SOCIOL 2E06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cultural Capital
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All categories objective except for personal suitability. Number of people applying equaled canada"s ability to process applications. By 2008 citizenship and immigration had a back log of. 600,000 cases and the ability to process about 200,000. Focus on formal education, knowledge of french and or english. Applicants entering from 1974 on had to enter into an occupation. 1978: focused on designated occupations and oriented. Business-entrepreneurial class migrants: net worth ,000 who were able to invest. ,000 in a new business and willing to employ at least one canadian citizen or permanent resident for at least one year (canadian citizenship and immigration 2010) Immigration rate= number of immigrants admitted into a host country/size of the national population (this is expressed per 1, 000 population) 2009 immigration rate : 7. 5 immigrants per 1,000 population. 2008 immigration rate : 7. 4 immigrants per 1,000 population. 1913 immigration rate: 52. 5 immigrants per 1,000 population.