Koreans in Vancouver: A Short History

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Baker
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Korean Population ◽  
Visible Minority ◽  
Short History ◽  
Korean Language ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Significant Component ◽  
Metro Vancouver ◽  
Chinese Canadian

Abstract The Korean-Canadian community in Vancouver is relatively new, compared to older Asian-Canadian communities such as the Chinese-Canadian and the Indo-Canadian communities. However, Koreans now constitute one of the more visible minority communities in the area. A rapid increase in immigration from Korea led to Koreans establishing churches and restaurants throughout the Vancouver area, and identifying those churches with Korean-language signs. The rise in the number of Koreans living in the southwestern corner of the BC mainland has also led to the emergence of a cluster of stores and offices in the middle of Metro Vancouver that is large enough to merit the label "Koreatown." In addition, downtown Vancouver is filled with students who have come from Korea to study English, further heightening awareness of a substantial Korean population in the Vancouver area. In just a few decades, Korean-Canadians have emerged as a significant component of the multi-cultural landscape of British Columbia.

'Natural Conservatives?': Examining the Voting Associations Of Ethnic And Visible Minorty Communities In The Toronto CMA, 2007 to 2011

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon D. Jacoby
Keyword(s):  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Conservative Party ◽  
Visible Minority ◽  
Liberal Party ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
European Origin ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Electoral Support ◽  
Mayoral Election ◽  
Municipal Level

The Conservative Party of Canada attributed its successful breakthrough in the Toronto area during the 2011 Canadian federal election to their engagement of ethnic and visible minority voters, whereas in the past, these voters were associated with the Liberal party. This research study uses spatial and statistical analyses to test patterns of association between the electoral support for the three major parties and presence of ethnic and visible minority communities. The research uses data from the 2006 Census of Canada, as well as the voting results of the 2011 and 2008 federal elections, the 2011 and 2007 Ontario provincial elections and the 2010 Toronto mayoral election. The findings suggest that non-European origin ethnic and visible minority communities are associated with the Liberal party at the federal and provincial levels, but the opposite is true at the municipal level, and the federal Liberals are haemorrhaging support from ethnic and visible minority communities to the Conservatives and NDP. The victories of the federal Conservatives may instead be associated with other factors like vote splitting, low voter turnout, and divisions between urban and suburban areas.

scholarly journals The Ethnic Is Still Political: Collective Action in the Age of Zainichi Korean Population Decline in Contemporary Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-82
Author(s):  
Youngmi Lim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Institutional Racism ◽  
Korean Population ◽  
Population Declines ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Zainichi Koreans

This article describes where Zainichi Korean minority communities stand in contemporary Japanese society. Diverse Zainichi Korean communities struggle to reproduce and establish their legitimacy, as the narrowly defined Zainichi Korean population declines, and the levels of institutional racism based on legal status diminish. Increasing are more subtle forms of exclusion and microaggressions as well as on- and off-line hate speech. Based on the examinations of two cases of social movements involving Zainichi Koreans, I will examine how Zainichi Koreans are polarized into visible, outspoken subgroups and the invisible. A more resilient and proactive subethnicity can be seen among those who perceive continuing collective suffering and oppression. The Zainichi Korean minority’s experience attests to how ethnicity is reproduced and activated through committed collective actions, which build on coalitions with concerned Japanese and beyond.

scholarly journals Eating and learning about food at school and on campus:

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Estevan Leopoldo de Freitas Coca
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Metro Vancouver ◽  
Educational Spaces ◽  
Practical Development ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Relationship

Food is an interdisciplinary topic that transverses different areas of knowledge, allowing it to be used as a pedagogical resource in numerous teaching-learning processes and environments. This paper seeks to contribute to early debates on the relationship between public procurement and food pedagogies in schools and universities, a topic that is still little addressed in the literature. I explore the Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) network in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, which beyond institutional procurement recognises food as a pedagogical resource at schools and on campus. My research is based on 18 site visits and qualitative analysis of documents and 9 semi-structured interviews conducted with institutional administrators associated with F2CC in Metro Vancouver. This paper demonstrates how the F2CC network activities in Metro Vancouver contribute not only to food procurement, but also to the practical development of pedagogical activities from different areas of knowledge and in different educational spaces.

scholarly journals Differential spatial distribution of hepatitis B virus by ethnicity in British Columbia, Canada: Expanded role of a large administrative cohort

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahid Butt ◽  
Naveed Janjua ◽  
Stanley Wong ◽  
Amanda Yu ◽  
Maria Alvarez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Hepatitis B Virus ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
South Asians ◽  
Hbv Infection ◽  
East Asians ◽  
Metro Vancouver ◽  
B Virus

