Towards a Comfortable Neighbourhood and Appropriate Housing: Immigrant Experiences in Toronto

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  • Robert A. Murdie
  • Carlos Teixeira
چکیده

This paper concerns two major research questions. The first is the ways in which Toronto’s social landscape throughout the past century, and especially following World War Two, has been changed by the diverse array of immigrant groups that have entered the city. For researchers and policy makers concerned with urban settlement patterns, Toronto represents a particularly intriguing study area, not only because it is Canada’s largest and most ethnically diverse metropolis but also because the settlement patterns of these groups have altered radically during the past hundred years.

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تاریخ انتشار 2004