SOCIOL 2E06 Chapter 4: Topic 4 – Theoretical Understanding of Race, Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations
9 Jan 2016
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Sociology 2e06 racial and ethnic group relations. Topic 4 theoretical understanding of race, ethnicity and ethnic. Chapters 1 & 2 from i&c; chapter 5 cp. Nearly 1/5th of the inhabitants in canada were born in other countries: with the exception of native peoples who currently comprise, all the rest are immigrants less than 5% of the population. The mass-immigration flows that established canada as a multi- ethnic nation began slowly after confederation in 1867, then swelled to huge ways of immigration in the late 1800s/ early 1900s. Immigration then largely closed down for the who great wars and the 1930s depression. It then resumed at a high level after wwii. In the contemporary period since 1989, immigration levels have stayed relatively high with immigrants coming largely from africa, Currently immigration is the main contributor to canadian population growth. Canada has not always assumed that immigration was a good idea money for canadians.
