Low Income Disparity In Canada

Toronto is a very diverse city, arguably the most diverse city in the world. Because of that, income will obviously differ. This article is suggesting that children from low-income environments are unlikely to become financially successful when they become adults.
As the article stated, “children who grow up poor in Toronto’s middle-income areas do not earn more as adults.” A report from Statistics Canada has revealed that these children will likely need to live under welfare just as Toronto’s other poor neighbourhoods will. Despite speculation that children living among wealthy neighbours would reap the benefits of improved public services, better role models and greater social networks. A graduate student, Philip Oreopoulos argued that
“neighbourhood quality does not make much of a difference to a youth’s chances for labour market success.” Oreopoulos noticed huge variance between larger public housing and smaller public housing, smaller projects in the suburbs were found to be safer and pleasant. He also found that within families, some people may be earning more than their siblings. People in low-income neighbourhoods spent slightly more time in school than those of middle-income, 12.2 and 12.3 years, respectively. Over the past few decades, the school board has been allocating more funds into schools in deprived communities. The significance in this article is undoubtedly the fact that low-income children will presumably be in the same financial situation when they reach adulthood. This is a very important issue because Canada’s future is heavily impacted by children, poverty is a very dangerous factor that can destabilize the country. This article is implying that low-income areas will be forever poverty-stricken, because they are “unlikely” to be wealthy as adults if nothing is done to alleviate the issue.

Does the person’s income vary by one’s ethnicity and education?
Why is there so much income disparity in a wealthy nation like Canada?
Are low-income families children less motivated to pursue further education?

My following hypothesis:
Low income children are less likely to be financially successful as adults if they live in neighbourhoods and attend schools with other low income children.
As Statistics Canada reported, children who experience childhood poverty are less likely to graduate from high school, and very likely to be living in poverty when they’re adults. When one does not continue their education, finding a good-paying job is difficult in this competitive society. As a result, these children grow up to be more likely to be impoverished, unemployed, and receive welfare.
Considering the lack of role models and poor academic performance, low income children do not look for better opportunities.
When children grow up in low income communities where most adults are less educated, there is lower expectations since not many hold a degree in higher education. This also applies to their academic performance, because these children have no one to turn to when not understanding their school work. As a result, these children are discouraged from possibly pursuing better
opportunities.

Research Methods I believe the best way to collect information is to personally interview children of low-income families on their performances at school. This will allow the researcher to understand the reason behind their poor academic ability. Another way is to give out surveys/questionnaires, this may allow more people to answer the questions, since they can be done anonymously.