From Ethnicity to Race in the Canadian Review of Sociology, 1964 to 2010

La Revue canadienne de sociologie a éte ́ un forum important pour la recherche sur l’ethnicite ́ et la race. Grâce a ̀ une analyse des publications publiés dans la revue entre 1964 et 2010 nous constatons que l’ethnicité a reçu plus d’attention que la race, et que la majorite ́ des publications se sert d’une approche d’économie politique et des méthodes quantitatives. Au fil du temps, nous relevons l’abandon du concept d’ethnicite ́ et la montée de la race et nous relevons moins d’études quantitatives. Ces changements ont lieu en parallèle avec des changements politiques et démographiques au Canada et sont en réponse aux iniquités raciales. The Canadian Review of Sociology has been an important venue for scholarship on ethnicity and race. Through an analysis of publications dealing with both terms in the journal, between 1964 and 2010, the paper finds that publications have focused more on ethnicity than race, using a political economy approach, and quantitative methods. Over time, significant changes have occurred, including a move away from ethnicity to race and a move away from quantitative methods. Many of these changes have occurred in conjunction with policy and demographic changes in Canada and as a response to ongoing racial inequities. ONE OF CANADIAN sociology’s main areas of concentration is ethnicity and race.1 It is a topic that is prominently featured in introductory texts and series on Canadian sociology (see, e.g., Brym and Lie 2009; Fleras an