SOC 474 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Security Certificate, Human Capital, Secret Trial
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Immigration spurred by the introduction of slavery in 1608 as britain begins the enslavement of people in africa. Canada"s immigration policy finds grounds for denying black people access to canada through: inability to adjust to canadian society or medical reasons. Black people were restricted in their ownership of property and unable to secure education for their children established segregated schools. The first wave of chinese arrived in canada in the 1850"s. Chinese people were imported and hired for various construction projects. Only allowed chinese labour to fill the demand of labour when europe and us denied help. Illegal for chinese immigrants to bring their families, having relations with white women, because they were stricktly here for labour. Head tax was eventually implemented for chinese men coming to canada. Brutalities of society, media, policing, and the immigration. The first south asians to enter canada as immigrants were sikhs.