1. Objectifs

Intentions :
« The publication of this new poverty map allows us to take a fresh look at the disturbing phenomenon of socio-economic underprivilege and its impact on the academic success of young people and allows us to renew our commitment to educational catch-up measures in underprivileged areas. » (p. 5)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
Ce document utilise les données du recensement de 2006, récoltées par Statistique Canada.

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

« Poverty and social exclusion are both the beginning and the end of the vicious circle of academic failure - a fate suffered by far too many children - that is so difficult to break. Economic and social underprivilege is both a decisive factor in slow progress, learning difficulties, late graduation, and dropout and their major consequence. The circle of poverty leads to poverty; that of exclusion to solitude; few strategies can be implemented to break these circles apart from education and qualification. The poverty map of the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal is a tool adapted to Montreal’s reality, designed to measure the extent of social and economic inequality within its borders. Using the poverty map to distinguish between wealth and poverty, we are able to allocate school taxes and investment income as fairly as possible among schools serving the children at greatest academic risk. [...] The 2008 poverty map is thus an instrument of social justice allowing us to inform and support schools in their efforts to promote equal opportunity among the most disadvantaged children. » (p. 78)