ISBN:
9789400726888
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIV, 91p. 15 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T.
Keywords:
Social sciences
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History
;
Migration
;
Social Sciences
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Social sciences
;
History
;
Migration
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
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 h
Description / Table of Contents:
Responding to Immigrants' Settlement Needs:The Canadian Experience; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Contents; 1 Pre-Confederation Settlement Activities; In the Beginning; Protect the Emigrant; Protect Yourself; 2 Post-Confederation Settlement Activities to 1945; Sorting Out the Jurisdictions; Dominion Government Initiatives; The Last Best West; Between the Wars; 3 The Settlement Service and the Citizenship Branch; Demise of the Settlement Service; 4 Creation of the Settlement Program; Improvements to the Settlement Program; Organizational Challenges
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Constitutional Issues and Settlement in QuébecThe Meech Lake Accord; The Charlottetown Accord; The Canada-Québec Immigration Accord; 6 Repatriation of the Settlement Program; 7 Program Review and Settlement Renewal; Trying to Give it Away; Consultations and Negotiations; Implications of Program Review at Human Resources; The Settlement Allocation Model; 8 Solving the Funding Issues; The Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement; Other Provinces Catch Up; Resettlement Assistance Program; 9 Foreign Credential Recognition; 10 Emerging Issues and the New Terms and Conditions
Description / Table of Contents:
Francophone Immigration Outside QuébecSettlement Services Abroad; Enhanced Language Training; Welcoming Communities Initiative; Local Immigration Partnerships; Contribution Accountability Framework; New Terms and Conditions; The Transfer of the Multiculturalism Program to CIC; 11 Summary and Conclusion; Appendix 1; Bibliography; Endnotes; Index;
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DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-2688-8
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