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Each year, the UN ranks countries according to the best ones to live in, and the worst.
The United Nations ranked Canada fourth on its Human Development Index in 2004. Canada has established a reputation for outstanding living conditions, earning the UN's top ranking for seven consecutive years, from 1994 to 2000. The country's standard of living, health care system, educational attainment, housing, cultural and recreational facilities, level of public safety and tourist opportunities are all of an exceptionally high quality.
All info Can be Found Here
Interestting findings:
Best Country to Live In
1. Norway (for the fourth consecutive year)
2. Sweden
3. Australia
4. Canada
5. Netherlands
6. Belgium
7. Iceland
8. US
9. Japan
10. Ireland
11 Switzerland
12 U.K.
13 Finland
14 Austria
15 Luxembourg
Most Multicultural/Diverse Cities, by Share of Total Population
Percent
Miami 59
Toronto 44 <-Where I'm from! lol
Los Angeles 41
Vancouver 37
New York City 36
Singapore 33
Sydney 31
Abidjan 30
London 28
Paris 23
Immigration, Fears of
Those fearing that immigrants threaten national
values make three arguments: that immigrants do
not “assimilate” but reject the core values of the
country; that immigrant and local cultures clash,
inevitably leading to social conflict and fragmentation;
and that immigrant cultures are inferior
and if allowed a foothold would undermine
democracy and retard progress, a drain on economic
and social development. Their solution is
to manage diversity by reducing immigrant flows
and acculturating immigrant communities.
Single or multiple identities. Underlying
fears of losing national culture is an implicit belief
that identities are singular. But people do not
have single, fixed identities. They have multiple
and often changing identities and loyalties. In the
words of Long Litt-Woon, chairperson of the
Drafting Group of the Council of Europe’s Conference
on Diversity and Cohesion: “I am often
asked how long I have lived [in Norway]; ‘20
years’, I say. The next remark often is ‘Oh, you
are almost Norwegian!’ The assumption here is
that I have become less Malaysian because it is
common to think about identity as a zero sum
game; if you have more of one identity, you have
less of another. Identity is somehow imagined to
be like a square box with a fixed size.”18
Some groups of immigrants may want to retain
their cultural identities. But that does not
mean that they do not develop loyalties to their
new country. People of Turkish ancestry in
Germany may speak Turkish at home well into
the second generation, but they also speak German.
Mexicans in the United States may cheer
for the Mexican football team but serve in the
US Army.
The United Nations ranked Canada fourth on its Human Development Index in 2004. Canada has established a reputation for outstanding living conditions, earning the UN's top ranking for seven consecutive years, from 1994 to 2000. The country's standard of living, health care system, educational attainment, housing, cultural and recreational facilities, level of public safety and tourist opportunities are all of an exceptionally high quality.
All info Can be Found Here
Interestting findings:
Best Country to Live In
1. Norway (for the fourth consecutive year)
2. Sweden
3. Australia
4. Canada
5. Netherlands
6. Belgium
7. Iceland
8. US
9. Japan
10. Ireland
11 Switzerland
12 U.K.
13 Finland
14 Austria
15 Luxembourg
Most Multicultural/Diverse Cities, by Share of Total Population
Percent
Miami 59
Toronto 44 <-Where I'm from! lol
Los Angeles 41
Vancouver 37
New York City 36
Singapore 33
Sydney 31
Abidjan 30
London 28
Paris 23
Immigration, Fears of
Those fearing that immigrants threaten national
values make three arguments: that immigrants do
not “assimilate” but reject the core values of the
country; that immigrant and local cultures clash,
inevitably leading to social conflict and fragmentation;
and that immigrant cultures are inferior
and if allowed a foothold would undermine
democracy and retard progress, a drain on economic
and social development. Their solution is
to manage diversity by reducing immigrant flows
and acculturating immigrant communities.
Single or multiple identities. Underlying
fears of losing national culture is an implicit belief
that identities are singular. But people do not
have single, fixed identities. They have multiple
and often changing identities and loyalties. In the
words of Long Litt-Woon, chairperson of the
Drafting Group of the Council of Europe’s Conference
on Diversity and Cohesion: “I am often
asked how long I have lived [in Norway]; ‘20
years’, I say. The next remark often is ‘Oh, you
are almost Norwegian!’ The assumption here is
that I have become less Malaysian because it is
common to think about identity as a zero sum
game; if you have more of one identity, you have
less of another. Identity is somehow imagined to
be like a square box with a fixed size.”18
Some groups of immigrants may want to retain
their cultural identities. But that does not
mean that they do not develop loyalties to their
new country. People of Turkish ancestry in
Germany may speak Turkish at home well into
the second generation, but they also speak German.
Mexicans in the United States may cheer
for the Mexican football team but serve in the
US Army.
:lol: awww poor Law Canada's only 4th -_-
