SOC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nellie Mcclung, Heritage Minutes, Cultural Imperialism
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Immigrants contribute to canada"s social, cultural, political and economic landscape. Refugee: person who is forced to flee from persecution and is outside of his or her country of origin: migration: to move from one country, place, or region to another. The canadian immigration and refugee protection act: objective to fulfill our humanitarian obligations under international law. Immigration (entering into and becoming established in a new place of residence, Usually means entering a country that one was not born in) Period one (1867 1913: main goal was to secure farmers and laborers to populate and settle western canada. Horrible living conditions, could not bring their wife"s could not have inter marriages with whites. Largely from britain, united states, and northwestern europe. The canadian pacific railroad was built in part by chinese immigrants. 1923-1947 chinese immigration in canada was banned: head tax, tax imposed by the canadian government on anyone immigrating to canada from.