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Reviews 557Walter S. Tarnopolsky in his address, "Multiculturalism — The Basic Issues,"indicated that independence for Quebec would jeopardize multiculturalism inwhat remained of Canada. Manoly R. Lupul concluded the presentations witha talk on "Canada's Options in a Time of Political Crisis and Their Implicationsfor Multiculturalism." He argued that separatism would break upCanada, while the present federal policy of multiculturalism within the bilingualframework would continue to antagonize Quebecers and breed indifferenceto multiculturalism. Only regional federalism, in which bilingualismoutside Quebec refers to all languages other than English, is, according toDr. Lupul, a viable option. Finally, a panel discussion elaborated on the mainidea presented at the conference — namely, that Canadians can best achieve asense of national unity through diversity.The second conference, "Social Trends Among Ukrainian Canadians," wasoccasioned by the completion (1977) of the "Statistical Compendium on theUkrainians in Canada, 1891-1976" which provides much data for analysis. Thepublished proceedings of the conference, convened at the University ofOttawa, 15-16 September 1978, includes eleven papers and an address.The editor, Roman Petryshyn, introduces the collection by placing UkrainianCanadians within the context of the Canadian multicultural mosaic. Inpart 1, "Ethnicity and the Census," William Darcovich introduced the StatisticalCompendium and summarized the basic trends its data reveal. John M.Kralt surveyed the definitions of ethnic origin applied in Canadian censusesfrom 1871 to 1981.In part 2, "Economic Status," Oleh Wolowyna analyzed "Trends in theSocio-Economic Status of Ukrainians in Canada, 1921-1971." He observed aninverse relationship between upward social mobility and language assimilation.In a related study, added to the volume after the conference, Warren E.Kalbach and Madeline A. Richard used the Individual File of the 1971 Censusof Canada Public Use Sample Tapes to find that Ukrainian Canadians whomove away from their ethnic churches are more likely to lose the Ukrainianlanguage and become upwardly mobile. Wsevolod W. Isajiw examined thecomparatively low number of Ukrainians in business occupations in Canada.In part 3, "Social Trends," Leo Driedger, presenting "Urbanization ofUkrainians in Canada: Consequences for Ethnic Identity," concluded thaturbanizing Ukrainians are losing ethnic identity more rapidly, but suggestedthat they may be shifting their identity to new institutional and symbolicfactors. Olga M. Kuplowska analyzed the data of the Non-Official LanguagesStudy of the federal government to describe "Language Retention PatternsAmong Ukrainian Canadians." Jean E. Wolowyna described "Trends inMarital Status and Fertility of Ukrainians in Canada" (unfortunately, heranalysis was marred by a graphic error: the tabulated data show that religionrather than place of residence was the greatest independent variable affectingfamily size). Marusia K. Petryshyn, speaking on "The Changing Status of