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1 Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion: National Insights for the Eastern Townships [email protected] [email protected] 2006/11/03 2006/11/03 nre.concordia.ca nre.concordia.ca
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Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion: National Insights for the Eastern
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Rural Outcomes •Depopulation and agingDepopulation and aging•Bifurcation into winners and losersBifurcation into winners and losers•Forced self-relianceForced self-reliance•Greater vulnerability to disastersGreater vulnerability to disasters•Shifting use of natural resourcesShifting use of natural resources•Exclusion from technological developmentExclusion from technological development
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How can people and groups in the Eastern Townships best position
themselves for these new conditions?
Esp.: Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion
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ET Assets•Natural resourcesNatural resources•Strong labour forceStrong labour force•Historical legacyHistorical legacy•Social capitalSocial capital•LocationLocation
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A strong economy•Commodity tradeCommodity trade
Economically successfulEconomically successful Socially damagingSocially damaging
•Tourism limitedTourism limited•Manufacturing strongManufacturing strong•TensionsTensions
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Integrate strangers•They are the future of They are the future of
rural Canadarural Canada•Urban benefitsUrban benefits•Seek new forms for Seek new forms for
social cohesionsocial cohesion More mobileMore mobile More diverse in valuesMore diverse in values
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Build regional and urban alliances•Find new marketsFind new markets• Identify urban Identify urban
demandsdemands•Negotiate new Negotiate new
arrangementsarrangements•Reorganize social Reorganize social
cohesioncohesion
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Exposure to the Global Economy Means Population Decline
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Rural and Small Town Canada has been gaining manufacturing employment,
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y = 0.1344x + 16.512R2 = 0.47
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Source: Statistics Canada. Labour Force Survey. Non-self representing units (NSRUs) are smaller municipalities (generally less than 10,000 population). A Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) has a core population of 100,000 or more and includes neighbouring muncipalities where 50 percent or more of the workforce commutes to the core. A Census Agglomeration (CA) has a core population of 10,000 to 99,999 and includes neighbouring municipalities where 50 percent or more of the workforce commutes to the core. Rural and small town areas are non-CMA/CA areas. An asterisk (*) indicates some of the change may be due to a change in the survey design.
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