Articles and Books
Choudhury, Shakil. (2015). Deep Diversity: Overcoming Us vs. Them. Between the Lines: Toronto.
Choudhury explores reasons for ‘othering’ and reactions to diversity in society from a psychological perspective and examines why many people see diversity as a matter of ‘us versus them.’
Recommended Websites
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/index-eng.cfm
Statistics relating to demography and multiculturalism, based on data from the 2016 census.
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage.html
The website of the Department of Canadian Heritage is a good starting point for information on federal government policies relating to diversity, multiculturalism, and identity.
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/society/immigration/immigration.html
A large number of CBC stories from over the years on various aspects of immigration and the impacts it has had on Canadian society.
https://montrealgazette.com/tag/bouchard-taylor-commission
The Montreal Gazette’s database for news reporting and editorial pieces related to the Bouchard-Taylor Commission.
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada’s site contains details of the country’s policies toward potential immigrants to Canada.
http://www.roadtojustice.ca/laws/chinese-head-tax
This website is an excellent resource for gaining information on the imposition of the Chinese head tax in Canada.