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Behind Canada's Immigration Policies

  • Rank the five most significant influences on Canadian immigration policy from the Second World War to present day.
  • Prepare a cost-and-benefit analysis of the economic, political, social and intellectual consequences of immigration to Canada since the end of the Second World War.

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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 9.1.8.1 - What factors influence immigration policies in Canada (i.e., economic,
political, health and security)? (C, ER, PADM)
Specific Outcome 9.1.8.2 - How are changes to Canadian policies on immigration and refugees a reflection   of world issues? (PADM, GC, C, I)
Specific Outcome 9.1.8.6 - What is the relationship between immigration policies in Canada and the rights guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? (I, PADM)
Specific Outcome 9.1.8.7 - To what extent does Canada benefit from immigration? (GC. PADM)
Specific Outcome 9.S.1.2 - Students will evaluate, critically, ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
Specific Outcome 9.S.1.3 - Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze current affairs from multiple perspectives
Specific Outcome 9.S.1.4 - Students will re-evaluate personal opinions to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome 9.S.1.7 - Students will assemble and organize different viewpoints in order to assess their validity
Specific Outcome 9.S.2.1 - Students will analyze selected issues and problems from the past, placing people and events in a context of time and place
Specific Outcome 9.S.2.2 - Students will distinguish cause, effect, sequence and correlation in historical events and issues, including the long- and short-term causal relations
Specific Outcome 9.S.2.3 - Students will use historical and community resources to organize the sequence of historical events
Specific Outcome 9.S.2.5 - Students will create a simulation or a model by using technology that permits the making of inferences
Specific Outcome 9.S.3.3 - Students will construct diagrams, charts, graphs and tables to analyze geographic information
Specific Outcome 9.S.5.1 - Students will demonstrate leadership in groups, where appropriate, to achieve consensus and resolve conflicts peacefully and equitably
Specific Outcome 9.S.5.2 - Students will demonstrate a positive attitude regarding the needs and perspectives of others
Specific Outcome 9.S.7.1 - Students will reflect on changes of perspective or opinion based on information gathered and research conducted
Specific Outcome 9.S.7.2 - Students will integrate and synthesize concepts to provide an informed point of view on a research question or an issue
Specific Outcome 9.S.7.3 - Students will develop a position supported by information gathered during research 
Specific Outcome 9.S.7.4 - Students will draw conclusions based upon research and evidence
Specific Outcome 9.S.7.6 - Students will organize and synthesize researched information
Specific Outcome 9.S.8.1 - Students will communicate in a persuasive and engaging manner through speeches, multimedia presentations and written and oral reports, taking particular audiences and purposes into consideration
Specific Outcome 9.S.8.2 - Students will use skills of informal debate to persuasively express differing viewpoints regarding an issue
Specific Outcome 9.S.8.3 - Students will elicit, clarify and respond appropriately to questions, ideas and diverse points of view presented in discussions
Specific Outcome 9.S.8.4 - Students will make reasoned comments relating to the topic of discussion
Specific Outcome 9.S.8.5 - Students will listen to others to understand their perspectives
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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