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"According to a 2009 UBC report on direct undergraduate entrants, 43 per cent of its students self-identify as ethnically Chinese, Korean or Japanese, as compar
by iamwil 16y ago
"According to a 2009 UBC report on direct undergraduate entrants, 43 per cent of its students self-identify as ethnically Chinese, Korean or Japanese, as compared to 38 per cent who self-identify as white. Although Vancouver is a richly diverse city, according to data from the 2006 census, just 21.5 per cent of its residents identify as a Chinese, Korean or Japanese visible minority."
I don't get why the article compares student body race ratios with the general population race ratios in the same city. I wouldn't expect them to be the same, especially given that admissions is meritocratic, and that a school admits kids from different places.
- pyre 16y agoThey are also neglecting to point out that that 21.5% number includes people that are 'too old,' 'too young.' or just plain not interested in university. Also, whats the difference between identifying as "ethnically X" verses "as a X visible minority?" Are they using some weird sort of weasel words?
- usaar333 16y agoI'm going to venture that the article is simply using the language from the reprots cited. UBC probably asks about ethnicity. Visible minority is a legal term in Canada (hence would be on the census): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_minority http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_minority
- potatolicious 16y agoThe vast majority of the student population in Vancouver is local - out of province admissions are relatively few. Besides, the trend is for folks from Western Canada to drift eastward, not the reverse. Also, keep in mind the racial distribution across the province of BC - if anything, accounting for the fact that UBC admits students from all over the province, one would expect the population to get more white, not more Asian.