic value of that great city. Chicago is defiantly one of the ultimate divers’ cities in the country. The City of Chicago thrives on its multicultural diversity and harmony throughout its neighborhoods. The city is overflowing with diversity from amazing dining and shopping to the breathtaking views from either the lakefront or even some of the most spectacular architecture skyscrapers. It is accustomed that Chicago defiantly represents diversity and its countless designs. However, diversity exists in Chicago that has a tendency to go unnoticed diversity of the individuals that compose the city.
Multiculturalism" is the existence of a culturally diversified society where people from different backgrounds and races come and live together. However an insight of this integrated society reveals that everyone seems to have a different opinion on the issue of how this diverse community should operate. One of the countries of North America called "the mosaic" is Canada. It has earned this distinct name because of the mix of races, cultures and ethnicities residing in it. Canada's geographical features and its harsh climate became a disadvantage to its population growth many years ago. Compared to its size, the population of Canada was not sufficient a few decades ago. However, when immigrants wandered about searching for a better lifestyle, Canada's population naturally increased and became more diverse when large groups of people from different parts of the world began to settle in the region. Since than the great debate of multiculturism has been going on. Some of the vital issues are states’ political policies, attitudes of canadian’s towards these policies, immigration, global ...
Nowadays, when concepts of integrity, complexity, and globalization play a huge role in shaping our society, a concept of multiculturalism is common and widely accepted by most countries in the world, including Canada. According to Statistics Canada, as of January 2014, an estimate of Canadian population exceeded 35 million people and 20.6% of the total population are immigrants from other countries (Statistics Canada, 2014). These figures mean that on average every fifth person living in Canada was born in another country. This is especially relevant for Province of British Columbia, where, according to BC Stats, the population estimate equals to 4.6 million people as of July 2013 and BC was named one of the three Canadian provinces that accept most immigrants from all over the world (BC Stats, 2014). Unfortunately, the most recent demographics research on British Columbia population available was made in 2006. However, those numbers can still help to evaluate proportions of different ethnicities living in BC right now. As of Canada 2006 Cencus, minority population equaled to 24.8% and 10% of those immigrants were Chinese. Chinese people represent the biggest immigration minority in British Columbia, followed by South Asian (6.4%) and Filipino (2.2%) (Chui, 2006). While being the biggest diaspora in BC, Chinese population keeps growing as new working and studying opportunities provided by federal and provincial governments. The main aim of this research is to 4study historical reasons that led to given nowadays demographics. This paper is going to try to support an argument that historical events happened in Canada in the past and involved Chinese immigrants, especially the building of Canadian Pacific Railway, had a positive eff...
In the 1930's several educators called for programs of cultural diversity that encouraged ethnic and minority students to study their respective heritages. This is not a simple feat due to the fact that there is much diversity within individual cultures. A look at the 1991 Canadian census shows that the population has changed more noticeable in the last ten years than in any other time in the twentieth century, with one out of four Canadians identifying themselves as black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, Metis or Native. (Gould 1995: 198)Most people, from educators to philosophers, agree that an important first step in successfully joining multiple cultures is to develop an understanding of each others background. However, the similarities stip there.
Multiculturalism is a significant fabric of Canadian society that defines its unique identity among the rest of the world. Enactment of the Canadian multicultural policy (1971) affirmed government position and recognition of multiculturalism as a vital element of Canada. It is imperative to understand that multiculturalism is a static concept that keeps changing overtime and has a multidimensional entity. Canadians have always and will continue to revise the concept of multiculturalism to suit the ever expanding needs of Canadian society. In this paper, I will evaluate the reasons behind Canada’s adoption of multicultural policy and assess whether the policy should be maintained or not. I will defend the thesis that Canada’s multiculturalism
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The term ‘diversity ‘refers to all of the significant differences between people, including perceptions of differences that need to be considered in particular situations and circumstances such as our thinking styles or beliefs and value (managing cultural diversity) .A population is made of several different people and therefore they have their own unique cultures which create huge impact on the society and the workplace of a particular country. Society is becoming more diverse due to increased cross-border mobility, less-rigid gender roles, improved living standards and individualization processes. Canada has one of the most diverse population as it can be analyze from the fact that One out of five people in Canada 's population is foreign-born (statistic Canada). Every one living in Canada is a stakeholder that contributes towards the cultural diversity in
Since Toronto is close to the lakes it doesn’t mean that it is warmer in winter, but there are really great waterfront areas. But Summer time is occasionally 30 degree hot and humid
Many of these immigrants that are migrating into Toronto already have valuable degrees and credentials. As shown in the points system, the Canadian government prefer immigrants that obtain a high knowledge in the English language and
“Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character,” affirmed Julie Bishop. From my perception, New York City is one of the most densely inhabited metropolitan collection of cultural diversity in the world in which structures our temperament. New York City applies an imperative influence upon trade, economics, mass communication, skill, style, and education. Frequently it is known that New York City is a crucial core for global politics and has been depicted as the ethnic headquarters of the globe. New York City has been known as a melting pot of culture and as this prolong throughout towards the current day, the city has become ornate with distinct cultures. Just walking around the streets of the city can be like walking around the halls of a cultural museum. From borough to borough, you can straightforwardly experience several features of different cultures by going to the different ethnic neighborhoods that exist throughout the city. For instance, if you wanted to take a trip to China that you've always dreamed of but couldn’t afford it, when living in New York City you can hop on a subway to Canal Street and be in Chinatown for just a few dollars. Certainly, it's not the same as literally being in China, however, you can experience a quantity of the culture and perchance grab some bona fide Chinese food for dinner. Several places holds their culture to denote each individual in New York City, to make an abundant of people to visit and feel each culture one setting at a time.
Toronto city is one of the world’s most cosmopolitan, diverse and tolerant cities and is consistently ranked as one of the best cities to live in terms of life quality. Toronto located on the northwestern shores of Lake Ontario in the Southern Ontario district is home to more than 2.5 million residents. This Canadian city is unique melting pot of diverse cultural and ethnical immigrants from all over the world. The city is renowned for its high quality of life, economic and financial position and as an important socio-cultural center of North America.
Overall my experience of being in Lingleville ISD was a great experience that allowed me to learn a lot not only about the students in the classroom, but also helped me learn a lot about myself. Going in to this classroom I expected to only learn things about classroom management and maybe a few strategies. After spending a few days in this room I learned many other things. I did learn about classroom management but I also learned about content, strategies, organization, lesson planning, and inclusion adaptations. I learned that an inclusion special education student can really thrive being in a mainstream classroom, not only academically but also socially. It was a wonderful learning opportunity to get to be a part of that. My mentor teacher
...t myself study with and from the best. I believe this can maximize my potential and I will go all out to thrive in such a competitive university.