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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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References
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Laws and Policies |
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada |
| Description: |
This website contains links to resources related to federal citizenship and immigration laws and policies. |
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Click on a menu item or a link to access information. |
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http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/laws-policy/index.asp |
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Country Profiles; Canada: Policy changes and Integration Challenges in an Increasingly Diverse Society |
| Host: |
Migration Policy Institute |
| Description: |
This website contains an immigration profile of Canada which examines recent immigration trends and legislation, current and future trends, and considers important questions. A list of sources is listed at the end of the profile. |
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Scroll down to view the text. Sources are listed at the bottom of the screen. |
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http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=348 |
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Economic impact of immigration to Canada |
| Host: |
Wikipedia |
| Description: |
This website contains an article that attempts to examine the economic rationale for immigration and the economic impacts of immigrants to Canada. |
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Click on links throughout the text to access related information. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_immigration_to_Canada |
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Publications: CHAPTER 2 – THE FACE OF CANADA: Duality, diversity and the intermingling of cultures and ethnicities |
| Host: |
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages |
| Description: |
This website contains an excerpt from the 2004–2005 annual report of the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. The excerpt examines the changing nature of the composition of Canada’s population and provides graphs and charts related to immigration and mother tongues. |
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Scroll down to view information. A link to the Table of Contents may be accessed at the bottom of the page. Click on links in the left-side menu to access up to date, related information. |
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http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/html/ar_ra_04_05_v1_17_e.php |
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Immigration: The Canada–Quebec Accord |
| Host: |
Library of Parliament |
| Description: |
This website contains the text of the Canada–Quebec Accord, an immigration agreement between Canada and Quebec. This accord has its criteria for evaluating immigrants wishing to settle temporarily or permanently in Quebec. |
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Click on a section of the accord to directly access it, or scroll down to view the entire text. |
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http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/bp252-e.htm |
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Canada: Canada’s ethnocultural portrait: The changing mosaic |
| Host: |
Statistics Canada |
| Description: |
This website contains information on immigration to Canada including historical and current trends, countries of origin, languages, school age children, destination cities and other statistics. Information is displayed in charts, graphs and a Flash presentation. |
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Scroll down to access links to charts. Scroll down to view the flash presentation, One hundred years of Immigration to Canada. Click on Text version to view a chart showing 100 years of significant immigration events. Scroll to the bottom of the screen to access a link to immigration data on provinces and territories. |
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http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/analytic/companion/etoimm/canada.cfm |
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Tables by subject: Ethnic diversity and immigration |
| Host: |
Statistics Canada |
| Description: |
This website contains a database of tables on ethnic diversity and immigration from 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses. |
| Navigation Tips: |
Scroll down to view a list of tables and click on a topic to access information. Click on topics on the left-hand side menu to access additional related data. |
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2001 Census: Multimedia |
| Host: |
Statistics Canada |
| Description: |
This website contains multimedia maps on a variety of topics including; an animated pyramid illustrating the population’s changing age structure, one hundred years of immigration to Canada (1901-2001) and an animated map of Canada showing 100 years of change in population settlement. Links are provided to the 1996 and 2001 censuses. |
| Navigation Tips: |
Click on a topic to access the multimedia map. |
| URL: |
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/analytic/Multimedia.cfm?M=5 |
| Title: |
2006 Census Results Teacher’s Kit – Activities |
| Host: |
Statistics Canada |
| Description: |
This website contains a teacher’s kit with activities designed to be used with the 2006 census. Activities on population counts, linguistic diversity, immigration, immigration and citizenship and aboriginal peoples are provided. Printable handouts for students and a link to a teacher’s guide are included. |
| Navigation Tips: |
Scroll down to see a list of topics and click on a link to access information. |
| URL: |
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/teacherskit/index.cfm |
| Title: |
2011 Census of Population Program |
| Host: |
Statistics Canada |
| Description: |
This website contains data from the 2011 Census of Population Program. Statistics on topics such as Aboriginal Peoples, Income and Housing and population and dwelling counts are provided. Analytical products, reference materials and a video section are provided to help work with and analyze and interpret the data. |
| Navigation Tips: |
Scroll down to see a list of topics and click on a link to access information. |
| URL: |
http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/index-eng.cfm |
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CBC News: In Depth Immigration: Canada’s newcomers: Immigration patterns |
| Host: |
CBC |
| Description: |
This website contains a CBC December 2007 article on Canada’s changing immigration patterns. Charts are provided on countries of origin, where immigrants settle, children, minorities and ethnic origin and languages spoken at home. |
| Navigation Tips: |
Scroll down to view text. |
| URL: |
http://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/immigration/patterns.html |
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A hundred years of immigration to Canada 1900-1999. A chronology focusing on refugees and discrimination. |
| Host: |
Canadian Council for Refugees |
| Description: |
This website contains a timeline of immigration and refugee events in Canada, chronicling the federal government’s refugee policies and sometimes discriminatory practices. |
| Navigation Tips: |
Scroll down to access the text. |
| URL: |
http://www.ccrweb.ca/history.html |
| Title: |
Canada: Canada’s Ethnocultural Mosaic, 2006 Census: National picture |
| Host: |
Statistics Canada |
| Description: |
This website contains information on immigration to Canada including trends, countries of origin, languages, Aboriginal ancestries and other statistics. |
| Navigation Tips: |
Scroll down to access information on Aboriginal ancestries and links to other 2006 Census data. |
| URL: |
http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/as-sa/97-562/p4-eng.cfm |
| Title: |
2006 Census: Multimedia |
| Host: |
Statistics Canada |
| Description: |
This website contains multimedia maps, figures, tables and animations on a variety of topics including; 50 years of population change in Canada and changes in major metropolitan areas from 2001-2006 as well as other related statistics. |
| Navigation Tips: |
Click on a link to access information. |
| URL: |
http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/as-sa/multimedia-eng.cfm |
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