[Female student of a visible minority]

This article is the second on visible minority groups in schools of nursing and the profession. The survey was conducted in three institutions in the Ottawa region. The goal was to discover whether statistics reflect the current college and university nursing population. Of this population, 73.7 per cent participated. Results show clearly that the following questions must be answered by health professionals responsible for community services: Is the goal of equal representation of all ethnic groups at the college and university level realistic? How can educators identify reasons why certain ethnic groups lean toward nursing? Will it be necessary to consider several factors in order to clearly identify the visible minority representation? These questions and others will guide the authors in their subsequent surveys of minority representation in the health care professions.