SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Modern Immigration To The United Kingdom, Institutional Racism, Multiculturalism In Canada
18 Dec 2018
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Continuation of chapter 11: ethnic and race relations. Canadian society has never been ethnically homogenous. Entrance groups immigrated to canada under the rules of charter groups. Immigration rules restrict who can enter canada. Northern and central europeans and americans were desired, while. Indians, chinese, black americans, and eastern and southern europeans were deemed non-preferred. The introduction of the points system in 1967 was one of the first significant moves to deal with discrimination in the immigration process. The points system was created to select immigrants on the basis of more objective criteria. It assigned more weight to a potential immigrant"s age, education, job skills, work experience, and knowledge of english or french. The geographical regions from which immigrants come have changed significantly. In the 1950s, the uk and the rest of europe accounted for almost 90 per cent of all immigration to canada. In 2012, this region accounted for only 11 per cent.
