講座主題：The Clustering of Korean Businesses during the Early Immigrant Settlement Stage in Toronto

講座主題：The Clustering of Korean Businesses during the Early Immigrant Settlement Stage in Toronto

時間：2015年6月9日周二19:00-21:00

地點：馬丁堂中廳二樓多媒體功能室

講座内容簡介：

This study explores the locations of ethnic businesses at the early settlement stage of Korean immigrants in Toronto.  Data are drawn from three sources: 2001 Canadian census, 2000 business directories for Toronto and York Region (a suburban area north of Toronto), and Toronto assessment roll (property tax) records.  We address two related questions: How is ethnic business clustering related to neighborhood characteristics in the early settlement stage of a group?  How did ethnic business clustering occur in the early settlement stage of a group?  We found that only the proportion of Koreans in the tracts and the proportion of Korean businesses in neighboring tracts are consistently related to the number of Korean businesses in tracts.  In addition, Korean ownership of the properties is a key factor in understanding how ethnic businesses clustered at the beginning of Korean settlement in Toronto.  Korean owners divided their buildings into smaller units that they rented to their co-ethnic members.  Taken together, our findings suggest a dual process of having ecological symbiotic relations with co-ethnic population and acquiring real estates by Koreans has shaped the clustering of ethnic businesses in the early settlement stage of Koreans in Toronto.

主講人Eric Fong教授簡介：

Eric Fong is a visiting professor of sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a professor of sociology at the University of Toronto. He is a former President of the Canadian Population Society, a former President of the North America Chinese Sociologist Association, and a former chair of the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association.  He serves as an academic advisor at various international research centres.  Fong publishes widely on race and ethnic residential patterns and immigration.  He is currently completing a book on immigration and the city.