CDNS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: International Relations

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CDNS 2000
• Professor: Mihaela Vieru

Document Summary

Migration: the movement of people across/within borders for different purposes; the general process, not permanent, e. g. temporary foreign workers. Immigration: the coming of people into a country for settlement purposes, permanent (?) Emigration: the leaving of people from a country to another country for different purposes. 1990-2010: about 20% of the country"s population born outside of canada, about 250 000 immigrants/year (0. 7 0. 8% of the population) Currently: all of canada"s net labour market growth = from immigration. By 2030: all of canada"s population growth = due to immigration. By 2031: 1 in 3 people in the labour force = foreign born/visible minority (40% in on and. Top source countries: philippines, china, india, u. s, iran, united kingdom. Increased interest in migration movements: need to control the mechanisms of demographic movements. Transnational migration and community formation = agents of economic (market growth) and social transformation. Government management of migration patterns: immigration and refugee policies, integration regulations and ideologies, labour and trade agreements.