In Our Parlor : On A Sunday Night

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“Middling” Chinese returnees or immigrants from Canada? The ambiguity of return migration and claims to modernity

10.1080/10357823.2013.853167Asian Studies Review38136-5

Comparison and classification of flexible distributions for multivariate skew and heavy-tailed data

We present, compare and classify popular families of flexible multivariate distributions. Our classification is based on the type of symmetry (spherical, elliptical, central symmetry or asymmetry) and the tail behaviour (a single tail weight parameter or multiple tail weight parameters). We compare the families both theoretically (relevant properties and distinctive features) and with a Monte Carlo study (comparing the fitting abilities in finite samples)

Assimilation, Cultural Pluralism and Social Exclusion Among Ethno-Cultural Groups

Abstract: In this paper we use custom tabulations from the 1991 Census for Greater Vancouver to compare the settlement experience of immigrants with ethnic origins in Europe (the 'traditional' stream) and outside Europe (the 'non-traditional' stream). In particular we analyze the extent to which assimilation or cultural pluralism best describe the differential experience of the two groups. Assimilation is measured according to the degree to which either group moves toward the characteristics of the native-born population, while cultural pluralism is assessed from profiles of residential concentration, employment segmentation, mother-tongue retention and ethnic in-marriage. To add a dynamic component, traditional and non-traditional ethnicities are divided into three cohorts according to their length of residence in Canada. We also assess the extent to which assimilation or cultural pluralism is associated with social exclusion, that is, marginalization in terms of economic and educational achievement. Many trends emerge from the complex inter-correlations between these sets of variables. In general we find that assimilation best describes the experience of both groupings, though it is much slower for non-European immigrants and ethnicities, where cultural pluralism survives appreciably beyond the first generation. Cultural pluralism is associated with economic marginality for both groups in their first decade in Canada, though more profoundly for non-European immigrants in terms of personal income. However, labour power is substituted for human capital and household incomes among non-traditional ethnicities exceed those of European-origin groups after a decade of residence. In contrast there is some evidence that for the European-origin native-born, some ethnic separation remains and is associated with economic privilege. In general with length of residence, the relationship between variables becomes more ordered, and education emerges as a structuring effect in shaping economic outcomes. In the early years of immigration, in contrast, education has very little predictive power in terms of economic achievement

'Highway to Heaven': The creation of a multicultural, religious landscape in suburban Richmond, British Columbia

We analyse the emergence of the ‘Highway to Heaven’, a distinctive landscape of more than 20 diverse religious buildings, in the suburban municipality of Richmond, outside Vancouver, to explore the intersections of immigration, planning, multiculturalism, religion and suburban space. In the context of wider contested planning disputes for new places of worship for immigrant communities, the creation of a designated ‘Assembly District’ in Richmond emerged as a creative response to multicultural planning. However, it is also a contradictory policy, co-opting religious communities to municipal requirements to safeguard agricultural land and prevent suburban sprawl, but with limited success. The unanticipated outcomes of a designated planning zone for religious buildings include production of an agglomeration of increasingly spectacular religious facilities that exceed municipal planning regulations. Such developments are accommodated through a celebratory narrative of municipal multiculturalism, but one that fails to engage with the communal narratives of the faith communities themselves and may exoticize or commodify religious identity

A Photoredox Coupling Reaction of Benzylboronic Esters and Carbonyl Compounds in Batch and Flow.

Mild cross-coupling reaction between benzylboronic esters with carbonyl compounds and some imines was achieved under visible-light-induced iridium-catalyzed photoredox conditions. Functional group tolerance was demonstrated by 51 examples, including 13 heterocyclic compounds. Gram-scale reaction was realized through the use of computer-controlled continuous flow photoreactors.Uniqsis Ltd and Mark Ladlow for the generous loan 236 of a Photosyn reactor. Y.C. thanks Pfizer for funding the 237 postdoctoral fellowship. The authors also gratefully acknowl- 238 edge financial support from H2020-FETOPEN-2016-2017 239 program of European commission (S.V.L.; grant agreement 240 no.: 737266-ONE FLOW)