IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S EXPERIENCE OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE

What are immigrants' experiences of discrimination in the workplace?" Using data from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC), findings from this report include:

 Visible minority immigrants are more than twice as likely as white immigrants to perceive discrimination when we control for gender, education and fluency in Canada's official languages

 For visible minority immigrants, fluency in English or French increases reports of discrimination in the workplace.

 For white immigrants, fluency in English or French decreases perceived discrimination in the workplace.

 Visible minorities who speak English or French fluently are more likely than white immigrants with comparable language skills to report workplace discrimination.

 Immigrant men are more likely than immigrant women to report discrimination overall and in the workplace.

 Immigrants who report discrimination have less family income and lower job satisfaction than those who do not report discrimination.

 Immigrants with post-secondary education report more workplace discrimination than those with less education. The report and presentation can be downloaded for free from the Toronto Immigrant Employment Data Initiative (TIEDI) York University's website at http://www.yorku.ca/tiedi/pubreports21.html. For more information, please contact tiedi@yorku.ca.