Sentences with phrase «immigrant populations like»

There lies the concern for many states with large immigrant populations like New York.

Not exact matches

She said she doesn't want any groups of students or young workers unintentionally left behind by whatever changes the Liberals ultimately decide upon, but suggested that future changes would look to target vulnerable populations like indigenous youth and new immigrants, who have a harder time accessing the job market.

I would imagine in urban areas like Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal, which have significant populations of recent immigrants, there's probably a significant subset of people who fled from countries where governments do all sorts of nasty things with the information they collect about their citizens and who aren't all that keen to provide such information here (you might say, «sure, but Canada's not Iran», to which the answer would be «exactly»).

Due to the large immigrant population, some ethnic grocery stores sell 2 - liter bottles of kvass, but it is not the same as the stuff sold at street stands that I remember (that tasted more like something between beer and hard cider, and the bottled stuff tastes like... sweet, bready soda).

When they target / speak to small segments of the population like gays, minorities and immigrants they can become marginalized.

«When the agenda focuses on human rights issues like greater protections for immigrant populations, when they are ready to discuss housing legislation that would freeze tenants» rents for five years and extend affordable housing protections for eight additional years — I will return to session.»

And, while the immigrant share of the population is not as big as in cities like New York or Los Angeles, the diversity of languages spoken can make for its own challenges.

Schneiderman warned the question could lead to an undercount in states like New York with large immigrant populations, thus hurting the state's representation in Washington and lessening the federal aid the state would be due.

The population of black people in Scotland has grown in recent years, mainly due to immigration from sub-Saharan Africa.Cities such as Edinburgh and Aberdeen have seen a surge in the number of immigrants from countries like Nigeria.

Told against the backdrop of the immigration debate, Helen Thorpe's Just Like Us is an essential read for educators working with immigrant populations or with students straddling a cultural divide.

His welcoming project — which resulted in a series of strategies schools can use to ease transitions — is an antidote to that invisibility, and it provides tools schools can use to help orient other highly mobile student populations, like homeless children, foster children, or immigrants.

The opportunities for students with varying degrees of special education accessibility needs, as well as other factors like immigrant populations and ESL learners, are more available to all students.

As with many immigrant populations, it's the food and drinks of the culture that has had the biggest impact: western Sydney in particular is dotted with restaurants serving traditional Lebanese banquets and signature dishes like fattoush and flatbreads.

Providing artists with affordable spaces while offering arts programming to underserved populations like the homeless and public housing residents as well as the youth, senior and immigrant populations that frequent libraries, would be a win - win.

As discussed earlier, Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that communities of color, poor communities, and certain other vulnerable populations (like new immigrant communities) are at a higher risk to the adverse effects of extreme weather events.263, 264,239 These vulnerable populations could benefit from urban planning policies that ensure that new buildings, including homes, are constructed to resist extreme weather events.303

At least one study, at the elementary school level in Ontario, suggests that greater levels of immigrant populations usually resulted in lower levels of behavioural problems like bullying or being bullied.

The reason for Berkeley's administration to embrace a new method of funding is Donald Trump's reluctance to finance housing and support services in sanctuary cities like Berkeley, where the homeless population is growing as the city follows the policy of vast support of illegal immigrants, that includes prohibiting police or city employees from questioning people about their immigration status and refusing requests by federal immigration authorities to detain people.

Demographers point to immigrant groups as the source of household formation and favorable trends in population growth that will benefit the U.S. relative to geographies with aging populations like the EU and Japan.