Lecture 9

• 3 Frames of Immigration

  1. Cultural competency; understanding immigration trends. 2. Settlement Services; skill development. 3. Anti-oppressive; social change or community work
• Immigration Stream (3)


  Economic; skilled workers. Refugees/humanitarian; resettlement. Unofficial and temporary; foreign workers
• Immigration Dependency

  Wealth, Racism, reasons for migration such as fleeing harm
• Immigration goals

  economic and social context; labor market shortages, wars, industry problems
• Need for immigrants

  skills, labour, capital, and tax income
• Barriers Faced

  employment, promotion, living wage, safe housing, support, and good health
• Racism

  discrimination against or oppression of a person or people based on their race
• Oppression

  exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, and cultural violence. Systemic, based on power and privilege
• Chinese Head Tax

  Ban of Chinese immigrants
• Points System

  new approach to economic immigration. Meet economic and labor needs of Canada while ensuring justice and fairness
• International Mobility System

  temporary work, usually highly skilled and highly paid. Goal is to advance Canada's economic and cultural interest
• Temporary Foreign Workers Program

  Last resort to fill gaps where employees cannot find qualified Canadians. Low skilled positions. Main source is developing countries
• Deportation

  status revoked, usually of temporary and undocumented immigrants, sometimes permanent residents