Immigrant Canada : : Demographic, Economic, and Social Challenges / / ed. by Leo Driedger, Shiva Halli.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Armstrong, Tamara L.,; Balakrishnan, T.R.,; Basavarajappa, K.G.,; Beaujot, Roderic P.,; Boyd, Monica,; Driedger, Leo,; Esses, Victoria M.,; Frideres, James S.,; Gingras, Lucie,; Halli, Shiva S.,; Harrison, Brian R.,; Hou, Feng,; Jackson, Lynne M.,; Jones, Frank,; Mata, Fernando,; Neuwirth, Gertrud,; Nolan, Jeffery M.,; Piche, Victor,; Ram, Bali,; Renaud, Jean,; Shin, Edward,; Simmons, Alan B.,; Vries, John de,
• HerausgeberIn: Driedger, Leo,; Halli, Shiva,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. The Immigrant Challenge 2000 -- Part One: Theories and Policies -- 2. Immigration Policy: Imagined Futures -- 3. Toward a Theory of Immigrant Integration -- 4. Managing Immigrant Social Transformations -- Part Two: The Demographic Impact -- 5. Immigration and Demographic Structures -- 6. Residential Patterns in Cities -- 7. Internal Migration of Immigrants -- 8. Patterns of Acquiring Citizenship -- Part Three: The Economic Impact -- 9. Comparative Immigrant Economic Integration -- 10. Economic Threat and Attitudes toward Immigrants -- 11. Visible Minority Income Differences -- Part Four: The Social Impact -- 12. Foreign Born Language Acquisition and Shift -- 13. Integrating Gender, Language, and Race -- 14. Intergenerational Language Learning -- References