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Sheila Block and Grace-Edward Galabuzi and Alexandra Weiss

The Colour Coded Labour Market By The Numbers

Changes in the census methodology from the mandatory long-form Census to the new voluntary survey were subject to widespread concern and condemnation. A major concern was that marginalized populations, like low-income earners and racialized people, are less likely to respond to voluntary surveys. This paper explores, in the context of racialized data, whether or not those concerns were borne out.

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Sheila Block

Sheila Block

Sheila Block was Director, Economic Analysis at the Wellesley Institute 2010-2015. Sheila is an economist whose research interests include labour markets and public finance. Sheila joined Wellesley Institute in 2010 after more than 15 years of advocacy and research for organizations including the Ontario Federation of Labour and the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. She has also worked both as a political advisor and public servant in the Ontario government.

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We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.