Immigration+and+Emmigration

What sort of things do people hear when they are thinking about immigrating to Canada? Watch below to find out... media type="youtube" key="q0GUolkhHRo" height="385" width="480" [|Link to Video]

Key Terms 1. Multicultural-many cultural groups that maintain heritage 2. Push Factor-Things that encourage people to leave country 3. Pull Factor. Things that attract people to a country 4. Intervening Obstacle. Things that discourage immigration 5. Landed Immigrant. Not yet a Canadian citizen, but has permanent resident status. 6. Independent Immigrant. Someone who can contribute to Canadian economy right away 7. Family Immigrant. Sponsored to come to Canada by close relative 8. Refugee. Someone who immigrates due to fear of persecution in home country.

Activity. In the Discussion, post an example of each of these Key Terms. Try NOT to use the examples that we discussed in class.

Canada's Immigration History Immigration to Canada has had periods of boom and bust. These were caused by events that occurred in Canada and in other countries.

When?; 1840s What happened?; Arrival of thousands of Irish settlers Why?; Irish potato crop fails; facing starvation, many Irish move to Canada and other countries

When?; 1905-1914 What happened?; Massive immigration to Canadian west from eastern Europe Why?; Canadian government, wanting to settle the Prairies, offers free land and other incentives to immigrants

When?; 1915-1919 What happened?; Little immigration Why?; World War I and worldwide influenza epidemic limit immigration

When?; 1930-1945 What happened?; Little immigration Why?; World-wide economic depression and World War II limit immigration

When?; 1956 What happened?; Many Hungarians come to Canada Why?; Hungarians revolt against the Russians fails; refugees come to Canada to avoid punishment

When?; 1980s-1997 What happened?; Arrival of thousands of Hong Kong Chinese Why?; Immigrants are looking for political stability before China takes control of Hong Kong in 1997

 To enter Canada you might be ranked according to how desirable you are as an immigrant. Canada does this through a point system. As a potential immigrant you would be ranked according to several factors such as; age, education, english or french proficiency and occupation. You can take a [|TEST] in order to find out if you qualify.

Immigration Case Study