SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture 5: Social Work (Feb 23 lecture).docx
13 Apr 2015
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Social work"s role in settlement and integration services. Several literature date canada"s immigration to the 18th century (liston & carens, 2008). 1879, the creation of the national policy enabled canada to accept immigration as a cornerstone for the building of a new nation. Many new migrants (mostly chinese immigrants), were primarily perceived as cheap sources of labour. Racial preferences were employed in the immigration selection and admission process. In the 1950"s, canada admitted large numbers of skilled and unskilled immigrations from. Southern europe, particularly those from italy, greece, portugal. In 1967, canada replaced its immigration policy with the point system. Refugees constitute another important component of canada"s immigration stream. The image of canada as a haven for refugees became part of the public projection of canada"s self- understanding of its place in the world. Canada admits people for permanent residence in three main categories: independent or economic immigrants, family-class immigrants, and refugees.
