SOCC25H3 Lecture Notes - Identity Politics, Postcolonialism, Ethnocentrism
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Assimilation as the approach towards immigration has fallen out of favor in the last ~20 years. Alba"s piece is an effort to save the assimilation theory and repair the way it has been discredited by theorists like feagin and others. Success secrets for canadian immigrants http://www. youtube. com/watch? v=avplrntfzqgmagazine author and book publisher based in vancouver. In the process of coming to canada and establishing his career, he did work with many other immigrant communities. He developed workshops, wrote books, workshops to develop soft skills for immigrants. He articulates a message about canada, migration, that is quite consistent with assimilation theory and larger goals that host countries like to achieve with immigrants in both the way they accept each other. The message he endorses is one that people here, and government accepts. Integral success: learn english, embrace canada, stay positive, take risks, volunteer. Assimilation and contemporary immigration, cambridge, ma: harvard university press.
