CDNS 2400 Lecture Notes - Visible Minority, Syas River, Skill

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CDNS 2400
• Professor: Stuart Lazear

Document Summary

Today: consider a series of representation that illuminate different dimensions of national and transnational migration and work, also understand some of the stereotypes of migration, map out dominant discourses and consider counter-discourses. Write down : stereotype about migration, a dimension of migration that is often overlooked, dismissed or unknown. Migration, immigration, mobility: types of migration, economic migration moving to find work or follow a particular career path. Different connotations i. e. someone from new york moving to chicago vs. Europe to northern europe: doesn"t take into account all regions within the world (i. e. circulation within australia) Other clip: she"s pointing to a larger social context saying that immigrants aren"t just there for economic reasons, but also for social/cultural ones. Map produce by consulting company for the city of ottawa takes average household income and maps them: vanier has one of the highest population of immigrants and has the lowerst income, whereas as. Rockcliffe ahs the least diversity and highest income.