IntroductionMost chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in Canada are diagnosed among immigrants from endemic countries and lack traditional risk factors while most acute infections are usually diagnosed in Caucasian population with co-occurring risk factors. Thus, understanding geographical distribution of HBV infection by ethnicity could inform screening and care strategies. Objectives and ApproachWe identified geographic clusters of HBV infection in British Columbia by ethnicity during the years 1990-2015 using the BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort (BC-HTC). The BC-HTC includes ~1.7 million individuals tested for HCV or HIV at the BC Public Health Laboratory or reported as a case of HCV, HIV, or HBV linked to healthcare administrative databases. We plotted maps of HBV diagnoses (acute and chronic) rate at the Dissemination Area level between 1990-2015 stratified by ethnicity and compared this distribution with injection drug use (IDU) distribution in BC. ResultsThe distribution of HBV varied considerably by ethnicity. From 1990 to 2015, a higher rate of HBV infection was found among East Asians and Caucasians followed by South Asians and other ethnicities. East Asians with highest rates were mainly concentrated in Vancouver city, Burnaby and Richmond (Metro Vancouver) while South Asians with highest rates were mostly concentrated in urban areas in Surrey and Abbotsford. Caucasians with higher rates were clustered in Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, Surrey and Abbotsford (Metro Vancouver) and urban areas in Greater Victoria (Vancouver Island), Prince George (Northern BC) and Kamloops (Interior BC). The distribution of IDU closely followed the distribution of HBV among Caucasians but did not align with other ethnic groups. Conclusion/ImplicationsResults highlight distinct areas of HBV infection clustering by ethnicity, which differ from areas with high IDU distribution except in Caucasians. Findings support ethnicity-based HBV screening/prevention and care services to areas with immigrants from HBV-endemic countries and integrated HBV and harm reduction services for early diagnosis and treatment in Caucasians.

Abstract 9876: Optimizing Public Naloxone Kit Locations Through Mathematical Modeling

Circulation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 144 (Suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
K.H. Benjamin Leung ◽  
Brian Grunau ◽  
May K Lee ◽  
Jane Buxton ◽  
Jennie Helmer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Public Transit ◽  
Mathematical Optimization ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Walking Distance ◽  
Opioid Overdose ◽  
Automated External Defibrillators ◽  
Metro Vancouver ◽  
Out Of Sample ◽  
Bus Stops

Introduction: Use of bystander-administered naloxone may lead to improved likelihood of recovery from opioid overdose. We sought to determine the accessibility of public access naloxone kits on nearby opioid overdose incidents if placed at public transit stops, compared to placing kits outside pharmacies or with existing public access automated external defibrillators (PADs). Methods: We included all incidents in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia responded to by British Columbia Emergency Health Services coded as a drug overdose with naloxone administered on-scene (Dec. 2014 to Aug. 2020). We geo-coded all public transit bus stops and used a mathematical optimization model to select bus stops where publicly accessible naloxone kits could be placed to maximize accessibility (defined as ≤100 m walking distance) to opioid overdoses. We evaluated accessibility on out-of-sample OHCAs using five-fold cross validation and compared against two baseline policies: placing publicly accessible naloxone kits at all pharmacies identified by the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia, and placing kits at all PADs identified by the British Columbia AED Registry. Statistical analysis was conducted using McNemar’s test. Results: We identified 14,318 opioid overdoses, 8,972 bus stops, 736 pharmacies, and 425 PADs. Accessibility of public naloxone kits for opioid overdose locations was 5.1% when placed at all pharmacies and 3.5% when placed with all existing PADs. Optimized naloxone kit placement using bus stops as candidate locations resulted in significantly higher accessibility than both pharmacy and PAD-based placement at 14.8% with 10 optimized locations (P<0.001), increasing to 36.7% with 500 locations (P<0.001). Conclusion: Optimizing placement of public access naloxone kits at select public transit locations can provide significantly higher accessibility to opioid overdose locations compared to placement at pharmacies or at existing PAD locations.

People’s Knowledge and Risk Perceptions of Invasive Plants in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 985-996
Author(s):  
Nguyet-Anh Nguyen ◽  
Bianca N. I. Eskelson ◽  
Michael J. Meitner ◽  
Tasha Murray
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Invasive Plants ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Metro Vancouver

Evaluating the Strength of Local Legislative Frameworks to Protect Farmland: City of Richmond and Metro Vancouver, British Columbia

2020 ◽  
pp. 0739456X2094393
Author(s):  
David J. Connell
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
New Method ◽  
Plan Quality ◽  
Protection Policy ◽  
Farmland Protection ◽  
Metro Vancouver ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
The City

In this exploratory paper, we introduce a new method of plan quality evaluation to measure strength of policy focus. We demonstrate how the method can be applied to evaluate the strength of farmland protection policy in two local governments in the Province of British Columbia, Canada: the City of Richmond and Metro Vancouver Regional District. The method aims to not only describe strengths and weaknesses but also measure aspects of quality that help explain why a legislative framework is good. We suggest that this approach complements methods to evaluate effectiveness of farmland protection policies.

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