Canadian Perspectives On Immigration In Small Cities

Author : Glenda Tibe Bonifacio,Julie L. Drolet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319404240

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Canadian Perspectives on Immigration in Small Cities by Glenda Tibe Bonifacio,Julie L. Drolet Pdf

This book examines immigration to small cities throughout Canada. It explores the distinct challenges brought about by the influx of people to urban communities which typically have less than 100,000 residents. The essays are organized into four main sections: partnerships, resources, and capacities; identities, belonging, and social networks; health, politics, and diversity, and Francophone minority communities. Taken together, they provide a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary perspective on the contemporary realities of immigration to small urban locations. Readers will discover how different groups of migrants, immigrants, and Francophone minorities confront systemic discrimination; how settlement agencies and organizations develop unique strategies for negotiating limited resources and embracing opportunities brought about by changing demographics; and how small cities work hard to develop inclusive communities and respond to social exclusions. In addition, each essay includes a case study that highlights the topic under discussion in a particular city or region, from Brandon, Manitoba to the Thompson-Nicola Region in British Columbia, from Peterborough, Ontario to the Niagara Region. As a complement to metropolitan-based works on immigration in Canada, this collection offers an important dimension in migration studies that will be of interest to academics, researchers, as well as policymakers and practitioners working on immigrant integration and settlement.

Author : Wayne Caldwell,Jennifer Ball,Brianne Labute,Kate Proctor,Natasha D'Souza Rea,Bakhtawar Khan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1926843185

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Attracting and Retaining Newcomers in Rural Communities and Small Towns by Wayne Caldwell,Jennifer Ball,Brianne Labute,Kate Proctor,Natasha D'Souza Rea,Bakhtawar Khan Pdf

This captivating examination of immigration in rural Canadian towns analyzes the essential components that smaller municipalities and counties must consider to attract and sustain meaningful settlement of newcomers. With the research compiled and presented in three parts - setting the context, promising principles and practices, and case studies - the book offers important information that will be helpful to all participants in the rural immigration process.The analysis presented by the authors systematically makes one point clear - populations are continuously declining across many rural communities due to a variety of reasons, including urban migration and declining birth rates. Promoting immigration for these rural centres offers "optimism that strategies can be embraced that will help to avoid population decline through a thoughtful approach to attracting and retaining newcomers."

Author : Christopher Walmsley,Terry Kading
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781771991636

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Small Cities, Big Issues by Christopher Walmsley,Terry Kading Pdf

Small Canadian cities confront serious social issues as a result of the neoliberal economic restructuring practiced by both federal and provincial governments since the 1980s. Drastic spending reductions and ongoing restraint in social assistance, income supports, and the provision of affordable housing, combined with the offloading of social responsibilities onto municipalities, has contributed to the generalization of social issues once chiefly associated with Canada’s largest urban centres. As the investigations in this volume illustrate, while some communities responded to these issues with inclusionary and progressive actions others were more exclusionary and reactive—revealing forms of discrimination, exclusion, and “othering” in the implementation of practices and policies. Importantly, however their investigations reveal a broad range of responses to the social issues they face. No matter the process and results of the proposed solutions, what the contributors uncovered were distinctive attributes of the small city as it struggles to confront increasingly complex social issues. If local governments accept a social agenda as part of its responsibilities, the contributors to Small Cities, Big Issues believe that small cities can succeed in reconceiving community based on the ideals of acceptance, accommodation, and inclusion.

Author : Samuel Noh,Ann Kim,Marianne Noh
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442662537

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Korean Immigrants in Canada by Samuel Noh,Ann Kim,Marianne Noh Pdf

Koreans are one of the fastest-growing visible minority groups in Canada today. However, very few studies of their experiences in Canada or their paths of integration are available to public and academic communities. Korean Immigrants in Canada provides the first scholarly collection of papers on Korean immigrants and their offspring from interdisciplinary, social scientific perspectives. The contributors explore the historical, psychological, social, and economic dimensions of Korean migration, settlement, and integration across the country. A variety of important topics are covered, including the demographic profile of Korean-Canadians, immigrant entrepreneurship, mental health and stress, elder care, language maintenance, and the experiences of students and the second generation. Readers will find interconnecting themes and synthesized findings throughout the chapters. Most importantly, this collection serves as a platform for future research on Koreans in Canada.

Author : Robert Young,Erin Tolley
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773538771

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Immigrant Settlement Policy in Canadian Municipalities by Robert Young,Erin Tolley Pdf

Canada has one of the most successful immigration programmes in the world, a function of the policies, programmes, and services that assist newcomers. Immigrant settlement is a crucial policy field that involves governments, communities, and a range of social forces. Immigration matters are an area of shared jurisdiction, but the federal government has long been the dominant player. Provinces and municipalities, however, are now pushing for an expanded policy role, increased resources, and governance arrangements that recognize the important part they play in immigrant settlement. Drawing on in-depth interviews with government officials and front-line workers, contributors provide a comparative assessment of approaches to immigrant settlement in nineteen Canadian municipalities. This is complemented by a discussion of the federal government's role in this policy field, and by a comprehensive introduction and conclusion, which ground the book historically and thematically, synthesize its key findings, and provide recommendations for addressing the challenges related to intergovernmental cooperation, settlement service delivery, and overall immigrant outcomes. Chapters examine the mechanics of public policy-making but also tell a story about diverse and innovative approaches to immigrant settlement in Canada's towns and cities, about gaps and problems in the system, and about the ways in which governments and communities are working together to facilitate integration.

