Migration
Geographers divide the reasons for migrating into 2 categories :
Push factors and Pull factors
is the belief that all people are not of equal value.
Prejudice
a close relative already living in Canada can sponsor relatives
Family class
For Maritimers, out-migration began shortly after
Confederation
Many Canadians fear that Canada is suffering from a a loss of highly educated people
“brain drain”
is an official policy that recognizes and supports the many cultural customs of different groups living in Canada.
Multiculturalism
is unfair treatment because of race, color, religion, etc…
Discrimination
someone fleeing “great personal danger”
Refugee
_____allowed Canadian born 1st Nations to cross the border into the US at will.
The Jay Treaty of 1794
means to leave your country to live somewhere else.
Emigration
poverty, unemployment, war, famine, natural disasters, lack of freedoms are examples of these factors
Push factors
_____ of the 1930’s forced the gov’t to change its policy in the face of widespread poverty and unemployment.
The Great Depression
these people are assessed based on a point system
Independent class
The collapse of the cod fishery in NL in the 1990’s led to thousands of NLers losing their jobs overnight. This is referred to as
Cod Moratorium
Provincial migration
is the belief that your culture and customs are better than everyone else’s.
Ethnocentrism
Most Canadians opposed immigration fearing_____
a loss of more jobs to newcomers.
one argument for immigration
immigrants provide new ideas and new skills
big country & small population
they fill jobs that most Canadians turn down
multiculturalism is enriched
_____ is the movement away from an area
outmigration
What are the 3 classes of immigrants
family, refugee, independent
land, jobs, greater economic opportunities, freedom of religion, safety, more resources are examples of
Pull factors
______ current policy was started in the 1960’s. It aimed to end discrimination.
one arguments against immigration
1. lack of jobs for bigger population
2. they take jobs away from Canadians
3. Some draw on social welfare programs and services
4. different groups can increase racial tensions within Canada
mines closed, economy slumped, loss of jobs was an example of this in NL
recession
urbanization