I noticed something over the last few weeks. This is my observation only, so probably not representative, but interesting.
I spent the last few weeks in a number of small Alberta cities attending field trips and outings with elementary aged kids.
I noticed at one of the rec centers, there were no brown people, besides a couple of natives and one hapa whose parents are the subject of town scandal. The kids, lifeguards, desk staff- all white. Now, this is not the case when I got to Costco or Safeway, so it’s not that there are not browns in the little towns.
Yesterday at a park in Red Deer: a random couple of classes of kindergarteners and grade 1s. All white.
I would say informally that there was more integration 5 years ago, you would see a few brown faces in every classroom.
I wonder where the brown kids went, and how the rec centre can possibly hire just white people in this day and age.
I have to tell you, it felt great and the kids were happy and stress-free.