Author : Canada Employment and Immigration Advisory Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Canada
ISBN : OCLC:719948325

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Perspectives on Immigration in Canada by Canada Employment and Immigration Advisory Council Pdf

Author : Gerald J. J. Tulchinsky,Gerald Tulchinsky
Publisher : Mississauga, Ont. : Copp Clark Longman
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015037497925

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Immigration in Canada by Gerald J. J. Tulchinsky,Gerald Tulchinsky Pdf

Chapters on: emigrants from France before 1760, Loyalists, Scots, Irish, Montreal Jews, Prairie Ukrainians, Winnipeg British, Chinese, Italians, Mennonites, and secrets of Canadian immigration policy.

Author : Anna Triandafyllidou
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031556807

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Migration and Cities by Anna Triandafyllidou Pdf

Author : Alan Simmons
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781551303628

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Immigration and Canada by Alan Simmons Pdf

Immigration and Canada provides readers with a vital introduction to the field of international migration studies. This original book presents an integrated critical perspective on Canadian immigration policies, main trends, and social, economic, and cultural impacts. It offers up-to-date information on migration patterns and examines Canada in an evolving, global-transnational system that gives rise to imagined futures and contrasting real outcomes. Key issues and debates include: nation building and the historical roots of Canadian immigration contemporary global migration the changing national and ethnic origins of immigrants immigrants, jobs, wages, and the economy "designer" immigrants and the brain gain the business of migration demographic impacts of immigration racism and prejudice facing excluded and marginalized populations transnational citizens, diasporas, emerging identities, and struggles to belong refugees, temporary workers, and foreign visa workers undocumented migration and migrant trafficking the baby bust and the future of international migration

Author : Harald Bauder
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781551304052

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Immigration and Settlement by Harald Bauder Pdf

Immigration and Settlement: Challenges, Experiences, and Opportunities draws on a selection of papers that were presented at the international Migration and the Global City conference at Ryerson University, Toronto, in October of 2010. Through the use of international and Canadian perspectives, this book examines the contemporary challenges, experiences, and opportunities of immigration and settlement in global, Canadian, and Torontonian contexts. In seventeen comprehensive chapters, this text approaches immigration and settlement from various thematic angles, including: rights, state, and citizenship; immigrants as labour; communities and identities; housing and residential contexts; and emerging opportunities. Immigration and Settlement will be of interest to academics, researchers and students, policy-makers, NGOs and settlement practitioners, and activists and community organizers.

Author : John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy
Publisher : Kingston, Ont. : John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : CUB:U183052487949

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Canadian Immigration Policy for the 21st Century by John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy Pdf

Since 9/11 there have been many changes to the external environment of Canadian immigration, a number of criticisms of current immigration policy in Canada, and several proposals for dealing with current labour market needs and settlement patterns of immigrants to Canada. In Canadian Immigration Policy for the 21st Century the authors examine the issues raised by these concerns. the role of immigration in meeting Canada's demographic and labour market needs, decentralization of immigration policy with special focus on the Quebec perspective and the recent Manitoba experience, policy responses to increasing international labour mobility, immigration data resources in Canada, the changing immigrant experience in the labour market including issues of skill recognition and the effects of business cycles on labour market integration, and social inclusion of immigrants, including the health of immigrant children and visible minority enclaves in major Canadian cities.

Author : Nancy Tienhaara
Publisher : Manpower and Immigration
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015055031390

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Canadian Views on Immigration and Population by Nancy Tienhaara Pdf

Author : James S. Frideres,Meyer Burstein,John Biles
Publisher : Queen's School of Policy Studies
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015076194979

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Immigration and Integration in Canada in the Twenty-first Century by James S. Frideres,Meyer Burstein,John Biles Pdf

The 'two-way street' of integration requires commitment from both government institutions and individuals. This book looks at the social, cultural, economic, and political integration of new comers and minorities and establishes measures for assessing the success of integration practices. It presents overviews of issues related to integration.

Author : John Biles,Caroline Andrew,Meyer Burstein
Publisher : Queen's Policy Studies Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 1553392922

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Immigration, Integration, and Inclusion in Ontario Cities by John Biles,Caroline Andrew,Meyer Burstein Pdf

Ontario receives the majority of newcomers to Canada and its cities are a locus of diversity. Recognizing that the building and sustenance of "welcoming communities" is as much a local project as a national and provincial one, this volume explores the activities of municipal governments in Ontario as well as those of a number of other important "social forces" situated at the local level. Twelve city case studies are guided by a common template to facilitate comparisons and allow for an overall mapping of the players and a better estimation of the investments -- human and financial – that are required for the successful integration and inclusion of newcomers and minorities in Ontario cities. The conclusion provides a sense of the relative success (or failure) that Ontario cities have had in the creation of welcoming and inclusive communities.

Author : Emily Pelley
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780228010043

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Finding Safe Harbour by Emily Pelley Pdf

The global refugee crisis is staggering in scope. The United Nations Refugee Agency reported that 79.5 million people were displaced worldwide in 2019, and over half of all displaced persons were under eighteen. As the number of children and teenagers seeking asylum continues to grow, the impact of displacement on a young person’s well-being and development over the long term requires further study. In Finding Safe Harbour Emily Pelley investigates the current response to refugee youth in Canada by highlighting how Halifax, Nova Scotia, as a mid-sized urban centre, has mobilized services and resources to support young people seeking refuge. Opening with a broad contextual introduction to the global crisis of displacement and the impact of violence and armed conflict on young people, Pelley focuses on the reciprocal adaptation that is required for the long-term integration of displaced youth into the receiving society. A concise and illuminating study on refugee resettlement, Finding Safe Harbour concludes with an in-depth discussion of how cities can optimize resilience resources through meaningful engagement with refugee youth.