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MikelArteta said:
I love black people and being around black folks
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Was just in Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya last month and I'm going back to Uganda September 1st
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Which country did you like the best, Uganda?

I also here Tanzania is one of the best places to visit from other Africans Ive met
 
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Torrez said:
In my school, no it isn't. The majority of students are from Turkey, Latin American, and East Africa, with a recent surge of Ukrainians. Depending on the location of a school obviously that would be different. I am sure in Brampton, you probably have many of that demographic attending the Hindu community schools.

In Toronto overall, the YMCA's data shows that for language classes the top countries for 2022-2023 were Ukraine, Turkey, Afghanistan, and China.

Obviously, the country of origin of students in language classes may not be indicative of the overall trends in the city or country regarding immigration.

Working in that setting, some of the processes that are in place are questionable. For example, to be eligible to take the citizenship exam a student only needs to have a language score in listening and speaking that is that of a high beginner. so very very simple sentences. However, it doesn't require anything of their reading score, despite the test being a reading test. Then they also allow people to complete the test online. Yes, they need to have a webcam on, but obviously it would be very easy to just duplicate the screen on two devices and have a relative feed me the answers as they do the test with me.

My students are great, I just feel like the way Canada is being presented to these newcomers is not representative of reality. They come here looking for a better life, but are not prepared for the cost of living. I met some young guys from Ethiopia last week while I had my students outside of the classroom that were refugees and only had temporary housing for a short time, there were living in a local park on the benches and had no information about any local agencies outside of the Ethiopian agency they were working with.
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What’s crazy is there’s so many Brazilians in Toronto. I wouldn’t think they’d want to move to a cold country

Are they all student English basically? Or are some learning French?
 
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DoubleClutch said:
What’s crazy is there’s so many Brazilians in Toronto. I wouldn’t think they’d want to move to a cold country

Are they all student English basically? Or are some learning French?
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Brazilians? I know there's a decent amount of Portuguese (as in from Portugal) in Ontario and Canada in general. There aren't a lot of Latinos (as in from Latin America) in Canada.

He works as an ESL instructor, so that's obviously English. Also, in Canada, outside of Quebec (and maybe also New Brunswick), learning French wouldn't be useful for you lol.
 
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Brandsdale said:
very true. Some of the festivals be like that tho too. Lotta hoes but also a lot of kids

I've always wondered if/when black restaurants could make more block parties in the summertime or a food truck festival or sum out east. Diners Corner, Leela's Roti, Roywoods etc. all in one spot? :banderas:
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there are some smaller black festivals and carnivals out east and out west, and in the smaller towns.
 
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King Static X said:
Brazilians? I know there's a decent amount of Portuguese (as in from Portugal) in Ontario and Canada in general. There aren't a lot of Latinos (as in from Latin America) in Canada.

He works as an ESL instructor, so that's obviously English. Also, in Canada, outside of Quebec (and maybe also New Brunswick), learning French wouldn't be useful for you lol.
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Yea Brazilian/Portuguese pretty much same lol

I dunno if he considers them “Latino” because in my opinion Canada does have Latinos like how USA does

I know there are some Dominicans in Toronto these days

But I know French is like the 2nd language in Canada
 
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Yea Brazilian/Portuguese pretty much same lol

I dunno if he considers them “Latino” because in my opinion Canada does have Latinos like how USA does
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No, not at all. Latinos only make up about 1.6% of Canada's population, compared to about 19% of the US population.

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But I know French is like the 2nd language in Canada
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So? French is not useful to speak in Canada outside of Quebec/New Brunswick. Quebec alone contains around 90% of Canada's French speakers.

Learning to speak an Asian language (Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, etc.) would be more useful in most of Canada than French.
 
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King Static X said:
No, not at all. Latinos only make up about 1.6% of Canada's population, compared to about 19% of the US population.


So? French is not useful to speak in Canada outside of Quebec/New Brunswick. Quebec alone contains around 90% of Canada's French speakers.

Learning to speak an Asian language (Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, etc.) would be more useful in most of Canada than French.
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except many federal jobs require bilingual
 
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