Immigration And Integration In Post War Canada

Author : Anthony H. Richmond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : OCLC:1303519269

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Post-War Immigrants in Canada by Anthony H. Richmond Pdf

One of the cardinal assumptions of Canadian immigration policy in the post-war period was that British immigrants would be more readily absorbed than those from other countries. In accordance with this belief, the Canadian government offered special encouragement to these immigrants in the form of fewer formalities, speedier procedures for obtaining visas and an active promotional campaign in England. This study compares and contrasts the economic and social integration of British immigrants in Canada with those from other countries. Based on two surveys, the first covering a representative cross-section of post-war immigrants of all nationalisms throughout Canada, the second conducted in Britain following up a sample of British immigrants who had returned home, this investigation offers explanations for the low rate of naturalization and high rate of return to the United Kingdom of the British in Canada. The surveys show that these people remained ambivalent towards Canada although outwardly they successfully fulfilled their economic and social roles in Canadian society; they were not dissatisfied with life in Canada; rather they are part of a growing labour force of well-educated people who are internationally mobile and have no deep roots anywhere. The author questions whether traditional ideas of "assimilation" and "integration: can be applied to migrants of this kind, whether British or of another nationality. These people who were most satisfied and identified closely with Canada were often those who had experienced the hardest struggle to establish themselves in the new country. In this study the author puts forward an entirely new sociological theory to support his observations. An important contribution to the sociological study of immigration, this book will be of interest to all those in Canada concerned with the practical implications of Canada's immigration policy, and especially to immigrants themselves. Its findings are also of relevant to readers in Britain, the United States, Australia and elsewhere who are concerned about their own country's policy.

Author : Alan G. Green
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Canada
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036644834

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Immigration and the Postwar Canadian Economy by Alan G. Green Pdf

Monograph on a labour market economic analysis of trends in immigration to Canada for the period from 1946 to 1970 - comments on postwar legislation and migration policy, presents a disequilibrium econometric model to find short term and long term economic conditions stimulating migration, geographic distribution of immigrants by country of origin, population structure, the changes in migrant worker labour supply and labour demand, brain drain, etc. Bibliography pp. 279 to 285, references and statistical tables.

Author : Jan Raska
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887555701

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Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada by Jan Raska Pdf

During the Cold War, more than 36,000 individuals entering Canada claimed Czechoslovakia as their country of citizenship. A defining characteristic of this migration of predominantly political refugees was the prevalence of anti-communist and democratic values. Diplomats, industrialists, politicians, professionals, workers, and students fled to the West in search of freedom, security, and economic opportunity. Jan Raska’s Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada explores how these newcomers joined or formed ethnocultural organizations to help in their attempts to affect developments in Czechoslovakia and Canadian foreign policy towards their homeland. Canadian authorities further legitimized the Czech refugees’ anti-communist agenda and increased their influence in Czechoslovak institutions. In turn, these organizations supported Canada’s Cold War agenda of securing the state from communist infiltration. Ultimately, an adherence to anti-communism, the promotion of Canadian citizenship, and the cultivation of a Czechoslovak ethnocultural heritage accelerated Czech refugees’ socioeconomic and political integration in Cold War Canada. By analyzing oral histories, government files, ethnic newspapers, and community archival records, Raska reveals how Czech refugees secured admission as desirable immigrants and navigated existing social, cultural, and political norms in Cold War Canada.

Author : Freda Hawkins
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0773506330

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Canada and Immigration by Freda Hawkins Pdf

Canada and Immigration is a portrait of Canadian immigration since the end of the Second World War. It is an important record and analysis of immigration policies, laws, and methods of management during this period, as well as an account of the attitudes and beliefs of the politicians and officials who developed and managed this area of public policy. It is the first study to considers all aspects of Canadian immigration and pays as much attention to management and the problems facing immigration managers as it does to immigration policy and policy makers.

Author : Paul A. Evans
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780228007289

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The Least Possible Fuss and Publicity by Paul A. Evans Pdf

Over the two decades following the Second World War, the policy that would create "a nation of immigrants," as Canadian multiculturalism is now widely understood, was debated, drafted, and implemented. The established narrative of postwar immigration policy as a tepid mixture of altruism and national self-interest does not fully explain the complex process of policy transformation during that period. In The Least Possible Fuss and Publicity Paul Evans recounts changes to Canada's postwar immigration policy and the events, ideas, and individuals that propelled that change. Through extensive primary research in the archives of federal departments and the parliamentary record, together with contemporary media coverage, the correspondence of politicians and policy-makers, and the statutes that set immigration policy, Evans reconstructs the formation of a modern immigration bureaucracy, the resistance to reform from within, and the influence of racism and international events. He shows that political concerns remained uppermost in the minds of policy-makers, and those concerns – more than economic or social factors – provided the major impetus to change. In stark contrast to today, legislators and politicians strove to keep the evolution of the national immigration strategy out of the public eye: University of Toronto law professor W.G. Friedmann remarked in a 1952 edition of Saturday Night, "In Canada, both the government and the people have so far preferred to let this immigration business develop with the least possible fuss and publicity." This is the story, told largely in their own words, of politicians and policy-makers who resisted change and others who saw the future and seized upon it. The Least Possible Fuss and Publicity is a clear account of how postwar immigration policy transformed, gradually opening the border to groups who sought to make Canada home.

