Chapter 4: Immigration and Canada's Identity

Canada's identity is influenced by

The movement of people

What are the four (4) theories on First Nations migration

1. Land bridge across Bering Strait, 2. Across the Pacific Ocean, 3. Across the Atlantic Ocean, 4. Here since Time Immemorial

Migrate

Move to a new place

Pull factors

Things that interest people in coming to a new place

Push factors

Things that cause people to want to leave a place

Examples of push factors

War, poverty, high unemployment rates

Is climate considered a Canadian pull factor

No

Official policy supporting cultural traditions

Multiculturalism

Ethnocentric

Believing one's culture is superior to another

What groups of immigrants did we discuss that were not accepted in Canada in the past?

Jewish, African-Americans, Chinese

What caused the Canadian Government to turn immigrants away in the 1930's?

The Great Depression

Where were the Indigenous people relocated before 1945

Reserves

It was this year when Canada started accepting refugees for Humanitarian Purposes

1947

Classes of immigrants today

Family, Refugee, Independent

Refugee definition

People who are displaced from their home country or from their homes within their country

Emigration definition

To leave one's own country to settle in another

Brain Drain

Losing your best-educated and most talented from your country

Out-migration

Migration from one area of Canada to another

Why did Maritimers participate in out-migration?

Sought jobs and opportunities elsewhere

Points needed for Canadian citizenship

67

Cod moratorium

The government shut down the cod fish industry because the cod fish were becoming instinct, Newfoundlanders (mostly fishermen) were very angry and left jobless.

Negative effects of migration

1. Less people to collect taxes from, 2. Gov revenue declines, 3. Services removed and reduced