8
Apr
2008
6:57 AM

Rapid. Transit. Get. It?

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Somewhere else in northern climes (Copenhagen?), they're doing good advertising for public transit. I give it ****.Article and blog, copyright Gavin Barrett 2008.

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3
Apr
2008
5:53 AM

State of the mosaic: Immigration and Mother Tongue

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Click on the title of this article to view an excellent interactive map illustrating immigration and mother tongue data from the StatsCan report on the 2006 Census. (Courtesy the Canadian Press, via CBC.)While checking it out, keep in mind this

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3
Apr
2008
5:49 AM

State of the mosaic: Mom, where do immigrants come from?

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The 2006 census shows that between 2001 and 2006:58.3 per cent of all immigrants came from Asia, including the Middle East.16.1 per cent came from Europe.10.8 per cent came from the Caribbean, and Central and South America.And 10.6 per cent

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2
Apr
2008
10:09 PM

The state of the mosaic: a report from the 2006 census

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More than 200 different ethnic origins were reported in the 2006 Census. 11 ethnic origins have grown beyond one million in population. The largest group was composed of the 10 million people who reported Canadian as their ethnic ancestry, either

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2
Apr
2008
1:34 PM

Glossary: Desi

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No, it's not Lucy's husband. Hindi in origin, desi literally means countryman and is used to refer to people and things that are of South Asian origin. If you belong to gen HipHop think of it as the South Asian

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2
Apr
2008

Today's special: dog

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Blessed are those who see but do not jump to believe. Click the article title to play this provocative spot by Avion Films' Mike Thompson.

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Gavin Barrett is Owner/Founding Partner + Chief Creative Officer, of award-winning Toronto agency Barrett and Welsh. In pursuit of big ideas he has: nibbled on pigs' ears (not on a live pig at the time); gone elephant-back in the Thai jungle (no elephants were hurt); gambled in a Macau casino (was utterly destroyed). His ads: have run in 35 countries, helped elect prime ministers, attracted the ire of the lawyers for Dolly the clone sheep, drawn an angry crowd in Lagos, have been studied in business texts in Canada and India and received derisive mention in a John Irving novel. His poems: can be found in Penguin’s anthology of 14 contemporary Indian poets, Reasons for Belonging. He cannot: sing.

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