Today, it is With business and industry following the white population, neighbourhoods like Englewood succumbed to violence. Public schools in Englewood today are among the worst in the city. At one high school in Englewood, which was the subject of a This American Life documentary, 29 teens were shot in one school year alone.
Even as I was reporting on life in this neighbourhood, high schoolers would lift up their T-shirts and their pants to show me gunshot wounds like seasoned war veterans. When the mayor closed nearly 50 schools in , another disenfranchised community on the West Side, North Lawndale, was hit particularly hard. The community, which is 92 per cent black, saw two elementary schools and a high school shut down.
In fact, many black youths in Chicago have never visited downtown. They remain isolated in their crumbling, violent neighbourhoods. As the GTA becomes further divided along racial and socio-economic lines, will ethnic enclaves become the vehicle through which we create haves and have-nots in this city?
Already, insurance rates in Brampton are the highest in the GTA. I discovered this when I moved to the city and had to buy car insurance. An insurance agent told me this was because of the high rates of crashes and fraudulent claims in Brampton.
Similarly, public schools in Brampton are increasingly serving only brown kids. Families that can afford it send their children to private Catholic schools, while public school teachers complain about a lack of ESL supports for the large number of students who are still learning English.
Some believe race also played a part in Brampton residents losing out on an LRT expansion that would have connected residents to the GTA, helping them get to Mississauga and other transit connections faster. Newcomers had fought hard for better commuter options.
Does this accelerating dynamic create other forms of social dysfunction, such as concentrated poverty, elevated crime rates and chronic unemployment? Keil, an urban expert, says the risk of that only exists if business and industry fail in Brampton.
Keil said. In Brampton, Prof. Keil says, we need to look out for those places where immigrants have found employment in the low-paid service sector, like warehouses and factories. Keil says. The evolution of Brampton raises questions about the nature of multiculturalism in the GTA. Does the presence of ethnic enclaves mean we remain with our own people, with little interaction with others?
Trudeau mentioned the city in his victory speech after it proved to be a pivotal battleground for candidates — all five ridings in Brampton went red this year. In , they had all voted blue. Ethnic enclaves also give immigrant groups power because the electoral system rewards them for large numbers and high concentration. But at what cost? That high concentration also drives away people who could help make the community more multiracial and better connected to the city-region at large.
Ghettoism is very bad. We will have to wait and see how Brampton continues to evolve. Keil says no community remains stagnant. Second- and third-generation South Asians may choose to move out of the city. Or, white families could choose to move in. As it is, Dr. Bajwa says a few white families have begun trickling into his subdivision. On a recent day, I saw a white couple buying fruits and vegetables at an Indian grocer in my neighbourhood. And a few months ago, a white family moved into a home two doors down.
Their dazzling Christmas decorations — the only ones I can see on our street — defiantly stake their claim to a spot here. Skip to main content. Contributed to The Globe and Mail. People walk outside the Chalo Fresh Co grocery store, that carries South Asian groceries to serve the community in Brampton, on Friday. Paramjeet K. A for-sale sign in seen in front of a home inside an South Asian community in Brampton, on Friday. Canadian Sikhs number roughly , people and account for roughly 1.
According to the census, the most common ethnicities in Brampton are East Indian With what seems like a steady increase of crime in Brampton , you may be wondering how safe the city actually is compared to others. It turns out, it's pretty safe. When it comes to overall crime, Brampton ranks as the th most dangerous place in Canada on a list of cities.
Alberta and Quebec are also home to significant populations with Saskatchewan and Manitoba featuring small but rapidly growing Punjabi communities. The city was once known as "The Flower Town of Canada", a title based on its large greenhouse industry.
Today, Brampton's major economic sectors include advanced manufacturing, retail administration, logistics, information, and communication technologies, food and beverage, life sciences, and business services. Brampton is a Canadian city in Southern Ontario, Canada. Brampton was incorporated as a village in , taking its name from the rural town of Brampton , in Cumbria, England.
The city was once known as The Flower Town of Canada, a title it earned owing to its large greenhouse industry. The distance between Brampton and Toronto is 31 km. The road distance is B - Town stands for "Brampton, Ontario, Canada ". It took its name from the town of Brampton , England. Brampton was once known as The Flower Town of Canada. It was called this because of the city's large greenhouse industry.
Media reports have highlighted that 36 candidates contesting the municipal elections in Brampton have their linked to Punjab. Brampton has a huge immigrant population from Punjab. The organizers of a cultural festival in Brampton rejected the outcry by so-called Indian lobby to allow Punjab Pavilion in Cultural Festival in Brampton.
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