Just How Multicultural IS St. Joseph High School??

Survey Completed and Data Complied by All of Ms. Duff’s Geography Classes

During Nov./Dec. of 2013,

700 SJH students

completed surveys for us.

The results are in! Check it out!

Student Perception of St. Joseph as a Multicultural Community

Yes No

Do you think St. Joes is a multicultural community?

Y: 612 (91%) N: 62 (9%)

**41 Different Countries!!

82% of Jags (577 students) were born in Canada. Almost 20% of our students were not born in Canada.

Number of Students Born in These

Countries

12 USA

11 Philippines

7 Each of China and Pakistan (Lists of countries are from largest to smallest in representation.)

6 Each of Egypt and South Korea

5 Saudi Arabia

4 Each of India and the UK

3 Venezuela

2 Each of Bermuda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Serbia, and Syria

1 Each of Benin, Costa Rica, Czech Rep., Dubai, Ethiopia, Germany, Haiti, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Somalia, Spain, Thailand, the UAE, and Zimbabwe

Where were you born?

Where were your parents born?

This is where it gets really interesting! Though 370 respondents have parents who were both born

in Canada,

47% of Jags have one parent who was not born in

Canada!

Number of Students with Parents

Born in These

Countries

26 Each of Philippines and the UK

21 India

19 China

11-15 Each of Vietnam, Pakistan, Lebanon, Egypt and Italy(Lists of countries are from largest to smallest in representation.)

6-10 Each of Germany, the USA, Ghana, Haiti, Ethiopia, Ireland, Poland, and South Korea

3-5 Each of Cambodia, Nigeria, France, Romania, Barbados, Czech Rep., Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Uganda, and Venezuela

1-2 Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cuba, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Somalia, St. Lucia, Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Bahamas, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Eritrea, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Peru, South Africa, Taiwan, Trinidad, and Zimbabwe

**69 Different Countries!!

Where were your parents born?

We asked you where

your grandparents

were born; almost 70% of

Jags had at least one

grandparent born in another

country.

Jag Grammies & Grampas

84 Different Countries!!

Number of Students with Grandparents

Born in These

Countries

76 The United Kingdom

63 Italy

33 Germany

21-29 Each of Ireland, India, Philippines, and China (Again, listed from largest to smallest.)

11-20 Each of Poland, the USA, Lebanon, Egypt, Vietnam, France and Portugal

6-10 Each of Czech Rep., Pakistan, Ethiopia, Greece, Haiti, Palestine, Ghana, Russia, the Netherlands, and South Korea

1-5 Each of Hungary, Nigeria, Ukraine, Cambodia, Belgium, Romania, Switzerland, Barbados, Jamaica, Mexico, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Venezuela, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Croatia, Guyana, Iran, Japan, Nicaragua, Somalia, Spain, St. Lucia, Afghanistan, Australia, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Benin, Bosnia, Papau New Guinea, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cypress, Denmark, Suriname, El Salvador, the former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Mali, Morocco, Norway, Peru, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad, Turkey and Zimbabwe

Breaking Down the Grammie & Grampa Numbers

58% of respondents stated that they still had family

members living in other countries.Bangladesh

Peru

Ghana

Imagine All the Festivals We Could Have!!!

When asked if they identified with more than one culture, Jags declared that they celebrate traditions that come from

over 85 countries!

Other cultural connections, beyond those directly linked to countries, include Canadian Aboriginal, Acadian, Persian,

and Habesha traditions.

Many students are also involved in activities that connect to their culture, such as language, music, and traditional

dance classes.

Canadian Aboriginal IdentityWe Asked: Do you identify as being of Canadian Aboriginal descent (Inuit, Métis, or First Nation)? Y: 63 (10%) N: 582

Do any of your relatives identify as being Canadian Aboriginal? Y: 84 (14%) N: 531

Do you have any ancestors that were Canadian Aboriginal? Y: 103 (22%) N: 476

**A significant portion of students acknowledged that they probably have

ancestors of Aboriginal decent but that they are unaware of that portion of their family’s

history.

What’s That, You Say?What is your FIRST language? 556 say English, but…French: 22 Italian: 3 Créole: 1

Arabic: 21 Serbian: 3 Farsi: 1

Chinese: 12(Mandarin, Cantonese, etc.)

Cambodian: 2 German: 1

Tagalog/Ilocano: 8 Croatian: 2 Hungarian: 1

Spanish: 7 Inuktitut: 2 Japanese: 1

Urdu: 7 Regional Dialects of Ghana: 2 Persian: 1

Punjabi: 5 Polish: 2 Swahili: 1

Vietnamese: 5 Russian: 2 Shona: 1

Amharic: 4 Somali: 2 Ukrainian: 1

Korean: 4 Bengali: 1

That’s 29 languages OTHER than English that are FIRST languages at St. Joes!

Arabic: 30 Polish: 8 Créole: 3 Farsi: 2 Bassa: 1 Swahili: 1

Italian: 24 Punjabi: 8 Serbian: 3 Hebrew: 2 Regional Dialect of Benin: 1

Tagalog/Ilocano: 19 German: 7 Somali: 3 Hindi: 2 Dutch: 1

Spanish: 16 Amharic: 6 Ukrainian: 3 Inuktitut: 2 Irish/Celtic: 1

Chinese: 15(Mandarin/Cantonese)

Russian: 6 Bengali: 2 Japanese: 2 Latvian: 1

Urdu: 12 Korean: 5 Cambodian: 2 Tamil: 2 Romanian: 1

Vietnamese: 12 Greek: 5 Croatian: 2 Yoruba: 2 (Nigeria)

Sinhalese: 1

Dialects of Ghana: 8 Portugese: 4 Czech: 2 Afrikaans: 1 Shona: 1

Do you speak any languages other than English or French at home?

Jags in CelebrationMost Jags celebrate the Christian holidays (Easter, Christmas, etc.).

However, other holidays that Jags celebrate are: Islamic holidays (Eid, Ramadan, etc.), Jewish holidays (Chanukah, Passover, etc.), Sikh holidays (Vaisakhi, etc.), Hindu holidays (Diwali, Navaratri, etc.), and national Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, Cambodian, Pakistani, German, Ukrainian, Chinese, Nigerian, Haitian, Latin American and Serbian holidays (eg. Independence Days, New Years, Posada, Day of the Dead, Saint Nicolas Day, Slava, etc.)

Together, We Celebrate Our Faith

Though, some respondents did identify as being Agnostic or Atheist, the overwhelming majority of Jags celebrate their faith

with their families and communities.Other than Catholicism, we have many students of other faiths:

Sikhism: 5

Other Christian Faiths: 35

Islam: 29

Orthodox: 26

Buddhism: 7

Judaism: 3