Responding to immigrants' settlement needs : the Canadian experience / Robert Vineberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vineberg, Robert.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in population studies.

SpringerBriefs in population studies, 2211-3215

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Canada.

Canada--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (92 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While much has been written about Canada’s modern settlement program and there is a growing body of research and analysis of the settlement and integration successes and challenges of recent years, there is virtually no literature that has addressed the history of settlement services since the beginning of immigration to Canada. Some survey histories of Canadian Immigration have touched on elements of settlement policy but no history of services to immigrants in Canada has been published heretofore. Responding to Immigrants’ Settlement Needs: The Canadian Experience addresses this gap in the historiography of Canadian Immigration. From the tentative steps taken by the pre-Confederation colonies to provide for the needs of arriving immigrants, often sick and destitute, through the provision of accommodation and free land to settlers of a century ago, to today’s multi-faceted settlement program, this book traces a fascinating history that provides an important context to today’s policies and practices. It also serves to remind us that those who preceded us did, indeed, care for immigrants and did much to make them feel welcome in Canada. The Canadian experience in integration, over the past two centuries, suggests many policy-related research themes for further exploration both in Canada and in other immigrant receiving countries.

Contents:

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

1: Pre-confederation Settlement Activities

2: Post-confederation Settlement Activities to 1945

3: The Settlement Service and the Citizenship Branch

4: Creation of the Settlement Program

5: Constitutional Issues and Settlement in Québec

6: Repatriation of the Settlement Program

7: Program Review and Settlement Renewal

8: Solving the Funding Issues

9: Foreign Credential Recognition

10: Emerging Issues and the New Terms and Conditions

Summary and Conclusion

Appendix 1: Canadian Immigration Halls

Bibliography

Endnotes

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-007-2688-0

OCLC:

768397980