Author : James S. Frideres,Meyer Burstein,John Biles
Publisher : Queen's School of Policy Studies
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,5 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 : Franca Iacovetta
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926662688

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Gatekeepers by Franca Iacovetta Pdf

An in-depth study of European immigrants to Canada during the Cold War, Gatekeepers explores the interactions among these immigrants and the “gatekeepers”–mostly middle-class individuals and institutions whose definitions of citizenship significantly shaped the immigrant experience. Iacovetta’s deft discussion examines how dominant bourgeois gender and Cold War ideologies of the day shaped attitudes towards new Canadians. She shows how the newcomers themselves were significant actors who influenced Canadian culture and society, even as their own behaviour was being modified. Generously illustrated, Gatekeepers explores a side of Cold War history that has been left largely untapped. It offers a long overdue Canadian perspective on one of the defining eras of the last century.

Author : Anthony H. Richmond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1967-12-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1487585187

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Post-War Immigrants in Canada by Anthony H. Richmond Pdf

An important contribution to the sociological study of immigration, this book will be of interest to all those in Canada concerned with the practical implications of Canada's immigration policy, and especially to immigrants themselves.

Author : Harald Bauder
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774861298

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Putting Family First by Harald Bauder Pdf

When migrants reach their new home, we often interpret their settlement and integration as an individual process driven largely by the labour market. But family plays a crucial role. Putting Family First investigates the experience of immigrant families settling in Greater Toronto, from newcomers’ initial reception to their deep involvement in and attachment to their receiving society. Contributors explore such themes as the policy environment, children and youth, gender, labour markets and work, and community supports in order to illustrate how the family context can be mobilized to facilitate the successful integration of newcomers.

Author : Jennifer Elrick
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-10
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9781487527785

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Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism by Jennifer Elrick Pdf

Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism re-interprets the historiography of the emergence of Canada's universal immigration policy for skilled workers and family immigrants in the 1950s and 1960s.

Author : Paul Van Aerschot,Patricia Daenzer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317027423

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The Integration and Protection of Immigrants by Paul Van Aerschot,Patricia Daenzer Pdf

In Scandinavian countries immigration is a sensitive issue and legislators’ approach to the questions it has raised has varied over the years. Whatever immigrant and integration policies are adopted in a democratic society, it is clear that the legislation and the authorities have to ensure that the individual rights of the immigrants residing in its territory are respected. With Canada as a point of reference, this book draws attention to weaknesses in the regulation and implementation of integration provisions threatening the immigrants’ individual rights in the EU member states of Denmark, Finland and Sweden. The study challenges readers to critically review the meaning of rights and the notion of global caring. It takes a critical look at how vulnerable immigrants fare in a largely immigrant nation with a welfare capitalism legacy, when compared to three European nations which claim to embrace institutional welfare models. This book will be of great interest to scholars and decision-makers interested in Scandinavian or Canadian immigration and integration policies.

Author : Augie Fleras
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774826822

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Immigration Canada by Augie Fleras Pdf

Beyond the romanticized image of newcomers arriving as a “huddled mass” at Halifax’s Pier 21, understanding the reality and complexity of immigration today requires an expert guide. In the hands of scholar Augie Fleras, this intricate and ever-changing subject gets the attention it deserves with analysis of all aspects, including admission policies, the refugee processing system, the temporary foreign worker program, and the emergence of transnational identities. Given the unprecedented number of federal policy reforms of the past decade, such a roadmap is essential. Immigration Canada describes, analyzes, and reassesses immigration in a Canada that is rapidly changing, increasingly diverse, more uncertain, and globally connected. Drawing on the best Canadian and international scholarship, Fleras investigates related topics such as integration, identity, and multiculturalism, to consider immigration in a wider context. By thoroughly capturing the politics, patterns, and paradoxes of contemporary migration, this book rethinks the thorny issues and reframes the key debates.

Author : Franca Iacovetta
Publisher : Between the Lines(CA)
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123843117

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Gatekeepers by Franca Iacovetta Pdf

An in-depth study of European immigrants to Canada during the Cold War, "Gatekeepers" explores the interactions among these immigrants and the "gatekeepers"-mostly middle-class individuals and institutions whose definitions of citizenship significantly shaped the immigrant experience. Iacovetta's deft discussion examines how dominant bourgeois gender and Cold War ideologies of the day shaped attitudes towards new Canadians. She shows how the new comers themselves were significant actors who influenced Canadian culture and society, even as their own behaviour was being modified. Generously illustrated, "Gatekeepers" explores a side of Cold War history that has been left largely untapped. It offers a long overdue Canadian perspective on one of the defining eras of the last century. Click the 'Review Quote' link below to read reviews and endorsements of "Gatekeepers"

Author : Glenda Tibe Bonifacio,Julie L. Drolet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 40,7 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 : Nancy Tienhaara
Publisher : Manpower and Immigration
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015028518002

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Canadian Views on Immigration and Population by Nancy Tienhaara Pdf