Terminology 1
To do with the characteristics of populations
What is demographic?
A person who seeks refuge in another country because of danger or persecution in their home country
What is refugee?
Immigration requirements include these factors. (5 answers accepted)
What is: economic factor, social factor, political factor, health factor, safety factor
These are the four sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that deal specifically with immigrants (four possible answers).
What is:
Section 7: Immigrants have the right to life, liberty, and security, and can’t be treated unfairly or deported without a fair process.
Section 15: Immigrants must be treated equally under the law, without discrimination.
Section 10: If detained, immigrants have the right to know why and to speak to a lawyer.
Section 12: Immigrants are protected from cruel or harsh treatment.
This is a person who has voluntarily left their country and is seeking protection from persecution and serious human rights violations in another country, but who hasn’t yet been legally recognized as a refugee and is waiting to receive a decision on their claim.
What is assylum?
People escaping persecution, torture, or cruel and unusual punishment in their own countries.
What is Refugee Class?
Punishment or harassment usually of a severe nature on the basis of race, religion, or political opinion in one's country of origin
What is persecution?
This is when Canada officially made refugees one of its immigration categories. This change meant Canada started accepting refugees regularly, not just when a crisis happened.
What is the 1976 Immigration Law?
Bonus: What was Canada's immigration policy before 1976?
The Indigenous Peoples of Canada have had concerns over immigration for a long time. This is a reason why. (6 possible answers)
What is:
Cultural Concerns: Worry about losing focus on Indigenous cultures and traditions.
Economic Competition: More competition for jobs and resources, but immigration may also create opportunities.
Political Focus: Immigration may shift government attention away from Indigenous issues.
Population Changes: Growing immigrant population might further marginalize Indigenous peoples.
Historical Context: Immigration seen by some as a continuation of colonialism, while others find common ground with immigrants.
Reconciliation: Immigration might take attention away from the reconciliation process and treaty rights.
This is an additional class of immigration. (Four answers accepted)
What is: study permit, visitor permit, temporary work permit, start-up visa?
Immigrants are those whose spouses, partners, children, parents, and grandparents live in Canada.
What is Family Class?
The process of people establishing homes, and often
citizenship, in a country that is not their native country
What is immigration?
This is the law that changed how immigration is handled in Canada.
The Act sets the rules for who can enter, stay, or be removed from Canada.
What is the 2002 Canada Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) ?
This is a resolution passed at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) in December 2018, during their Special Chiefs Assembly. The resolution addresses Indigenous concerns about Canada's Immigration and Refugee policies.
What is Resolution 49?
This is a benefit of immigration for Canada. (5 answers accepted)
What is: boosts the economy, cultural diversity, population growth, innovation, support aging population:
This is a formal agreement
What is accord?
The growth of the “labour force,” or the number of people who can work
What is labour force growth?
These are the rules that the IRPA set for who can enter, stay, or be removed from Canada. (four answers)
What is: Protection for refugees, security measures to protect Canadian, family reunification supported, permanent and temporary residents rules set?
What is:
Indigenous Input: Indigenous peoples want to be consulted on immigration policies.
Sovereignty: Indigenous nations should have a say in who comes onto their lands.
Protecting Rights: Concerns that immigration could affect Indigenous land and resources.
Equal Relationship: Indigenous peoples want the Canadian government to respect their nation-to-nation relationship.
This is the name of the system Canada uses to evaluate people who want to move to Canada as skilled workers.
What is the point system?
Bonus: What class of immigrants uses the point system?
Immigrants are skilled workers or professionals who apply to come to live here
What is economic class?
Accepted by the Canadian government for humanitarian or compassionate reasons
What is Other Class?
These are the categories (or factors) used in the Canadian Immigration Point System (need all six).
What are:
Age, Education, Work experience, Language skills, Job offer, Adaptability
This program allows provinces and territories to choose immigrants who have the skills and experience that their region needs.
What is the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)?
This is one of the five "big" reasons people choose to immigrate to Canada. (four answers accepted)
What are:
Better job opportunities,Quality of life, Family reunification, Freedom and rights,Cultural diversity