Comparing The Difficulties And Challenges Of Migration To Canada

Canada’s identity comes in many shapes and forms. Multiculturalism has been adopted and is at the forefront of Canadian identity. Following the Second World War, Canada’s multiculturalism policies became more acceptable and even successful in, not only accepting, but inviting multiple ethnic cultures in. In contrast to other countries, multiculturalism adaptation works for the Canadian culture. Canadian policies on multiculturalism have shifted over the past few decades; policies are now implemented for integration, not discrimination.

Canada is a nation built on immigration, and as the world becomes an ever increasingly hostile place more and more have chosen to try and make Canada their home. This melting pot of different cultures has created an overall atmosphere of acceptance, and is teaching younger generations a sense of community, empathy, and togetherness. Sharing our space and learning to grow with different ethnicities has perpetuated our status as a friendly, caring, and loyal nation, that many are willing to risk everything for in exchange for becoming a part of it.

As we all know, Canada is an immigrant country. This beautify country attract more and more people who are longing for good future. In 2011, the population of foreign-born in Canada is about 6.7 million. No matter where we are from and what background we have, from the moment we land in Canada as immigrants, there are some problems we need to face to. The commonest three problems are learning a new language, adjusting to a new life-style, and finding a suitable job.

Canada has continuously served as a home to immigrants and refugees from decade to decade harbouring people from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The first set of immigrants to settle in the country came from Britain, the United States and from other nationalities mostly including immigrants from Europe who were either desperate to escape from religious or political turmoil or were simply attracted to Canada’s economic promise. Soon after the Canadian confederation in 1867, immigrants from Irish and Chinese backgrounds who occupied most of the country were used as workers and the demand for labourers to

Educational attainment is strongly connected with the children of immigrant’s success (Brown, 1997). In order to integrate successfully into the new society, newcomer youth indicated a strong interest in taking advantage of educational opportunities (Brown, 1997). The strong desire to belong to their new society was evidenced by the fact that the majority of youth wanted to take advantage of the educational opportunities offered in Canada (Anisef & Kilbride, 2003). Indeed, education was believed to be the single most important element that would determine a person’s success in Canada. Immigrant youth strongly believed that those who do not have an education are less likely to obtain a job because employers look for employees with a good education

Being a Canadian is a blessing. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity that garners protection against low wages, provides a platform propelling diversified learning environments and functions under a democratic government system operating for the common good. Adopting a pretentious framework, being able to acknowledge Canadian identity within the following context is the actual blessing. Canadian identity itself is submerged within an array of events, individuals and time periods that have significantly contributed to her development and fundamentally, idealization as a unified nation. Nevertheless, the idea of unity was not a matter of immediate occurrence; the journey to cultivating a unified nation was plagued by measures accentuating plurality.

Canada’s immigration policy has changed several times with many different extents of amendment over the years. Particularly in times of social and economic downturns (or uprisings) throughout the past, for instance World War I, the Depression, World War II, and even before 1914. In addition, multiculturalism has made a drastic impact on immigration and Canadian’s tolerance of other’s cultures. Canada’s immigration policy has also affected Canada’s population and the immigrants it consists of. During the first half of the 20th century the restrictions of the immigration policy became increasingly severe and discriminatory.

The history of Canadian immigration highlights that the immigration policies has been selective about the immigrants coming to Canada. The basis of the choice of immigrants and corresponding policies and laws were motivated and shaped by the political, social and economic position of Canada throughout the decades. Through the historical records the Canadian immigration policies had been heavily influenced by ethnicity, race and religion factors.

When people mention Canada, what does pop up into their minds first? A warm welcome. Diversity in nations and religions. A strong economy. Freedom. Canada is often referred to as a land of immigrants because millions of newcomers have settled there, beginning with colonists from France and Britain, and later incorporating migrants from every corner of the globe. In this term paper I would like to discuss the importance of immigration to Canada in the 20th century, specificly from 1976 to 1999. In order to truly outline the changes due immigration I will start with the specific events in the process of inventing Canada which led to the outrageous numbers of immigrants prior and after the Immigration Act in 1976.

The composition of Canada’s population today is very different than it was many decades ago. In years prior to World War II Canada’s ethnic homegenetity was made up of mostly the British and French, although Canada was previously inhabited by Natives. However, people began a migration process that saw increased movement of people from one place to another through the world. Canada, being one of the classical migration countries began to pull immigrants at one period, then a push occurred after the world war that saw emigration out of Canada. This was followed by another period of pull factors that saw an expansion in the makeup of Canada’s ethnic population. According to Beaujot (2003) these push and pull factors are based on immigrant social and life course choices. The following are some of the ways that migration have influenced the ethnic

In Immigration Au Canada : Un Portrait De La Population Née À L'étranger, Tina Chui, Kelly Tran and Hélène Maheux focus on native countries of immigrants in order to determine the top countries of immigrants. However, they also focus on immigrants’ integration, adaptation, and choices of life. In addition, they briefly examine the Canadian immigration policy. For instance, often the Canadian government prefers immigrants that will directly contribute to the economy. Those who already known French or English are privileged, hence it is not surprising that Europe is in the top 3 location from where the majority of immigrants come. Once in Canada, must of immigrants have to redo their studies as here their diplomas are not recognize. Personally,

Before proceeding, much of this reflection carries implicit and explicit biases I possess as a woman, born and raised outside of Canada, the daughter of immigrant parents fleeing from their country because of the social and political revolution. The lens through which I view the cultural

These communities are filled with racism from the perspective of education, jobs, and housing. Theme one focuses on the creation of identity through what Rajiva calls boundary events. Boundary events are experiences and memories that occur throughout an individual’s life that can be used to guide them in identifying points of cultural alienation. South Asian girls in Canada are both viewed as well as look at themselves as a racial and cultural minority in society. One perspective of looking at this is by exploring the adolescent years and the experiences they had when they were growing up that made them believe they were a minority in Canada as they grew up. Returning to the discussion about boundary events, these events were common for the subject group that was being interviewed in this study. For example, instances where they feel welcomed by other students in school and in a split second feel like an intruder after someone calls them by using a nickname accompanied known to be associated with their country of origin. To say the least, culturally specific restrictions are a major issue not only later in life, but during adolescence where a sense of identity is crucial for the

My whole family is born in Punjab. My mom was the first one to come to Canada in my family. She was only 19 when she came. She came to a family friend’s house. It was hard for her to adjust to Canada. The water, food, language, attire, and community were way different from how India was. Putting that all aside, she had to start from scratch. She had to go look for a job, for rent and food. She first came to a friend’s house in Vancouver. Her first job was at a cannery which had a pay that was decent. After she started working in a greenhouse, which had a good pay. Later after a year, she moved to a basement in Abbotsford with her sister. She had moved to Abbotsford because people said it was an affordable and cheaper city to live in. She had

Today, I think back through ambiguous yet awesome recollections, recollections of the life that I have so far spent in Canada. As I was an international student from India, so my institution had already arranged my stay with a Canadian family, this played a vital life changing role. Being new to everything and changing my perception towards most of the things that I withheld during my upbringing in India, was a bit tough and challenging.