Terminology
What does diversity mean?
A range of people with different racial and cultural backgrounds
The Canadian government use the same advertising methods for immigration from 1900s to the 2000s?
False
Canada requires immigrants to pass a _______ exam. This is important for the public health of Canadians and helps prevent the spread of diseases.
Medical
What is one fact that you learned from this immigration unit?
-there are 3 immigrant categories
-there are advantages and disadvantages to immigration
-immigration advertisements have changed from the 1900s to the 2000s
etc....
What document do you need to enter and/or leave a country?
Visa
Immigration is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country?
True
The Canadian government uses _________________ to promote/increase immigration
What is one challenge an immigrant may face in adjusting to a new country?
-employment
-discrimination/racism
-housing
-language barriers
etc
What is a refugee?
A person who enters a new country, because they were forced to leave their home country.
Immigration is limited to a certain age group?
False
In the early 1900s, the majority of immigrants to Canada were from _____________ (continent)
What are 3 services the Immigrant Services Society of BC provides immigrants?
-finding housing
-finding jobs
-language services
What is the meaning of assimilation?
When immigrant groups start to resemble the characteristics of / act like their host country and culture
A Canadian is an inhabitant of Canada, regardless of ethnic race, cultural backgrounds, or immigration history?
True
The 3 different immigrant categories are: __________
1. Economic immigrants
2. Family Sponsored immigrants
3. Refugees
How many different ethnic or cultural origins were reported in the 2021 Census?
450
What does asylum mean?
Protection granted by a nation to a refugee from another nation; a safe place
Nativism is when native-born inhabitants of a country are favoured over the immigrant inhabitants
True
In 2016, the top three source countries of immigrants to Canada were _______________
Philippines, India, and China
How many points do you have to score on the pointe system to be eligible to apply as an economic immigrant?
67