Immigrant Canada

by Halli, Shiva S.; Driedger, Leo

• ISBN13: 9780802081117
• ISBN10: 0802081118
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Immigration has defined Canada throughout history, and the changes in immigration patterns over the last few decades have radically altered the nature of Canadian society. With an increasingly large percentage of the foreign-born population coming from the Third World, multiculturalism in Canada has taken on a new dimension, and this trend is likely to continue in view of the economic and social benefits it brings to our society. Institutions at all levels need to become aware of the changes that are occurring and to take appropriate steps to ensure that the integration of new immigrant groups continues to take place. This process requires demographic analysis and a review of public policies. The essays in this book originated as papers given at the 1996 National Symposium on Immigration and the list of contributors constitutes a virtual who's who of Canadian immigration researchers. The authors explore a variety of topics related to immigration, including public policy, economics, and socio-demographic and labour issues. A follow-up to the editors' 1990 book Ethnic Demography, this is the first major work in the field to draw on 1990s data.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Contributors	xi
The Immigrant Challenge 2000	3	(18)
Shiva S. Halli
Leo Driedger
Part One: Theories and Policies
Immigration Policy: Imagined Futures	21	(30)
Alan B. Simmons
Toward a Theory of Immigrant Integration	51	(19)
Gertrud Neuwirth
Managing Immigrant Social Transformations	70	(23)
James S. Frideres
Part Two: The Demographic Impact
Immigration and Demographic Structures	93	(23)
Roderic P. Beaujot
Residential Patterns in Cities	116	(32)
T.R. Balakrishnan
Feng Hou
Internal Migration of Immigrants	148	(15)
Bali Ram
Y. Edward Shin
Patterns of Acquiring Citizenship	163	(22)
Fernando Mata
Part Three: The Economic Impact
Comparative Immigrant Economic Integration	185	(27)
Victor Piche
Jean Renaud
Lucie Gingras
Economic Threat and Attitudes toward Immigrants	212	(18)
Victoria M. Esses
Lynne M. Jackson
Jeffrey M. Nolan
Tamara L. Armstrong
Visible Minority Income Differences	230	(31)
K.G. Basavarajappa
Frank Jones
Part Four: The Social Impact
Foreign Born Language Acquisition and Shift	261	(21)
John De Vries
Integrating Gender, Language, and Race	282	(25)
Monica Boyd
Intergenerational Language Learning	307	(14)
Brian R. Harrison
References	321