Canada's Colour Coded Labour Market

The gap for racialized workers
March 21, 2011
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This report draws on 2006 Census data to compare work and income trends among racialized and non-racialized Canadians. The authors find that the work racialized Canadians are able to attain is more likely to be insecure, temporary and low paying, and that despite an increasingly diverse population, a colour code is firmly in place.

Watch the video below (featuring the report's authors, Grace-Edward Galabuzi and Sheila Block) to find out more about the gap facing Canada's racialized workers:

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