Data Commentary Assignment: Immigrant Population in Canada
Data commentary” is a common type of text across many academic fields. Its frequency is associated with the common practice of analyzing specific data, making objective observations about what stands out in the data, and interpreting these points. Data commentaries are especially common in the Results sections of research reports.
Please read and follow the instructions carefully:
Writing Task:
“Data commentary” is a useful type of text to practice also because it involves language and visual resources, such as a graph, table, or image. Successful writers are able to manage the meanings that are communicated visually and linguistically in a single text.
Write a commentary on the data presented in visual format. The visuals are provided, so the topic of the data commentary must be directly related to the data you’ve been assigned.
To focus the development of your data commentary, you are expected to do background research on the topic and pursue interesting academic ideas that can come from these visuals.
What you choose to focus on within the general topic determines the content and focus of your data commentary. This includes the kind of findings that are highlighted in the Highlighting Statements stage of the data commentary, and the way you discuss these statements in the final Extension stage.
Plan the writing assignment before you start writing. First, develop an outline with major points and consider the details and logical order that will support each of these points. Use this outline to write a first draft of your assignment. A data commentary includes three stages: (1) an Indicative Summary, (2) Highlighting Statements, and (3) an Extension.You are required to support your ideas with reliable academic sources, using a minimum of three sources.LengthThe data commentary should be 400-600 words (this word count does not include references; keep in mind that a 400-word assignment and a 600-word assignment of the same quality will receive the same grade: a longer assignment is not necessarily better). Choose your ideas and words carefully, using the strategies learned in the LLED 200 course.
Feedback
You will be expected to complete a full draft for an in-class peer feedback session in Week 22. However, you will not be required to submit a draft assignment to your instructor for grading/feedback. You will receive feedback and a grade from your instructor based on the final assignment you submit. Use comments you’ve received on other writing assignments to guide your process of revision and also take advantage of the AEP tutoring appointments.
Late policy
10% will be deducted for assignments submitted late within the first 24 hours. An additional 10% will be deducted for assignments submitted 24-48 hours late. No assignments will be accepted after 48 hours and will receive a mark of zero.
Due DateDraft Data Commentary for Peer Feedback: Week 22, March 7th, 2018
Final Data Commentary (on Canvas): Week 24, March 18th 2018 by 9:00pm
Grading and Assessment for the Final Data Commentary Writing Assignment:
15% of course grade
Immigrant population in Canada
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Immigrant Population in Canada
Summary
The Data commentary presents statistics about the immigrant population in Canada, based on the facts presented by Statistics Canada 2016. A significant portion of people in Canada trace their ancestry from the immigration process. The commentary statistics show that the number of immigrants in Canada has been growing each year, with 2011-2016 registering the highest rate. Philippians rank top in relation to the birth of recent immigrants. Other top countries include USA, Pakistan, South Korea, France, UK, India, Syria, Iran and China.
Highlighting Statements
By 2016, the immigrant population grew to 1.2 million. Sixty percent were admitted as economic immigrants between 2011 and 2016, 26.8 percent admitted under the family class to join their relatives who were currently living in the Country, and 11.6 percent were admitted as refugees (Grenier, 2017). Europe ranks first as the source continent of immigrants to Canada, while Asia is the current top source continent of recent immigrants with 61.8 percent new arrivals born in Asia. Recent immigrants to Canada reside in Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto with more settling on the Atlantic and the Prairies provinces. The majority of the immigrants preferred settling in the established locations occupied by people from their home country. Taking into account dependents, spouses and the principal applicants, 6 in 10 current immigrants living in Canada in 2016 were admitted under the economic category (Grenier, 2017).
About 7.5 million people, with 21.9 percent of the entire population composed of foreign-born individuals who immigrated to Canada (The Canadian Press, 2017). Most immigrants have been settling in the Prairies, with the 17.1 percent living in Alberta in 2016, 5.2 percent living in Manitoba and four percent in Saskatchewan in 2001. In Canada, 22.3 percent of the population includes the visible minorities (Grenier, 2017). In 1921, French and English were the most common mother tongue among the fo...