"COMING CANADIANS": AN INTRODUCTION TO A HISTORY OF CANADA'S PEOPLES. Burnet, Jean R. with Howard Palmer. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1988. 253pp, paper, $12.95, ISBN 0-7710-1783-9. (Generations series). CIP Grades 11 and up Reviewed by John D. Crawford Volume 16 Number 6 1988 November This is an introductory volume for a series of books, each examining a particular ethnic group in Canada. The first part provides an overview of the history of immigration and settlement in Canada of those peoples other than the French, British and native peoples. The second part and much of the third part of the book examine the impact of these ethnic groups on institutions within Canada, and the remainder of the book comprises a discussion of the whole question of ethnicity. The book informs the reader of many ignored features of ethnic history. In the first place, it reminds us that immigrants not only arrived in waves, but also reached Canada as the result of individual decisions arrived at with no reference to ethnic causes. These decisions drew a wide variety of people to New France. Upper Canada, and the west. This book provides an excellent summary of the history of the ethnic communities of Canada. Its strength lies in the layers of detail together with the knowledge that this detail is only a tiny part of millions of individual odysseys. Perhaps a little more could have been written about the racial restrictions placed on the Asians and the Blacks, victims, hopefully, of the times. The index, bibliography and end of chapter notes are not only helpful but evidence of extensive research well rewarded by this fine book. John D. Crawford, Marigold School Victoria, B.C.