Ethnic diversity at the University of Toronto Libraries

This article discusses how University of Toronto Libraries embraces diversity and facilitates multiculturalism for its communities. Canada started to adopt “Multiculturalism” to address issues of ethnic and cultural diversity in 1971. After almost 40 years of implementing this policy, what social effect does it have on the University and its Library? The author draws on the data from the 2002 Ethnic Diversity Survey of Canada and the 2011 Census conducted by Statistics Canada to investigate the demographic background. Using results of a series of individual interviews targeting the University’s population and library staff on questions related to diversity in the Library, the author explores the validity or invalidity of the above-mentioned observation about University of Toronto Library’s effort in encouraging diversity and inclusion.